Member

We are about to create much bigger and more remote councils under this Bill, when we should actually look at how we can get decision-making closer to people. That tells me that we have to have an amendment of this kind to make the words “English devolution” and “community empowerment” have any meaning at all, for they do not otherwise. It is such a central issue, politically and philosophically, that you give power to the place at the lowest level you can, as long as carrying it out at that level is done effectively and efficiently.