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Lord Teverson (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 March 2026

Debate

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

Contribution

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his comments, and I particularly thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for her excellent comments. This is the first time I have put down an amendment that has been rejected by the Government partly because it gets in the way of international treaties or something like that. I mark that up as a first, and I am sure Cornwall will be delighted to hear that news. I take the point that discussions are continuing, and I stress again that this is not Cornwall isolationism. We are there to work with our friends in Devon on the other side of the Tamar and further up in the south-west as well. In the meantime, because even I must admit that the amendments are so highfalutin in terms of avoiding hybridisation, I will not press them, and I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

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