Member

Those are just a few among the many provisions that we could seek to press to a vote this evening. Even if all of the amendments were accepted, the Bill would still fall very far short of a vision for the renewal of local democracy in England. It is a Bill that undermines local leadership and opens the door for Ministers to foist tax rises on local taxpayers to bail out their failures on things such as asylum and housing. The Bill fails to grasp the many opportunities to unleash house building and growth led by local people, who know their areas best.