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This is the report of the Committee's scrutiny of the Government's consultation paper on its draft Local Government Bill. It concludes that the Bill would fail to redress the imbalance between central and local government. There are some steps in the right direction butt it actually increases the power of the Secretary of State. The Bill is also too reliant on regulations and the Committee thinks that the Government should set out its intentions on the face of the Bill and not through secondary legislation. Although the Committee would not object to a revised version of the Bill, which gives greater freedoms to local authorities, they would like to see a Bill that would constitute a major re-appraisal of how local government and local democracy could be achieved.
The Committee has established an inquiry to examine the provisions of the draft Local Government Bill (available on the Internet at www.local-regions.odpm.gov.uk/consult/bill/index.htm). This document presents a range of contributions sent in response to the inquiry, including memoranda from a number of local councils, the Local Government Association, and the trade union UNISON.