Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 44
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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.