Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill
10:30 am
Mr Nick Raynsford (Minister of State (Local and Regional Government), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; Greenwich and Woolwich, Labour)
I am happy to reply that that is a matter of choice. We do not predict; we only make available the option. Rightly, it will be for the people of each region to decide. The people for whom the Bill provides should decide the matter.