Clause 5 - Referendums: frequency
Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill
11:15 am
Mr Nick Raynsford (Minister of State (Local and Regional Government), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; Greenwich and Woolwich, Labour)
I take the hon. Gentleman's points about the sword of Damocles and repeated referendums being disruptive. Does he accept that, if amendment No. 1 were passed but were not accompanied by the associated clause 1 amendment that we may debate later, local government and the regions would be exposed to repeated referendums and reorganisation without limit?