Clause 2 - Power to create combined fire and rescue authorities
Fire and Rescue Services Bill
3:00 pm
Mr Nick Raynsford (Minister of State (Local and Regional Government), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; Greenwich and Woolwich, Labour)
I put it to the hon. Gentleman that if his analysis were correct, the single control room for London—a city with more than 7 million people over a huge area—would not be as efficient as it is. Can he explain why London is able to operate as efficiently as it does?