Clause 3 - Creation of combined fire and rescue authorities: supplementary
Fire and Rescue Services Bill
9:25 am
Mr John Pugh (Education Spokesperson, Education & Skills; Southport, Liberal Democrat)
Thinking in a fair-minded way, I must say that some precedents are not promising. The Minister will be aware that there have been independent members on police authorities. On the police authority on which I served, the independent members organised themselves into a caucus and held the balance of power, which was evenly distributed between political parties.