Clause 17 - Commission for Rural Communities
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill
9:00 am
Peter Atkinson (Whip, Whips; Hexham, Conservative)
One of the great complaints that rural local authorities have is that they are underfunded in comparison with urban ones. A group of 40 of them have been campaigning for years for better funding so that they are able to deliver the type of service that people expect in urban areas. What power will the commission have to change that situation?