New Clause 31
Greater London Authority Bill
12:15 pm
Michael Gove (Shadow Minister (Housing), Communities and Local Government; Surrey Heath, Conservative)
Thank you, Lady Winterton. I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that point of order.
I must confess that I would have thought that reading publications similar to Pravda was an enjoyable recreation for the hon. Member for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush. It would have probably reminded him of his undergraduate days. Nevertheless, he has once again eloquently, but perhaps unwittingly, provided me with an argument to underwrite the new clause. The poor residents of Hammersmith and Fulham need to have pointed out to them where accountability lies. If the new clause were accepted, there would be no obligation on Hammersmith and Fulham council to inform its residents exactly where the division of responsibility lay because it would be there in the council tax bill.