Orders of the Day — London Government Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 December 1962.

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Photo of Sir Hugh Linstead Sir Hugh Linstead , Wandsworth Putney 12:00, 10 December 1962

That is the basic problem with which we are struggling in the House today. All we can try to do is to get as good a compromise as possible, taking into account history and the facts.

We cannot say that the attitude of the London County Council, in the evidence it gave to the Royal Commission, which can be summarised as, "All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds" makes any contribution to that.