Local Government (Devon, Norfolk and Suffolk)

Part of Opposition Day — [5th Allotted Day] – in the House of Commons at 8:55 pm on 9 March 2010.

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Photo of Charles Clarke Charles Clarke Labour, Norwich South 8:55, 9 March 2010

For three reasons. First, as I said, it will be a new council-that is important-all-out elected in 2011, with new chief officers and a new situation. Secondly, I believe that there will be genuine economies in various areas as a result of a unitary authority with services working together. Thirdly, the performance of the city council over recent years has been improving significantly from a very bad position, as the hon. Gentleman and others have rightly identified. The case for unitaries is powerful.