Localism Bill

Part of the debate – in a Public Bill Committee at 1:17 pm on 27 January 2011.

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Photo of Jack Dromey Jack Dromey Shadow Minister (Housing) 1:17, 27 January 2011

Very briefly, in Committee, we will pursue the issue of the purpose of planning, and whether that should perhaps be in the Bill, but I want to come back to the interesting and legitimate point that Mr Warner just made about the duty of local authorities, in your words, to educate. Are you concerned about the Bill’s removal of the duty on authorities to promote democracy?