Electoral Reform

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 11:00 am on 17 January 2001.

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Photo of Jim Cousins Jim Cousins Labour, Newcastle upon Tyne Central 11:00, 17 January 2001

London is the decisive new area that we are confronting. Does my hon. Friend feel that his constituents are expressing concern about the fact that the financing of the London underground system is now an important issue of national politics, whereas important regional issues in the north of England do not register in the same way--because London has devolution?