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Clause 22 - Duty of mayors to collaborate | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | Public Bill Committees I want to make some brief remarks agreeing with my hon. Friend.
Clause 22 - Duty of mayors to collaborate | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | Public Bill Committees The Minister is absolutely correct when she says that a mayor should, if they are worth their salt, discuss and collaborate with business.
Clause 22 - Duty of mayors to collaborate | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | Public Bill Committees Correct me if I am wrong—it may be very rare, but sometimes I am—but earlier, the hon.
Clause 21 - Power of mayors to convene meetings with local partners | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | Public Bill Committees The suggestion fills me with horror—I am open in saying that it fills me with utter dread. The electoral process is the point.
Clause 21 - Power of mayors to convene meetings with local partners | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | Public Bill Committees I think that most campaigning groups are filled with people who are utterly enthralled and want to achieve the outcomes of that group.
Clause 21 - Power of mayors to convene meetings with local partners | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | Public Bill Committees Subsection (6) of the new clause’s proposed new sections clearly states the words I quoted, which include: “The mayor must…take into account
Clause 21 - Power of mayors to convene meetings with local partners | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | Public Bill Committees I will—that is called an election. That is my point. I understand that the hon.
Clause 21 - Power of mayors to convene meetings with local partners | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | Public Bill Committees Will the hon. Lady give way?
Clause 21 - Power of mayors to convene meetings with local partners | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | Public Bill Committees I rise to speak to new clause 19 in the name of the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion. I wholly respect the reasons why she tabled it.
Clause 21 - Power of mayors to convene meetings with local partners | English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | Public Bill Committees I do not want the hon. Lady to look so disheartened, because I am about to agree with her.
