Communities and Local Government Committee - Minutes of Evidence [Back to Report]
The Balance of Power: Central and Local Government

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 12 May 2009.

Communities and Local Government Committee

Monday 15 December 2008

Members present

Dr Phyllis Starkey, in the Chair	John Cummings
Mr Clive Betts	Anne Main

CONTENTS

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Witnesses: Mr Jeremy Smith, Secretary General of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions, (CEMR), appearing in a personal capacity, and Mr Martin Willis, Director of the Institute of Local Government Studies, (INLOGOV), University of Birmingham, gave evidence.

Question Numbers:

482-499

500-517

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Witnesses: Councillor David Shakespeare, OBE, Vice-Chair, Local Government Association and Leader of the Conservative Group (Buckinghamshire County Council), Councillor Richard Kemp, Deputy Chair, Local Government Association and Leader of the Liberal Democratic Group (Liverpool City Council), Councillor Keith Ross, Deputy Chair, Local Government Association and Leader of the Independent Group (West Somerset District Council), and Councillor Sharon Taylor, Deputy Leader of the Labour Group, Local Government Association (Stevenage Borough Council), gave evidence.

Question Numbers:

518-519

520-539

540-559

560-576

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Prepared 20 May 2009