REGIONAL ASSEMBLIES (PREPARATIONS) BILL

Early day motion 51A4, tabled 19 November 2002 by Tony Baldry (Conservative). Signed by 27 members.

leave out from 'House' to end and add, 'notes that the Campaign for the English Regions has yet to find sufficient popular support for a South East Constitutional Convention; believes that a referendum on regional government for the South East would be a costly and unnecessary distraction from the real concerns of people throughout counties including Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire who want better public services and have no need for a costly reorganisation of local government or for a new tier of politicians and bureaucrats, which by removing powers from local government would make decisions more remote from the people, not closer to them; and particularly decries the likely abolition of these ancient and universally popular counties.'.

Signatures by party: Conservative 26, Independent Conservative 1.