REGIONAL ASSEMBLIES(No7)

Early day motion 163, tabled 27 November 2003 by Bernard Jenkin (Conservative). Signed by 40 members.

That this House notes the lack of popular support for regional government in the South East; 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 the South East who want better public services and see 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 deplores the threat to the future of the ancient and universally popular counties such as Kent, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Hampshire.

Signatures by party: Conservative 38, Independent Conservative 1, Labour 1.