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COST OF REGIONAL GOVERNMENT

Early day motion 83, tabled 26 November 2003 by Bernard Jenkin (Conservative). Signed by 48 members.

That this House notes that when a referendum was given to the Scottish people on devolution, the projected cost of the Scottish Parliament was ú40 million; is shocked that six years later the cost of heading towards ú400 million; notes also that the cost of running devolved government in London has been five times the Government's estimate prior to the London Assembly being established; and demands that Her Majesty's Government provides a factual, not fictional, projected cost of regional assemblies to electors in regions facing a referendum.

Signatures by party: Conservative 47, Independent Conservative 1.