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Andrew Gwynne Excerpts
Monday 20th February 2023

(1 year, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Dehenna Davison Portrait Dehenna Davison
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My hon. Friend is a great champion for his community and I would be happy to meet him to discuss this policy further.

Andrew Gwynne Portrait Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab)
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The Minister knows that I am very supportive of the devolution of more powers to Greater Manchester, but one area that she needs to look at carefully is the increase in scrutiny that will be necessary at a very local level. As powers shift from this place, where scrutiny is strong, to local government, where scrutiny is not as strong as it perhaps ought to be, we need to look afresh at those powers.

Dehenna Davison Portrait Dehenna Davison
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I could not agree with the hon. Gentleman more on that point. If powers are being handed to local areas, which I think we all agree is right, it is important that that comes with a proper scrutiny framework. That is why we will shortly be publishing a detailed devolution accountability framework, alongside the trailblazer deals.