Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Jake Berry Excerpts
Wednesday 23rd October 2019

(5 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Chris Green Portrait Chris Green  (Bolton West)  (Con)
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T5.   The Mayor of Greater Manchester is the police and crime commissioner and has responsibility for the Greater Manchester spatial framework and for health and social care devolution. London has an Assembly to challenge the Mayor. What mechanism is there in Greater Manchester?

Jake Berry Portrait The Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth (Jake Berry)
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As part of delivering our northern powerhouse, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has committed to 100% devolution across the north of England, but in Greater Manchester, power must come with responsibility. That is why last May, the people of Bolton threw off the yoke of their Labour council after 40 years. The new Conservative leader, David Greenhalgh, will end Andy Burnham’s era of impunity.

Stephen Gethins Portrait Stephen Gethins (North East Fife) (SNP)
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T3. The withdrawal agreement will have the most profound effect on devolution, and I do not trust the Tories with devolution. Does the Minister agree with the First Ministers of Wales and Scotland, who are meeting across the road, that they must give legislative consent?