Lord Elton
Main Page: Lord Elton (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)Localism Bill: Shadow Mayors
Lord Elton Excerpts
Baroness Hanham
My Lords, I am assuming that the noble Baroness is not speaking for all citizens or imagines that all citizens in Birmingham will hold the same view. I am sure that there will be a number of citizens who, if given the opportunity to hold a referendum, would consider that it was money well spent.
Lord Elton
Is my noble friend aware that if she looks at Hansard as far back as it goes, she will find that throughout history a change of policy by the Government is known as listening to the people on this side and a U-turn on the other?