(13 years, 8 months ago)
Commons ChamberI do not accept the hon. Gentleman’s proposition at all. The fire service is protected because its reduction in spending power is 2.2% in the current year and 0.5% in the next year. I have pointed out exactly the measures that many local authorities are taking to save money in the back office and to concentrate on the front line, and I hope that he will encourage authorities to do the same and that he will not engage in scaremongering.
16. What plans he has to take into account work completed on existing local development frameworks in his proposals for the reform of planning law.