Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords]

Debate between Jon Trickett and John Redwood

Wednesday 14th October 2015 Commons Chamber

[John Redwood]

Can the hon. Gentleman explain how we can have both a comprehensive solution and only do it bottom-up on the basis of the wishes of people?

[Jon Trickett]

It is easy: we will launch, hopefully with other parties, a constitutional convention that will try to reach out into every village, church hall, town hall, city hall and every part of the country to test the arguments about a new settlement for Britain, and I hope the right hon. Gentleman will join us and others in looking again at the political arrangements of the country.