Comments on: Regional government is dead, long live regional government http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/07/17/regional-government-is-dead-long-live-regional-government/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:25:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ken Adams http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/07/17/regional-government-is-dead-long-live-regional-government/#comment-4060 Ken Adams Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:04:42 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=370#comment-4060 I hope you win the argument within the conservative leadership, many of will be waiting with interest. I hope you win the argument within the conservative leadership, many of will be waiting with interest.

]]> By: Ken Adams http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/07/17/regional-government-is-dead-long-live-regional-government/#comment-4044 Ken Adams Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:06:41 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=370#comment-4044 Mr Redwood I agree with you, but it would seem your leader takes a different point of view. Perhaps because we need to keep some form of Regional level government in order to receive our money back from the EU, that point has not been addressed. From my perspective Brown has played a blinder on this, by abolishing the Assemblies he had undercut one of the planks of the conservatives, he is in effect offering the same as Mr Cameron. The Conservative party now cannot go to the election promising to abolish regional assemblies, they could however promise to abolish all regional government, but to make any sense they would have to settle the EU funding issue. Reply: we should not let the EU dictate our constitutional arrangements to get our money back. We should tell them who to make the cheques out to. Of course we should now pledge the abolition of the rest of the regional government apparatus. Mr Redwood I agree with you, but it would seem your leader takes a different point of view. Perhaps because we need to keep some form of Regional level government in order to receive our money back from the EU, that point has not been addressed.

From my perspective Brown has played a blinder on this, by abolishing the Assemblies he had undercut one of the planks of the conservatives, he is in effect offering the same as Mr Cameron. The Conservative party now cannot go to the election promising to abolish regional assemblies, they could however promise to abolish all regional government, but to make any sense they would have to settle the EU funding issue.

Reply: we should not let the EU dictate our constitutional arrangements to get our money back. We should tell them who to make the cheques out to. Of course we should now pledge the abolition of the rest of the regional government apparatus.

]]> By: Steven_L http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/07/17/regional-government-is-dead-long-live-regional-government/#comment-4037 Steven_L Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:31:23 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=370#comment-4037 Is this through one of Gordon Brown's bill's then? Which one? So far I've only come across his 'Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill.' This seems to give powers to the new 'Local Better Regulation Office' to override elected councils and decide on when to prosecute businesses. Not only this, it contains a 'trojan horse' that will allow thirty or more quangos to hand out arbitary fines of up to the level 5 maximum (currently Is this through one of Gordon Brown’s bill’s then? Which one? So far I’ve only come across his ‘Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill.’ This seems to give powers to the new ‘Local Better Regulation Office’ to override elected councils and decide on when to prosecute businesses. Not only this, it contains a ‘trojan horse’ that will allow thirty or more quangos to hand out arbitary fines of up to the level 5 maximum (currently

]]> By: Ken Adams http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/07/17/regional-government-is-dead-long-live-regional-government/#comment-4032 Ken Adams Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:35:34 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=370#comment-4032 Um Um

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