Extract from Public Bill committee stage of the Local Government Finance Bill - Feb 2
Friday, 3 February 2017 08:21
Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West) (Lab/Co-op):...Even the hon. Member
for Thirsk and Malton, who, sadly, is not in his place today,
raised, amidst his regular attempt to bash London local
authorities, a concern about his local authority, which I
understand is a more rural one, and how its spending power might be
affected in comparison with other authorities. Again,
redistribution was at the heart of his concern. My hon. Friend the
Member for Coventry South (Mr Cunningham) was worried about
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Mr (Harrow West)
(Lab/Co-op):...Even the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton,
who, sadly, is not in his place today, raised, amidst his regular
attempt to bash London local authorities, a concern about his local
authority, which I understand is a more rural one, and how its
spending power might be affected in comparison with other
authorities. Again, redistribution was at the heart of his concern.
My hon. Friend the Member for Coventry South (Mr Cunningham) was
worried about the impact of the measure on the services from which
Coventry City Council and Coventry residents benefit. Similarly,
interestingly and almost counter-intuitively, the right hon. Member
for Cities of London and Westminster (Mark Field) noted the
significance of the business rates income that Westminster Council receives and generates,
and how it sees some of that income redistributed around the
country. He made clear that the redistribution arrangements need to
be got right...
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