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Published:
November 24, 2006
Burnham
MP takes local government reorganisition debate to Parliament
 Burnham-On-Sea's
MP, David Heathcoat-Amory, is to raise the controversial issue
of local government reorganisation at an adjournment debate in
the House of Commons next Tuesday (November 28th).
It
comes just days after Somerset
County Council moved a step closer to abolishing Sedgemoor District
Council when its members passed a motion instructing officers
to work on a bid and submission to create a unitary council. The
motion, submitted by the Leader of Somerset County Council, Cathy
Bakewell, was passed by a majority of nine.
The
Minister to answer the Commons questions on Tuesday will be Meg
Munn, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department
for Communities and Local Government (pictured below with PM Tony
Blair). Ian Liddell-Grainger, MP for Bridgwater, will also contribute
to the debate.
Mr
Heathcoat-Amory told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "I look forward
to raising my concerns on the floor of the House of Commons about
this ill-judged reorganisation."
 "I
will be warning the Minister that this attempt to redraw the map
of Somerset will increase costs and reduce local democracy."
"If
the government is genuinely committed to more devolution they
should throw out this Liberal Democrat plan to abolish the district
councils and consolidate power at County Hall."
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