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  Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill - Clause 3 - Make Creation of a Combined Authority Conditional on Having Elected Mayor
  
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  @ MP voted aye to allow the creation of a combined authority to be made conditional on the authority having an elected mayor.
  
  @ MP voted no against allowing the creation of a combined authority to be made conditional on the authority having an elected mayor.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to allow the relevant Secretary of State to make the creation of a combined authority conditional on the authority having an elected mayor.
  
  MPs were considering the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill[1]
  
  The amendment accepted by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 4, in page 2, line 18, leave out subsection (2)
  
  An explanatory statement accompanying the accepted amendment stated:
  
  :This amendment removes the prohibition against an order providing for there to be a mayor for the area of a combined authority as a condition for agreeing to transfer the functions of local authorities or other public bodies to that combined authority.
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/citiesandlocalgovernmentdevolution.html Parliament's webpage on the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill]
  
  
  
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