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  Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill - Increase upper size of alternative arrangements Local Authorities - rejected
  
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  @ MP voted to prevent the abolition of executive committees in all medium sized local authorities, and succeeded
  @ MP voted to abolish executive committees in all medium sized local authorities
  
  The majority of MPs voted against inserting a new clause into the [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2008-09/localdemocracyeconomicdevelopmentandconstruction.html Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill] that would have revised the size threshold in the Local Government Act 2000 for which there could be "alternative arrangements" from a population of 85,000 in 30th June 1999[1] to a population of 1,000,000.[2]
  
  The "alternative arrangements"[3] are a set of regulations which excuse small local authorities and local authorities working under a county council from having to operate a strict system comprised of a single party executive[4] and a set of scrutiny committees.
  
  There doesn't seem to be a debate on this vote. 
  
  * [1] [http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&title=Local+Government+Act+&Year=2000&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=2319054&ActiveTextDocId=2319099&filesize=5424 Local Government Act 2000], Clause 31
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2009-10-13b.248.5 Andrew Mackinlay MP], House of Commons, 13 October 2009.  
  * [3] [http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&title=Local+Government+Act+&Year=2000&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=2319054&ActiveTextDocId=2319100&filesize=4086 Local Government Act], Section 32, Alternative arrangements
  * [4] [http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&title=Local+Government+Act+&Year=2000&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&sortAlpha=0&TYPE=QS&PageNumber=1&NavFrom=0&parentActiveTextDocId=2319054&ActiveTextDocId=2319090&filesize=2270 Local Government Act 2000], Section 24, Absence of requirement for political balance. 
  
  
  
  
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