division_name: Devolution and Growth Across Britain
motion: <p class="indent" pid="d611.5/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;but regret that the Government has offered piecemeal measures which threaten to leave some areas behind; recognise that devolution needs to be part of an ambitious UK-wide plan not simply a limited series of one-off deals done by the Chancellor; note that the Government has failed to offer an economic growth package including new powers in transport, housing and skills for all areas, including for county regions; further regret that the Government is not offering all combined authorities in England the ability to retain all business rate revenue growth; further note that the Government has failed to offer a comprehensive strategy to build the homes, including the badly needed affordable homes, that our country needs; note that the Government has pledged a funding floor for Wales, but is concerned that fair funding will be contingent on an income tax referendum; note that, whilst the timeline of the cross-party agreement reached through the Smith Commission has been met and the Scotland Bill will make the Scottish Parliament one of the most powerful devolved parliaments in the world, the Government has failed to confirm that the Barnett formula will be protected and welfare provisions do not go far enough; and resolve that devolution should be delivered without leaving Scotland worse off.&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d628.2/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;both a cause and a consequence of volatility&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d628.2/12" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Everybody is very aware that Britain is the next big problem on the horizon. The mood is that we&#8217;ve got to save the British from themselves&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d631.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;both a badge and a barrier&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d631.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;significant budget difficulties&#8230;and does not yet have credible plans to meet these&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d636.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Whitehall has shown itself to be incapable of delivering an approach&#160;that benefits the whole county and that is why we must ensure the North&#160;East has the chance to make those decisions for itself.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d636.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;devolve powers and budgets to boost local growth in England&#8221;,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d636.0/9" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;So with these new powers for cities must come new city-wide elected mayors who work with local councils. I will not impose this model on anyone. But nor will I settle for less.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d636.0/11" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;a city-wide elected executive mayor.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d636.0/13" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;You can have any colour as long as it&#8217;s black&#8221;,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d639.0/10" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;We have done best when we have seen&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d639.0/12" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;as an active process which we can shape, often decisively, provided that we allow ourselves to be fully engaged in it, with confidence, with enthusiasm and in good faith.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2015-11-13">13 November</phrase> 1990; Vol. 180, c. 463.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d644.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d644.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;a Conservative MP of a species nearing extinction&#8230;with a patrician accent redolent of his party some decades ago&#8221;,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d644.0/12" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d662.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Localism should go hand in hand with greater transparency, local accountability and robust democratic scrutiny.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2015-03-26">26 March</phrase> 2015; Vol. 594, c. 166WS.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d663.0/11" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;If only the Minister would realise the battle of a man&#8217;s self-respect when he is insulted at every works gate when he tries to get some evidence to prove that he is genuinely seeking work! What legacy are we piling up for the future of these men who have tried, and who at every turn are met with some Clause or some way of forcing them down still lower.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2015-07-31">31 July</phrase> 1925; Vol. 187, c. 860.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d682.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;To bring different parts of our country together, my Government will&#8230;bring about a balanced economic recovery.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d690.0/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;We must continue to search for ways by which our economic life can be regulated so that those who are not strong enough to join in the fight are not the first to suffer&#8221;. &#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2015-12-18">18 December</phrase> 1973; Vol. 866, c. 1225.]</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="d695.0/26" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="d695.0/27" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 275, Noes 331.</p>