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Extract from Governor's Speech Legislative Commit 26-269
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ARCHIVES No 31
24 MAR 1969
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To turn to another problem.
Hon. Members
are already aware, since I spoke of the matter in this
Comcil in 1963, that I have been concerned to see some
aprovement in our local authority system. Little
ogress was possible in 1937, but in 1980 tentative f
roposals were drawn up and have been under ccasiferat y various interected partics, including the Urban
Council.
As yet no clear consensus of view has emerged
very desirable
but I think it
at least to mako progress on
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those mere minor but still important changes on which cone measure of general agreement can be reached.
institutes
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would, as an example, like to sec A soparation of the Urban Council's finances from those of Government, by meaas of a separate budget approved by this Council, with some provision to enable the. Urban Council to raise and dispose of its own revenues.
Nesirable changes would also, I would hope, prove
Other
possible even if their extent is, at this stage, limited:
but whatever we do, we must
above all see that the
powers of local authorities and their responsibilities
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are co-terminous.
We cannot have the exercise of power
without acceptance of full responsibility.