North Cornwall: NCDC supports Cornish Assembly


North Cornwall District Councillors have backed a call for a directly elected Cornish Assembly.


At the meeting of the full council on 10 July, councillors supported a motion calling for a Cornish Assembly with full regional and strategic powers.

Additionally the councillors have called for the establishment of a Cornish Development Agency to give direction to the regeneration of the local economy.

Councillors said:

"We call on central government to recognise the high level of support in Cornwall for a Cornish Assembly, to put democracy first and to organise a referendum for setting up of such a body."

Chair of the Council, Collin Brewer, said:

"This is a different issue to the current debate about the structure of local government in Cornwall. We were reassured by recent statements of Ruth Kelly MP, Secretary of State for the Department of Local Government and Communities on behalf of Government saying that it would
not force a unitary structure on local government in two-tier counties such as Cornwall.

"This reinforces the view previously expressed by our members at a recent policy day where the consensus was that NCDC should actively support and explore increased opportunities for joint working and improving value for money in service delivery, rather than any wholesale
structural change to local government in Cornwall.

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