Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I said, "That is more important in getting people involved." It is more important to reform local government in the holding and timing of its meetings. Getting greater numbers of people involved in local government is more important than the abolition of the dual mandate, which is a red herring. I fear that local government will be then cast aside and left to defend itself. Government moves are taking away powers from local authority members. If the Government does what it is hinting in introducing reform in terms of single seat

constituencies—