HC Deb 05 December 1946 vol 431 cc492-3
40. Mr. Peart

asked the Minister of Health when he proposes to publish his proposals for the reform of local government.

Mr. Bevan

I do not think that the time is ripe for a major reform of local government.

Mr. Peart

is the Minister aware that his Parliamentary Secretary made an excellent week-end statement; does the Minister agree with that statement, and that reform is urgent; and will he consider sympathetically the need for a Royal Commission to investigate local government in all its aspects?

Mr. Bevan

I always have the utmost admiration for the wisdom of my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, and I do not disagree with him in this instance