Third Delegated Legislation Committee
20 May 2026
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Third Delegated Legislation Committee House of Commons
00:05 - 00:06
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00:08 - 00:19
Speaker 8
Order. Order. The draft Hampshire and the Solent combined county authority regulations 2026. I call the minister to move the motion.
00:19 - 01:37
Speaker 6
Thank you, mister chairman. It is, as ever, a great pleasure to serve under your chairship. And I beg to move that the committee has considered the draft Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority regulations 2026. These regulations were laid on the 03/16/2026. When referring to the Hampshire and the Solent Combined County authority, I will use the term strategic authority hereafter unless there is a reason to be specific.
This government was elected on a manifesto commitment to widen and deepen devolution across England and the English devolution white paper set out our plans to achieve that. Devolution is a critical lever for getting growth and prosperity with mayors and local leaders being best placed to take the decisions that benefit local communities. Much of the white paper has now been taken through parliament via the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act. The white paper also launched the Devolution Priority Programme to provide a fast track to establish a new wave of mayoral strategic authorities. Following an expressions of interest process, in February 2025 we announced six places on the programme including Hampshire and the Solent.
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