RDA meetings and events

RDA co-ordinating committee meetings

Agendas and meeting papers will be circulated by email approximately one week leading up to each meeting.

Key dates for your diary

Nov 2011

Public Bodies Reform Bill likely to be passed This is date could change depending on how long Parliament takes to debate or amend the bill

Decentralisation & Localism Bill likely to be passed This is date could change depending on how long Parliament takes to debate or amend the bill.

April 2012

Local Enterprise Partnerships should be in place with any existing functions moving from RDAs transferred in full.  The RDAs will be formally wound up by this time.

View the process for bills to pass through Parliament.

The Bills which affect us most as RDAs are the Public Bodies Reform Bill, the Decentralisation & Localism Bill and the Superannuation Bill.

Public Bodies Reform Bill

The main aim of the bill is to reduce the number of public bodies
It contains a clause to give Ministers the powers to abolish, merge or transfer functions of any public body.

It aims to increase transparency and accountability of any remaining public bodies

Read more about this bill.

Decentralisation & Localism Bill

The main aim of the bill is to empower local people by removing layers of government and reducing bureaucracy.

It will devolve powers to councils and neighbourhoods and give local communities control over local housing and planning.

It will create Local Enterprise Partnerships to promote local economic development

Read more about this bill.