Exempel på metropolitan county

• West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974.

• In 1986 the metropolitan counties were abolished.

• The Greater London Council, together with the English Metropolitan County Councils, was abolished in 1986.

• Non metropolitan county councils are precepting authorities and do not levy rates.

• At the time of the abolition of the metropolitan county council's consideration was given to possible changes in the relevant police force areas.

• Purely as a matter of information, we did not vote on education in the regions; we voted on education at metropolitan county level.

• At present, however, it is quite impossible to say that this county would be right as a metropolitan county.

• Those words must sound pretty hollow today to the metropolitan county and district councils who have written and made representations.

• I doubt very much whether that does not apply also to the other metropolitan county authorities.

• The relevant figures for the six new metropolitan county areas are not available at present.

• Both will be related to the same metropolitan county.

• We set out our proposals for the boundaries of the new metropolitan county and the metropolitan districts in a recent circular.

• The metropolitan county will lack all the glamorous services which have obvious member appeal.

• The main opposition party on four of the metropolitan county councils has expressed support for our proposal to abolish the councils.

• We have had from him on occasions the suggestion that if we abolish the metropolitan county councils ratepayers' money will be saved.

• We are saying that the needs of each metropolitan county council are different and that they must satisfy and respond to those needs.

• We have never really talked about the local member of an authority, whether it be metropolitan county, metropolitan district, shire county or shire district authority.

• Are all metropolitan county council employees to end up suffering from schizophrenia?