BARBICAN DEVELOPMENTS
Sta,—I read your excellent special feature 'The City of London' with considerable interest. One sentence, however, in the article entitled 'Barbican Develop- ments' calls for some comment. I refer to the state- ment as follows : 'In contrast to the LCC there is no "opposition" to goad them into action.'
It is true we have no party or politics on the Court of Common Council, but policy is keenly dis- cussed in committee' and in open Court and often amendments, and indeed the reference back of pro- posals, are carried against the committee's recom- mendations.
In other words, as befits the centre of commerce, proposals are discussed and dealt with on their merits alone and, judging by general standards of local government (and I write as one who served for nearly twenty years on a London Borough Council), one can say that opposition when needful is not lacking at Guildhall.—Yours faithfully,
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