I HAVE read a leaflet giving information about the planned North West Assembly but nowhere on it can I find out what is going to happen to the many town, city and county halls in the region or the people who are employed in them.

How many town clerks, chief planning officers, borough engineers and chief environmental health officers will be made redundant or transferred into the new assembly system?

With the cost of the Scottish Parliament buildings rising from an original estimate of around £40 million to £140 million at the last count, I think the cost of setting up a North West Assembly will go the same way rapidly increasing from the figure of £30 million we are given now to more than £100 million.

Running costs, which are estimated now at £25 million, will also go up to £87 million.

For this and other reasons I will not be voting for a regional assembly when the time comes.

A Peel, Morecambe.