Chamber and committees

Question reference: S3W-07296

Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: 29 November 2007
Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 December 2007

Question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will rule out any merger of Clackmannanshire local authority with Stirling.

Answer

I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-6972 on 29 November 2007, where I reaffirmed my announcement of the summerthat there will be no boundaries reform of local government during thisParliament. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

We are currentlyfunding Stirling and Clackmannanshire to deliver a feasibilitystudy into joint working. The project timescales have been extended to ensurethat the report has fully addressed the complex issues associated with a jointworking proposal. I await that report and any further joint proposals theauthorities might make with interest.

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