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Committees have sometimes consulted at stage 2, but the rule should be that they must consult if significant new proposals are made or if, even though the proposal is not new, the mechanism for achieving it is new.
In relation to the Waverley project, what difference will we notice from the new arrangements? I rather hope that they might be good news for that project.
I can cite two areas in which local government will have a massively expanded role. Too often, we refer to new burdens, but new burdens can also be described as an expanded role.
The capital cost, at 1995 prices, included £146 million for infrastructure, £36.4 million for 26new trams and £1.3 million for land purchase, coming to a total of £183 million.
However, variations clearly exist, which is why we have a damping scheme for the new review. The GAE is affected by the new review and the changes will be phased in over a number of years.