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Are we agreed that the power should be subject to the affirmative procedure?Members indicated agreement. New section 72B(5) amends section 84 of the 2003 act.
Equally, we want to have a pot available that allows new projects to come along, that allows us to be innovative and that does not close things down for three years.
The legacy paper can be used as a kind of briefing on the work that has been done, to inform new members and to bring members who have been members of the Parliament but who are new to the committee up to date with what has been happening.
Will we get more resources into the system through the new legislation, or is the new legislation likely to lead to a much greater demand for resources?
I am delighted that Lewis Shand Smith is with me today, as he takes the lead responsibility in the local government field. He visited all 32 local authorities—I visited almost all of them.