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Yes, but do you not think that something a bit more robust is required, given that new legislation is passed and new policies are developed that require the resources that go with them to reach the service?
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Date answered:
20 December 2004
Scottish ParliamentJustice 1 CommitteeWednesday 26 January 2005 Scottish ParliamentJustice 1 CommitteeWednesday 26 January 2005 The Convener opened the meeting at 10:14Subordinate Legislation Subordinate LegislationLand Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification) Order 2005 (Draft) Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (M...
I was driving at whether the post would be a new function requiring new personnel and new costs or whether similar work is being done just now, although not as comprehensively.
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.
Item 5 is consideration of a briefing paper from Arthur Midwinter on the 2002 spending review and the Executive's "Building a Better Scotland: Spending Proposals 2003-06: What the money buys" document, which was launched last week.
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.