Written submission 45 Local Government and Communities Committee, Official Report, 9 November 2016, c14 46 Local Government and Communities Committee, Official Report, 9 November 2016, cols8-9 47 Local Government and Communities Committee, Official Report, 9 November 2016, cl9 48 Local Government and Communities Committee, Official Report, 9 November 2016, c17 49 Local Government and Communities Committee, Official Report, 21 December 2016, c38 26 Local Government and Communities Committee Report on the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2017-18, 2nd Report, 2017 (Session 5) 50 http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20161109_Budget_SPICeSummaryOfEvidenceLG. pdf [accessed December 2016] 51 Renfrewshire Council.