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In reaching the settlement for local government, the Cabinet was very clear that it wanted to allocate full funding to tackle any new pressures on local government or any new commitments that it was asked to take on.
As I said, we will finalise the report early in the new year. We are not due to launch it until the end of January, which gives everyone time to submit their ideas.
The next time a group of grandparents comes to visit the Parliament—perhaps in the new building down the road—I will invite Scott Barrie to come along and hear their stories for himself.
Secondly, the process of inspection will not change as a result of the powers of intervention. The bill introduces a possible new end to a process that is already in being.