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The Opposition has claimed that this episode has wider ramifications and that the failure to renew the order is the latest example of financial and administrative mismanagement by the Executive.
We are just doing that, and we hope that the document will go out to public consultation next week at the latest. The situation has moved on a little bit.
Although I appreciate that no one wants a situation in which primary legislation is needed to give these particular powers to any new authority that might be created, these powers are fairly draconian and I would welcome some balance.
The other part is that we will discuss and analyse the latest results. We consulted local authorities so that we could get the maximum amount of information for today's meeting.