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The Scottish Parliament has the power to set up new bodies. One of the effects of this Sewel motion will be to ensure that any body that is established by this Parliament falls under the aegis of the new council.
The problem is that, with those who currently pay for local services through the council tax—as with those who buy lottery tickets—credulity is always in fashion.
I think that it is reasonable to keep the second bullet point in. It is possible that someone could buy a member shares without the member's knowledge that they had been bought or what the shares were.