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The extent to which they are emphasised is more of a national—and, indeed, regional—issue.Some new guidance has just come out on geographical targeting.
There needs to be much better understanding of the value of intellectual property and of equity share in new companies if new businesses are to be nurtured.
Equally, we want to have a pot available that allows new projects to come along, that allows us to be innovative and that does not close things down for three years.
As members are aware, on 24 February we announced a new general duty on local authorities—when delivering services that are principally for children—to have regard to"the value of stable family life in a child's development."
It would be interesting to examine those issues during the year in order to establish that the Procedures Committee is not as dry as dust, but rather comes up with new ideas and new initiatives that could help the Parliament.