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Part 8: Miscellaneous and General Charging and trading Best value authorities in England and Wales will be given a general power to charge for discretionary services.
I don’t regret any of my past decisions: I made a choice, with the options I had available to me at the time, which best met my needs. There wasn’t the same amount of information or options available at that time.
However, I would just point out that the Outer Hebrides has just been promoted as the best location on earth—or one of the best—to visit in National Geographic or something.
They recognise that that is their end outcome, so the question is how they best get there and how they best use their powers to improve outcomes for vulnerable people.
Greg Piper MP, Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Australia visited the Scottish Parliament to meet with the Presiding Officer and officials.