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After all, they spent most of the past week adopting good, sensible Liberal Democrat policies, particularly on the independence of the Bank of England and the setting of interest rates.
On the other hand, if there were an improvement in the economy, local authorities would have an additional resource that could be banked and held in a stability account.
In some ways, it is like Gordon Brown's decision to pass control of interest rates to the Bank of England—not so much evidence of good economic management as an exercise in belated learning from our European neighbours.
Does the member accept that the problem is that we do not have the power to implement that social conscience, whereas bodies such as the European Central Bank do? I do not accept that at all.
I notice that amendment 16 refers to "the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages dated 5 November 1992".I assume that there is a legal reason for that.