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By that, I am not referring to Keith Brown’s amendment, wherein he says something that he wished that he had said in the fuel debate a fortnight ago but did not.
We must see whether we can improve it—I am pretty sure that we can. I take on board Robert Brown’s comments about the effects of unrestricted competition, of which we must be aware.
We seem to be going back to the fantasy economics of Gordon Brown. Will Mr Griffin tell us which budget he would cut to secure the moneys for local government that he is talking about?
The bill takes the work even further. My colleague Robert Brown has referred to the various things that have happened in the Parliament in this regard over the past few years.
I have every sympathy with what Mr Brown is seeking to achieve, but I suggest that it would be better for us to trust the judgment of the courts and to stick with the provision as drafted.