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The Executive's response is not acceptable, because it appears that the Executive still intends to amend the dates defined in the parent act without having the power to do so.
If we assume that the bill passes stage 1, I hope to take at stage 2 the second and third themes of the bill before the summer recess and the first and fourth themes—what you have said relates to them—after the summer recess.
The deadline for submissions to that consultation was 27 September 2003; findings will be released some time after the summer recess. I therefore suggest that we hold on to the petition until the first meeting at which we deal with petitions after the summer recess.
At present, the Executive and COSLA are having some discussions on that. To date, there is no transparency as to what local government's base budget is.