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In support of its position, it cited the position of Capital Shopping Centres, the main developers of the area and the owner of the key development land.
If you have a chance to read it, you will see that some very large figures are posited for future investment requirements. To fund those figures we would need to increase water bills substantially.
At the end of the day, it was the taxpayer who had to fund those fees, so were we being unfair to the taxpayer when we were being fair to those involved?
We have made clear our commitment to substantial and sustainable reforms by establishing the new body and by making available significant new funds. We are consulting employers and educationists on the next steps.
By the time he said that he wanted me to go, at the very last minute, I had already accepted an invitation to be the guest of honour at a fund-raising dinner in London. I felt a wee bit sad that I was not in Brussels.