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She also said that giving local authorities the choice regarding the best format of meetings was an important development but that such decisions should be made following engagement with stakeholders.
Sharing good outcomes and best practice
With the 2015 Act still bedding in, sharing good practice on participation and asset transfer requests is important.
1Food Climate Research Network. (2011, January 22). Where are the best opportunities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the food system (including the food chain)?.
The legislation suggests that the best interests of the children are paramount, as they should be, but determining what is best for a child can take a very long time when negotiations are difficult and lengthy.
I am more than happy to look at every potential opportunity to make the best use of the funding that we have to make it work in the best way possible, which goes back to the point that I made at the start.
They would be the first ones to say that hearing directly from those with lived experience and those with learned experience is so important because, with the best will in the world, no matter how much we think that we know best, we do not.