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The spirit of this inquiry should be that of a dialogue around these things, rather than putting councils in the way of having to do too much extra work. There will be a temptation amongst some to show off, or to produce big documents to back up their answers.
My suggestion is that the appropriate weight should be applied and that the representations of the usual suspects should not carry any extra strength compared with those of the average member of the public.
I have received estimates thatindicate that an extra page would cost an additional £600,000 to £1 million; the more pages were added, the more costs would increase.
Because there are around 16 different schemes, the issue is a minefield, but under the scheme in Ayrshire, if we ran extra buses, we could claim extra costs.
People have asked what difference a couple of extra cents makes, or a couple of extra soles for coffee in Peru, for instance, to refer to a recent criticism.