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The process has exposed the difficulties and risks, despite the best efforts of Lord Bracadale in laying the foundations for legislation that we want to see.
Stephen McCabe of COSLA said: “Local authorities will always take pragmatic decisions in the best interests of their communities. If the offer of money were on the table, they would look at it and consider what was in the best interests of their communities.”
We will also support Government amendments 241 to 248, along with amendment 293, which can best be described as technical. Amendment 156 appears to be a tidying-up exercise.
Although the amendment would introduce a sort of twin track and it is perhaps not in the best place, I will support it on the basis that I want to have that conversation.