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Members may wish to pick me up on several points. I am sure that we will try our best. You talked about the possibility of our wanting to adopt the maxim that all property is theft.
It says:"The services provided by TAIC did not demonstrate Best Value."If that chap from whom we heard in Galashiels was typical of the way in which TAIC worked, I do not know how the council works out best value.
I would like the situation to be turned on its head—just as national parks deserve the best conservation measures, they deserve the best involvement of people in the planning process.
If we want to do what the First Minister always asks us to do and show that we are the best small country in the world, is not sending a Scottish team to the Olympic games the best way of doing that?
The implementation of Best Value has involved no significant public expenditure on the part of the Scottish Executive.The Executive holds no information on the costs to local authorities of implementing Best Value.