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I think that the extent of the penalties is best left to the lead committee. That might or might not satisfy those who are involved in whether summary penalties are adequate.
I imagine that that would be done with guidance about where trees could best be located to achieve best effect and to provide most aesthetic and amenity benefit.
We are committed to Best Value and will be extending a requirement for Best Value across the public sector, including departments of the Executive, by spring 2002.
Whatever the rights and wrongs of such matters, they are best left to be decided locally to reflect local circumstances, rather than having the choices imposed in a particular pattern from the centre.
I want to ask about innovative ways of caring, or those that represent best practice. The question is for David Bell, although others may want to respond, too.