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I do not know whether we have saved the best until last, but we have certainly saved one of our most challenging and crammed agendas until our final meeting this year.
We are a bit cramped today, so apologies to members of the public who are with us. This is not the best room in which either to serve on or to attend a committee, but that is one of the constraints imposed by the building in which we are working.There are two items on today's agenda.
It seems to be something that we will have to revisit at some future stage, given that the Executive is not in a position to clarify matters fully. It may be best simply to note that and to await hearing from them in due course.That brings matters to a conclusion.
If the act is designed to ensure that best practice, producing the best product, is available quickly across Europe, no matter where the investment in that product has been effected, I think that it is a good law.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 December 2003
It is a matter for eachlocal authority to put in place appropriate staffing arrangements to ensureeffective service delivery within the best value framework. The guidance on theduty to make arrangements to secure best value states that “a local authoritywhich secures best valu...