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I appreciate that there are matters that should be decided on locally by taking account of local priorities; but the Scottish Executive has produced this mechanism for funding and I am anxious to find out what the standard is.
That is why I insist that the minister produce proposals—at the bill stage—that show what potential loss the right to buy would cause those housing associations.
The calculation is fairly simple and appears to produce a higher figure. The figure to which I referred concerned the section between the A8 and Telford Road.
I am not avoiding the point.On top of the minister's and Parliament's responsibility, there is real input at council level, and I do not see how another elected layer would produce any more genuine accountability.
The subordinate legislation that will be produced in due course will leave latitude in some cases to allow local authorities that apply the measures to take into account local circumstances.