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You want there to be a duty on local authorities to take into account Executive strategies, but it is not clear why there are difficulties in that regard.
My reading of the provision is that if a court "may take into account" the co-operation that has been given, it may also not take the co-operation into account and ignore it completely.
There was a delay in the Executive putting that instrument before us. It was made months ago, and to lay it before us now that we are busy with legislative stuff is, in my opinion, inconsiderate.