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There is and will be very good practice on consulting the public in the local authority sector and among other private and public bodies. I would like to take examples of best practice from them when considering how to proceed.
We should decide on the basis of what is in the best interests of world peace. That is why John McAllion's amendment deserves the support of the entire Parliament.
In the past, there have been attempts to find a solution that gets financing off the balance sheet rather than an approach that achieves the best solution, be it best value or whatever.
Yet, in this debate, Frank McAveety has spent the best part of his speech criticising us for raising an issue that is within the competence of the devolved Scottish Parliament.
It also offers us an opportunity to examine the very real effects that the SNP's proposals for a local income tax would have. At best, the nationalists' attacks on council tax and their proposals for a local income tax are disingenuous.