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We have always felt that the beginning of the process is quite long, but it also takes ages to get the design completed and to get compulsory purchase powers.
We will need to have that discussion when we get to the designation order. What is going in the bill must be right as well, to convey the message that we are keen to take people's views on board.We must get this issue right for the parks.
We would not want ministers to interfere or take an active role unless that was clearly required; we hope that that would not be required at an early stage.
We will pursue that point further during the design of the scheme, but we will move from a situation in which patently most buyers do not get sufficient information to one in which they will get far more information.
It is a defect in government—it is not party-political issue—that, when people get riotous, they get goodies. We should give the necessary support to our poorer communities.
At no time have I been offered a leaflet or been reminded of the benefits that I could get. I have never asked—which is my fault—but over the piece, I might have been better off.