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For example, less money than is expected may come from the direct labour organisation, the income from leisure facilities may not be as high as was wanted or unexpected weather can cause destabilisation in the budget because the authority has to deal with emergency situations.
From memory—and my memory is not particularly good—I believe that it would be on the perceived harm that these masts may or may not cause to people who live nearby.
Therefore, I ask Donald Gorrie to seek to withdraw amendment 158.Amendment 49 makes it explicit that an interim order may contain only the same prohibitions as may be contained in a full order.
That would require assumptions to be made about what would happen at the end of the franchise period. A franchise may last 15 years but the overhead wiring may have a life expectancy of 20 or 30 years, so what assumptions should be made after the 15 years?
When we do that, we see major problems. Although we may be getting rid of the £1.2 billion now, we may be creating billions of pounds of debt for the people of Glasgow in the future.