I thank the Minister for his response. I have a small point. He wondered why Amendment 66 had been tabled and thought that I was trying to extend the powers of the Secretary of State. That is not so; it is there simply because it would restrict the scope of the requirements that the Secretary of State might impose through the order. My intention was to put two requirements—that information had to be provided and that it had to be done within three months—in the Bill, with the rest of the requirements that could be imposed as the Bill stands still in there. That is a detail.
The Minister referred to those local authorities that already carry out the requirements of this chapter—in other words, those that promote understanding of local democracy as set out in this chapter. I would be very interested indeed to know which local authorities the Government believe are already doing this, because I do not know of any that are already doing this in the way that is set out in the Bill. Obviously, many local authorities provide a lot of information, but I do not know of any that provide information on the scale and in the way that is set out here.
I would be interested if the Minister would write and give us a list of authorities that the Government think are already doing this, through best practice perhaps, and we could look at what they are doing and perhaps understand a bit more the regime that might apply to the whole country. Would that be possible?
Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Greaves
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 26 January 2009.
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and
Committee proceeding on Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL].
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