I had some slight experience of local government in the past. Does my right hon. Friend agree that he needs to look at the possibility that the local authority will, so to speak, fund it out? In other words, in order to close a road for a function—I will not name any councils, but I know of a few that tend to do this—it will come up with some exorbitant fee as an excuse, and then try to land that fee on the organisers.
Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Paul Beresford
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 18 March 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill.
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