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Localism Bill

The Minister said that more than one relevant body might submit an expression of interest in a particular service at any given time. I am trying to think of an example. Two community groups might be interested in taking over a particular park. They might be at daggers drawn and they will not want to put in a joint bid. How does the authority decide between those two community groups? I am trying to avoid using words like ““relevant bodies””. Anybody out there listening to this discussion will not have the slightest clue what we mean by ““relevant authorities””, ““relevant bodies”” and ““relevant services””. But if two community groups want to run the same park—for example, because it is on the border of two quite different areas—how does the council decide which one to deal with?

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Reference

729 c161 

Session

2010-12

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Legislation

Localism Bill 2010-12
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