Clause 2 - Control of borrowing
Local Government Bill
3:00 pm
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight, Conservative)
I appreciate the Minister's answer, but I am sure that he will accept that the precepted authority is not influenced merely through the precept. It is also influenced through the prudential borrowing limit set by the precepting authority, and the consequences for that in any given year, and what may be prudent for a single-tier, all-purpose authority may be imprudent for an authority that is part of a number of authorities that levy a council tax from the same set of ratepayers.