Clause 25 - Budget calculations: report on robustness of estimates etc
Local Government Bill
4:15 pm
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight, Conservative)
The Minister has made it clear that there is a lack of clarity. He said that councillors, not the authority, should have regard to the chief finance officer's advice. Perhaps we will debate that at greater length under clause 30. However, the issue is whether we require councillors to have regard to the advice of the chief finance officer, rather than allowing them merely to look at the report on paper, and allowing one or two of their number to lead the other councillors down a road that might be inappropriate.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 25 ordered to stand part of the Bill.