Clause 25 - Budget calculations: report on robustness of estimates etc
Local Government Bill
4:00 pm
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold, Conservative)
In that case, I shall put an idea to the Minister. People who are not qualified to carry out their roles should be assisted by members of other authorities who are properly qualified. Someone who is trying to keep an authority on the straight and narrow financially, and trying to warn profligate councillors that they are running into trouble, will need to have a convincing argument about why they should not be profligate. That person is more likely to be convincing if he is properly qualified.