Clause 43 - Arrangements with respect to business improvement districts
Local Government Bill
4:30 pm
Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West, Conservative)
It would help the Committee to scrutinise this part of the Bill if the Under-Secretary would clarify the precise role of the local authority in the BIDS process. Is it confined to collecting the levy and setting up arrangements for the ballot, or will it have an ongoing role? The Under-Secretary hinted earlier that it would represent the residents, but in what precise way does the local authority fit into the ongoing BID project? At the moment, I have no idea.