Clause 43 - Arrangements with respect to business improvement districts
Local Government Bill
2:45 pm
Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby, Labour)
On that very point, the hon. Gentleman is talking about a potential merry-go-round of finance. He knows that a local authority can
sometimes be the owner of property, so following his argument through, it would be liable for costs. He spoke about recouping extra administrative costs, but is his argument not circular? He is going through a long and tortuous analysis of 16 so-called points relating to a document that we have not even seen. As the hon. Member for Isle of Wight said, is he not really wasting the Committee's time?