Clause 49 - BID Revenue Account
Local Government Bill
9:15 am
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold, Conservative)
I hope that the Minister, having given that helpful and courteous reply, fully understands that he needs to write to the Committee. How those deficits will be dealt with is important. Will he say under whose auspices the BID account will be audited and scrutinised? Will it be under the usual local government regime, so under the auspices of the Audit Commission, or under departmental spending, so under the auspices of the National Audit Office? Can he clarify that?