Clause 47 - Publication of information as to standards of performance
Public Audit (Wales) Bill [Lords]
3:00 pm
Mr Bill Wiggin (Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, Local and Devolved Government Affairs; Leominster, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 37, in page 31, line 15, at end insert
'and may include references to standards of performance achieved by similar authorities outside Wales'.
We are going over ground that we may have covered before. The amendment relates to the publication of standards of performance by local authorities. It would enable comparisons to be made between the standards in Welsh authorities and similar authorities elsewhere in the UK, which would give access to more comparative data. The amendment would put such comparators beyond doubt, and I hope that the Minister will accept it.