Written evidence to be reported to the House
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill
4:30 pm
Martin Pilgrim: It is evidence of the scale of parishes in the rest of the country. As Councillor Cockell said, they can vary and be quite large. In some parts of the country, the expenditure by the parish council is greater than the expenditure by the district council in the same area. That must carry with it a bureaucratic overhead.