Clause 24
10:30 am
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall, Liberal Democrat)
I am grateful to the Minister for the way he has considered the intention behind my amendment. The principle that I wish to stress is that available surplus moneys—moneys that have not been spent up to the point at which a scheme fails or draws to a halt, or the Secretary of State needs to intervene to force that to happen—could be paid back, rather than moneys that have already been spent up to that point being refunded. It is clearly not my intention to penalise a local authority’s taxpayers for liabilities that have already been incurred, but I would prefer that any surplus moneys available be sent back, rather than sit in an account and used for some other purpose.