Part of Sustainable Communities Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:00 pm on 23 May 2007.
This is serious stuff. On the point that the hon. Member for Ruislip-Northwood made about the co-operation on the targets, that is important and I hope that he recognises that I do not wish to preclude further co-operation. But in agreeing the targets, the business links in the right hon. Gentleman’s example would be under an obligation to help to meet the targets that had been set locally. In Torbay, for example, they might be on training, new businesses in hotels and leisure, or fishery skills, whereas in my constituency they might be on textile engineering. Precisely that localism will be allowed, as shown byhis point.