Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at 2:38 pm on 26 September 2007.
I, too, thank the cabinet secretary for his statement. I note in passing the striking similarities between it and the reform package for Scottish Enterprise that was in the Conservative manifesto. It will not be a great surprise, therefore, that I congratulate
I have, though, some questions on the detail of the reforms. How much will the reforms save? Where will the savings go? When will the reforms be implemented? In addition, on those functions that will be devolved to local authorities, what flexibility will local authorities have to determine what is delivered locally and how?