Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at 2:38 pm on 26 September 2007.
I would never, ever, allow Murdo Fraser to write one of my speeches—which might account for the electoral history of the North Tayside constituency, if I may be so indelicate.
As I said in my statement, I want local authorities to be fully involved in local development, because we have a great opportunity to join up the different service elements. My statement was clearly about ensuring that we have much more local discretion and involvement. That will come about through the way in which the enterprise structures develop.
The business gateway operates in an established fashion. Obviously, local authorities will work within that context.