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Local Government Standards Boards

It is probably as much my fault as anyone's, because I was involved in considering the relevant legislation when it went through the House, but there is an omission in that legislation, because if the local regime is not performing well, the national board does not have the remit to receive complaints about it. If people believe, for whatever reason, that the standards board is not up to the job, taking that further is almost impossible. That is an omission in the legislation, and I am questioning whether the ministerial team have a mind to change it in any way.