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Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [Lords]

My hon. Friend makes a good point about the current level of accountability, but there is also the question of the level of awareness. She mentions the CBI; at least it knows that such bodies exist, and roughly what their functions are. Most of my constituents do not have a clue what many of the organisations are, so to create further bodies with new titles, and new and crucial responsibilities, at a time when constituents want to know that they can go to their elected representatives and ask them to justify spending decisions, is completely ludicrous and will only make the situation worse.