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Localism Bill

But there is something called the Serious Fraud Office—the fraud squad—and there is a law of the land, so we do not need to pursue such things through the Standards Board. If people misappropriate public funds, they can be reported to the police and there can be an investigation. Sometimes we double up on legislation to try to say to the public, ““Look what we're doing,”” but in reality they have ended up with less influence and power, because things have become bound up in an operation that has not helped at all.