The Secretary of State is empowered to do that under clause 4(3) anyway. Clause 6 is not at all unclear. Subsection (1) says:"““A local authority shall submit its proposed local spending plan to the Secretary of State for approval””"
and subsection (2) says:"““The Secretary of State shall take a decision””."
I do not see what is unclear about that.
Sustainable Communities Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Howarth
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 19 January 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Sustainable Communities Bill.
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