Greater London Authority Bill

The noble Baroness was surprised at the proposition in the Bill that the draft component budgets could be amended. On two occasions she said that that was news to her. That would be an immeasurable power in discussions over scrutiny budgets. I would have thought that her group and the Conservative group in the authority would wish to look very closely at my noble friend’s undertaking. If I were a member of the GLA and that power were available to me, I would feel assured that I could obtain whatever money I needed for scrutiny.