That has not answered my question—I was not asking what local authorities should do. If a local authority went about this correctly and formulated a contract correctly, could the public have as much information on the spending of their money through a contracting process as they could if the service were delivered directly by the local authority?
Local Audit and Accountability Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Clive Betts
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 17 December 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Local Audit and Accountability Bill.
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