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Local Government (Transparency) (Descriptions of Information) (England) Order 2015

My Lords, on the first point, certainly nothing changes in terms of looking into complaints and raising those issues. The matters here are ones of transparency; if anything, the existing procedures and processes will be used more readily because of the fact that more information is available more readily.

The noble Lord raised an important and valid point on replacing the audit requirement with a requirement of greater transparency. If I may, I will write to him; we need to ensure that we provide a detailed answer because it will be relevant to local authorities. I look to my officials on this, and will ensure that that forms part of the code in terms of any exceptions that might arise. With those assurances, I commend the order.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
759 c317GC 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
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