Member

My point is that the Government should be using powers they already have, ideally commencing a lot of the provisions in the LURA so that councils can get on and use mechanisms that were designed in previous pieces of legislation, and Ministers can use the powers they already had to achieve their aims. Instead, we have a Stalinist approach—I do not mean that politically—when we hear too often that communities do not know what is best or never get involved. I am afraid a lot of that is just general rubbish.