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Lastly, I note that the Government have launched a big artificial intelligence project, part of which is a new engine for consultations. I would very much like to know whether this consultation engine will be adopted for future local government reorganisations, and, if so, whether it will truly embrace conversation as well as submissions so that ideas can develop locally and there can be local conversations—that is, not just submitting something to a central pool then being told what that contains but having an actively interactive, artificial intelligence-promoted consultation. This would really allow people locally to have a say on how they want their local government to look.