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Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting date: 26 March 2024
Ariane Burgess
Neil McInroy, you wanted to come in.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting date: 26 March 2024
Ariane Burgess
Does Stacey Dingwall want to pick up that question first? We will then see who else wants to come in.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting date: 26 March 2024
Ariane Burgess
You have clearly decided that it is important to get on with community wealth building and to have dedicated officers for that. What would you say to other local authorities, which might be wavering? I have heard that some councils had a full-time community wealth building officer but that that is now a part-time role. It seems to me that you have decided to go out and invest in that. What has encouraged you to do that?
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting date: 26 March 2024
Ariane Burgess
You spoke earlier about the considerable spend that health boards have. How can they redeploy that to support the local economy, rather than leaking out? That would be an example of spending a resource in a different way.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting date: 26 March 2024
Ariane Burgess
I read in the committee’s papers that Preston City Council worked with other councils to set up the North West Mutual bank, which is a new regional co-operative bank. It would be great to hear you pull that into your response. Do we have to rely solely on the Scottish National Investment Bank? Could there be smaller and more regional banks?
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting date: 26 March 2024
Ariane Burgess
Gordon MacDonald wants to come in briefly on that.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting date: 26 March 2024
Ariane Burgess
There is a need for some coherence in the thinking there. Neil McInroy wants to come in.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting date: 26 March 2024
Ariane Burgess
There is a clear message there.
In his submission, Iain Gulland provided a really interesting perspective on valuing our buildings, so I would like to hear about that, but I will bring in Angus Hardie first.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting date: 26 March 2024
Ariane Burgess
It is tremendous that you mentioned waste and its value. There needs to be a shift in consciousness, because we do not really value it. I love the expression “There is no such thing as away.” We really need to shift our sense of what we value.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting date: 26 March 2024
Ariane Burgess
Thank you for that. We definitely need to get communities and local people leading on these things.
Neil McInroy wants to come in, then I will bring in Angus Hardie.