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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 23 December 2024
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Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Budget Scrutiny 2024-25

Meeting date: 9 January 2024

Miles Briggs

Does anyone else want to come in on that?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Budget Scrutiny 2024-25

Meeting date: 9 January 2024

Miles Briggs

That is helpful.

My only other question is about the impact of RAAC, which I know that all councils have been working on. Perhaps you could provide us with written evidence on that, unless there is anything specific that you want to put on record today.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Budget Scrutiny 2024-25

Meeting date: 9 January 2024

Miles Briggs

Does anyone else want to touch on that?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Budget Scrutiny 2024-25

Meeting date: 9 January 2024

Miles Briggs

Since the budget was announced, I have had a number of emails from community groups in the third sector that are concerned about the situation. In previous meetings and inquiries, we have heard about, for example, their amazing response in providing support during the pandemic. Where does the third sector sit in your planning so that those partnerships can be protected as far as possible? Councils inevitably start by protecting their organisation and taking in-house the funding that is handed down to such organisations.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

New Deal with Local Government

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Miles Briggs

Thank you. Donna, do you want to comment?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

New Deal with Local Government

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Miles Briggs

Good morning, and thank you for joining us. I want to play devil’s advocate with regard to why we have not seen more progress. In a scenario where central Government, be it the UK Government or the Scottish Government, has concerns about the performance of a local service in a local authority area, what should a system to address that look like in order to ensure that we do not see large disparities between outcomes in different parts of the country? We often hear the situation being referred to as being a postcode lottery. What should such a system look like and how can it be taken forward? Maybe you could answer first, Jim.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

New Deal with Local Government

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Miles Briggs

Do you want to add anything, Jonathan?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

New Deal with Local Government

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Miles Briggs

Jonathan, do you want to add anything before I hand back to the convener?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

New Deal with Local Government

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Miles Briggs

That is an interesting point.

The Verity house agreement includes a commitment to jointly agree a monitoring and accountability framework. We already have the national performance framework, which is meant to be doing that in practice. Do the witnesses have a view on how that should work, or will the new framework just be another measurement that will, as you said, provide data that will not necessarily be of much use or prescribe what it is being used for?

Donna, given that you have already done this in Wigan, what examples should we take on board?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

New Deal with Local Government

Meeting date: 19 December 2023

Miles Briggs

Do you have anything to add, Jim?