Mr. Graham Doyle:

The whole country feels frustration about some of the decisions that were made at the time of the boom. It is very hard to rationalise them today when one looks at the types of numbers quoted by the Deputy. This particular scheme was to partially deal with the indebtedness in which some local authorities found themselves, to enable them to get on with their other important work. A range of controls is now in place to ensure that we do not do that again, such as controls on local authority borrowing, how sanction is delivered, and particularly around the strategic planning and area development plans within local authorities, in terms of where there will be housing and so on.