Local authorities are the only organs of the public service which have to fund benchmarking themselves, which is not fair. I realise that the local authority service is self-sufficient and can accrue many revenues, but a clear example of the way it has to fund benchmarking is the exorbitant increase in service charges. That is not fair because the people who are disposing of the waste are indirectly funding benchmarking. The Minister is aware of this because last November the mayor of our council, the financial controller and the manager met him as part of a deputation.