The Minister should consult county managers to see if the role of SPCs can be strengthened to allow them to be a vehicle for obtaining information in the scrutiny of areas under a local authority's remit, which information could then be given to the council proper. They would then perform a good role because they would be involved in what could subsequently become policy issues. If that is not done, councillors on SPCs and other members who take time off work to attend meetings will become frustrated and will come to see the committee as a waste of time and money. The result will be that they will gradually slip away, thus draining the SPC process.