§ INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS
§ Mr. Graham PageI beg to move Amendment No. 566, in page 157, line 25, leave out 'on payment of a fee not exceeding 10p.'. This Amendment stands in the name of my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Huntingdonshire (Sir D. Renton). He calls attention to the ridiculous requirement that a person who wishes to see the minutes of a local authority has to pay 10p for doing so. This is rather farcical.
Of course if he wants copies, the local authority may charge him for them, but it makes it ridiciulous if he has to pay l0p merely to see them—I wonder whether we ought to charge VAT or entertainment tax. It seems to detract from the current emphasis on public participation in council affairs.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Amendments made: No. 379, in page 157, line 35, leave out from 'a' to 'and' in line 36 and insert
'body whose accounts are required to be audited in accordance with Part VIII of this Act and of any officer of such a body'.
§ No. 380, in page 157, line 38, leave out 'authority' and insert 'body'.—[Mr. Speed.]