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Summary

The House of Commons ODPM Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee published its report on Re-licensing on 17 March 2006.

We welcome this report as a contribution to both the review of Licensing Guidance and independent Elton Review of fees which have already been announced. We will
consider carefully the Select Committee's recommendations and are already planning to take a number forward. However, the Government does not accept the central criticism of the Select Committee report that we have failed local authorities and believes the Committee has misunderstood Departments' roles. The Government
also believes that the report includes a number of inaccuracies and several examples of where criticism laid at the implementation relates to requirements in the primary legislation which was agreed by Parliament following full scrutiny.

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