21.   The local parish council has often been in the hands of a group leading the area into Decline.

22.   The parish council were not altogether happy with the road layout around the new pelican crossing, Mr. Hobbs reported.

23.   They endeavoured, on a number of levels, to make themselves more accountable than previous Labour councils had been.

24.   This makes it highly unlikely that the council will be able to meet the three-month deadline on any site.

25.   The council was too weak to do anything about it.

26.   Councils should be answerable to the people who elect them.

27.   Is the council right to be concerned, or is it overreacting?

28.   The councils were composed of municipal and community representatives.

29.   The building is in a dilapidated state and the council are very concerned about the danger to children playing in or around the building.

30.   Furthermore, if councils are fragmented, political control could be different in each, which would make co-operation across boundaries difficult.