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<p>The Government is currently having constructive discussions with local government
about how the consultative rights and responsibilities they currently have at European
level through the mechanism of the Committee of the Regions might be replicated domestically,
in a non-statutory way, for when the UK has left the EU. These discussions involve
the Local Government Association, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA),
the Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA) and the Welsh Local Government
Association (WLGA). Any new consultative arrangements arising from these discussions
will need to complement the wide range of domestic processes and procedures the Government
already has for consulting local government.</p>
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