(2) which district, parish and town councils will bear the cost of elections in South Bedfordshire District in May 2008.
On 25 July my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced that she was minded to implement Bedford borough’s proposal for unitary status and that we intend formally to invite all other councils in Bedfordshire to propose a unitary solution that would meet the criteria for that remaining area. We have yet to take final decisions on the structural arrangements in Bedfordshire and whether, as a consequence, there are to be district, town and parish elections in 2008.