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  Surely the point of allocating three minutes is to allow the speaker to provide some background points to the question and explain the reason for it. I realise it does take a bit more attention than simply reading the question on the agenda then glancing ahead until the speaker has finished. This is all too easily done when there is a long agenda and the councillors are waiting for the item they are more specifically interested in but when a member of the public has asked to speak they deserve the attention of the council and should be listened to. Whatever officers think, the agenda is only a point of reference while it is the speakers that are important.

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