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From Cornwall Council leader Alec Robertson, to all members:

"As arrangements come together to celebrate the start of the Olympic Torch Relay in Cornwall, contact with town and parish councils and representatives of local communities suggests the need to re affirm the role of Cornwall Council in this. While we have welcomed the opportunity to support this once in a life time event through providing support from our highways, economic development, environment and localism teams, as well as with funding from the Leader's contingency, this event is being organised and led by LOCOG (The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games) and not by the Council.

"It follows that, whilst I have no difficulty in supporting, in principle, the motion to Council regarding the civic function, which simply re-states what is clearly set out in the Constitution, I cannot vote for it in its current form as the Council cannot "ensure" that the Chairman is in attendance at all events relating to the Olympic Torch relay as that is a matter for LOCOG not the Council."