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The Commission feels that it dealt with the most pressing requirement, which was to agree the new scheme operating under the new European regulations from 1 January 2000.
A little time is needed before people get used to the new slot and for education centre programmes and visits from constituencies to be organised to accommodate the change.
I suggest that we delay consideration of the report until the new year and use a meeting in December to consider, along with the NAO, questions of handling and priority.
Ted Brocklebank is no longer a member of the committee, but I welcome our new member, Derek Brownlee, to his first meeting.That moves us seamlessly to agenda item 1, which is a declaration of interests.