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Will the First Minister say what the point is of a national debate on education if the Executive prejudges the issue, which it did today in relation to community schools and yesterday in relation to the role of local authorities?
Two issues relate to single vaccines—the risks between vaccines and more trauma for young children. The key point is that all the evidence shows that, if we were to move to single vaccines, there would be big drop in uptake.
Has Gil Paterson indicated what future work should flow from the report? The third bullet point of paragraph 10 of the paper suggests that the disability reporter, supported by clerks, should work up proposals on how the implementation of the year of people with disabilities in 2003 could be monitored throughout 2002.
That is the Executive's approach; early disclosure is important and the committee might want to talk more about that, but we need extra time for the defence post indictment, which is the point at which it sees the final form of the charges.
A copy of the written report that was submitted has been circulated.The committee considered the petition on 26 September, when it agreed to appoint John Munro and Richard Lochhead as reporters to consider the issues raised and the mechanisms and terms of reference for any inquiry into the environmental impact of sea cage fish farming.