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I also accept the value of the warm deal, although I understand that the scheme has been tailing off. The latest statistics for winter-related deaths among the over-65s show a rise of 400 on the previous year to a figure of 2,500.
We made a public commitment to roll out best value throughout the public sector and we have started that process. New legislation on that is not necessary.
The full texts of all the classic works are available and new ones are rapidly being added. New kinds of discourse—forms of discourse that we have never witnessed before—are arising on the internet.
However, given that I want to talk about why it should be everyone's responsibility to try to deal with the problems of knife crime, it is appropriate that a new face and a new voice should be raising the issue.
I hope that members get the impression that the bill is not just about a new procedure involving a preliminary hearing or a new culture of early disclosure.