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The minister said that those groups are the groups that he wished to see being closely involved in the new national theatre strategy. As long as whatever we do complements or informs what the minister does in implementing his strategy, that can only be a good thing.
People identified the fact that there were problems with the private bill system, so it was suggested that a new approach is required. First, we want to know whether you believe that the new system will be an improvement on the system that you experienced.
In relation to the Waverley project, what difference will we notice from the new arrangements? I rather hope that they might be good news for that project.
—Official Report, Education Committee, 26 May 2004; c 1469-70. At that point, the minister showed his willingness to learn from the pilot scheme and to legislate if that turned out to be necessary.