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Members of the travelling community were especially pleased that we committed ourselves to visiting travelling peoples' sites and taking evidence at those sites—it will be an interesting inquiry.
Often the organisations that make the best contribution to dealing with stress are local voluntary organisations, many of which are on the verge of extinction because of lack of funds. I visited a group this morning, as part of volunteers week.
I seem to remember that a former Tory Prime Minister said:"Advisers advise and Ministers decide"—Official Report, House of Commons, 26 October 1989; Vol 158, c 1044..I hold to that principle fairly strongly.
There has been a steady year-on-year increase since before the millennium, and the latest in-year collection rate is now 93.3 per cent, which is up from 92.7 per cent last year.
The quote is very brief, but it encapsulates the whole issue. Paragraph 5.11 on page 26 says:"There is a clear perception among planning officers that prior notification is unnecessary in principle and unsatisfactory in practice."
In relation to table 3 of response 17, can TIE confirm that the application of a 10 per cent uplift would lead to a 26 per cent overestimate in outbound morning bus passengers?
The money to deal with that is now in the system, although there is still some work to be done.Richard Simpson mentioned new drugs. A story broke in the news last night.