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We cannot be diverted from our programme every time a new issue arises. There are 1,001 projects to undertake and investigations to mount and they are all important.
However, it has been suggested that there could be a circuit of such courts. That would allow people to visit a number of places regularly and to build up knowledge of, and a relationship with, an area.
Predictions that are based on the latest statistical model show that the annual total number of deaths from the illness is expected to peak at a figure of between 2,000 and 2,500 sometime between 2011 and 2015.
I appreciate the concern that has given rise to these amendments, but I fully believe that, once the new tribunal system is in operation, fears that the system will not be fair to parents will be allayed.