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At column 1224 of the Official Report, Robert Gordon refers to "trainees" and "training grades", but he should have referred to new deputes. Specifically, 30 people have been offered posts as new deputes rather than as trainees.
I imagine that if the Executive can provide a date we will get the answer that we are seeking. Do we agree to put the question to the Executive in writing?
That means that, in a way, the process becomes circular and self-feeding. We get less new information from looking at expenditure, because we effectively start to get last year's or the previous year's GAE.