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If a person is to begin a new life in a new area with a new name, support is needed from other public authorities, particularly housing, education and health authorities and the Benefits Agency.
Like John Scott, I keep myself up to date on this matter and know that there are issues on the go that may allow a new Carrick Street Halls to rise from the ashes, if the council can get moving.
One issue on which business lobbies all ministers is the need for transport infrastructure improvements, which I am determined to deliver. To get rid of congestion, improve the situation and make transport connections flow, I rule out no approach.
I argue that that would give businesses that must renew their licences the following year a one-year period in which to get ready for the change—to get the necessary drawings in place and training completed, and to become familiar with the new legislation.