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Authorities must be given adequate time to procure what provides best value rather than what is cheapest. It is quick to get the cheapest; it is not quick to get best value.
I trust that the law will now be enforced throughout the country and that it will be coupled with other recommendations in the expert report to get women out of prostitution, which must be our long-term objective.
Lewis has drawn attention to the fact that change is taking place as we speak, so although our time scale is tight, I would hope that the beginning of April would be the latest time at which we would address this matter.
It is important to recognise that people who do not get what they want are never happy. If I may say so, we all talk glibly at times about consultation.