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I must confess that I have been much more encouraged by the latest responses of local authorities and other persons who are engaged in strategic, regional and local planning, including those in the private sector.
Obviously, we will send the minister any new information that is contained in the new petition to add to—or should I say supplement—the information that was given in the first one.
We have a whole project called modernising medical careers, which is addressing the issue of doctors' training in the new age and in the new circumstances.
First, it replaced poindings with the new diligence of attachment. Secondly, it set up the framework for the debt arrangement scheme, which is a new mechanism to help people to repay multiple debts while they are protected from enforcement.
We have to go back to the Executive about that, because it is fundamental to the power that the minister would have.The power in sections 69(1) and 69(2) appears to be restricted to dissolving the board and transferring its functions to a new board on which new functions can be conferred.There is doubt about the vire...
Given the minister's announcement this week that he intends to double the number of new community schools, working in partnership with local authorities, it might be useful to include a paragraph to the effect that there should be an expectation that children with special educational needs should be catered for in any new initiatives by the setting of standards and targets.