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You mentioned that the death rate for accidents and train crashes, for example, or for tragedies such as BSE, is comparatively small compared with the horrendous death rate that results from tobacco.
I put it to the minister that, for the period 200005, European funding is available for roads in exceptional circumstances. Surely the Executive could tap into that funding, as all the speakers have outlined the fact that these are exceptional circumstances.
Only 48 per cent of clients agreed strongly that the public defender had stood up for their rights, compared with 71 per cent of private practitioners' clients.
The report says that the committee has written to schools and that it appears that most schools provide water. I have visited only six of 32 local authority areas, which is a limited number, but in five of the areas that I have visited, water is unavailable.
It is all very well to say that that is done administratively, although I am sure that in practice it is carried out decently. However, compared with other aspects that we have picked up on, that seems a substantive provision to leave out of regulations.
It should be up to four years, which would be broadly comparable with the House of Commons. I think Kenneth Macintosh was the only one to suggest that the time limit should run from the incident.