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As I said in answer to previous questions, on paper there is still a gap in respect of absolute commitments: that is, pounds in the bank. If at the beginning of the process we had required not just a funding statement but pound notes in the bank, we would never have got away from first base.
There are problems even when people think that they have sorted out their affairs through a joint account. A bank or a building society can, and often does, freeze the whole account when one of a couple becomes incapable.
It is aware of the restrictions, such as recess dates and when the office of the clerk is open, that the annual cycle puts on committees and the Executive, and that influences how the timetable is drawn up.
Although the process officially started in June 2002, a lot of background consultation was done before that date. Why are Scottish Power and the Strategic Rail Authority not on the list?
It applies only when the authority in question has a publication date in mind; it is not possible simply to postpone the evil day, as it were, for 12 weeks.
We are certainly not slacking.Assuming that the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the bill today, oral evidence hearings will commence on 24 January. That date is fixed, leaving just nine weeks in which to settle objections.
We could expand from the small base of allowing someone to study Italian for their holidays, for example, to allowing them to retrain if their skills become redundant.