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That could also be taken as part of the international comparison, which we are considering. I think that the programme as set out in the sub-group's paper is excellent.
It is undoubtedly true that the additional resources that have been made available to councils by the Executive have encouraged new programme delivery using local education department facilities and staff.
If the budget is set in a committee's programme, I would expect it to stick. Perhaps in very exceptional circumstances it would be difficult, but I am sure that those will be few and far between.
The minister replied that that was not possible at the moment.Finally, the Environment and Rural Development Committee said that it was looking for the spending not only on its own programmes but on all other programmes that seek to promote rural development.
However, the European road assessment programme, which graded more than 800 British roads, found that two thirds of deaths on major roads outside built-up areas occur on single carriageways.
I therefore suggest that the agreement of questions to the minister on the inquiry into drug misuse and deprived communities, the committee's general forward work programme, the forward work programme for the inquiry into drug misuse and deprived communities and the committee's annual report be taken in private.