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Will the minister hazard an estimate of the likely periods of punishment and deterrence that will be set, following the introduction of the new type of sentence, from today's date?
The bill is generally well structured and the policy behind it is well placed. There is more to follow, and we look forward to reviewing that when it becomes available.
However, in practice, the validity of the instrument is not likely to be affected. Secondly, there is a failure to follow proper legislative practice on point 2.
The NHS board told us that the 1 per cent efficiency gain had been taken from its budget, but the Executive advised us the following day that that was not the case.
If it is up to each committee to decide what to do but we say that a particular course of action is best practice, we are accusing a committee that does not follow that course of action of not following best practice.