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Events such as the convener describes are so rare that it would be difficult to generalise for ministers about how they should conduct themselves in assisting Parliament in the exercise of accountability.
In February, I told the Parliament that I was prepared to provide matching support on a case-by-case basis to assist local authorities that were seriously considering introducing a charging scheme.
Obviously, good things do not last forever.The first thing to be said is that the trust's efficiency savings programme represents 2 per cent of the total budget.
One of the other fields of my work involves developing an education and awareness programme for children and young people, which tries to address that issue.