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That is a clear answer.The bill leaves the duty to house homeless persons with local authorities, but the transfer of stock may mean that in future local authorities will not be landlords or may have only residual housing of last resort.
Nevertheless, a health warning to say that the figures do not add up absolutely would have been of assistance to the ordinary reader.Finally, may I say that Bob Tait made everyone's day at this end of the table when he said, "Yes, minister."
However, I recognise that that is not universal, and we will be having further discussions on that. Philip Rycroft may be able to say a bit more about the detail.
I would be interested to hear the minister's thoughts on that.It is important that the Executive ensures that an emergency plan exists for each area, covering a wide range of emergencies that may arise, of which foot-and-mouth disease is an example.