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The question is whether the change is to extend a discredited exemption system and try to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear or to grasp the nettle and follow the Welsh example by abolishing prescription charges completely.
Having agreed that Ross Finnie should come before the committee in December to talk to us about the Executive response, it would be good to follow on from that with a session on a practical topic that we can all get our heads round.
May I make a suggestion, even though I will probably be on maternity leave when you might follow it? I was interested in the points that Adam Ingram and Rosemary Byrne raised about the budget.