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I guess that there is just one challenge to flag up. We can do our best to make sure that our candidate pool is the best that it can be, but we also need to focus on making sure that those candidates are selected and then elected, and that they can continue in their role.
The Government took the research seriously, and it established a task force to consider the recommendations, find out how best to implement the ones that it wanted to and consider those that it did not necessarily think were the best options.
I am always concerned about the fact that we set out all these duties in legislation when, sometimes, they can be best left to guidance. I do not think that there is any more that I can add.