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The Executive's standard 12-week consultation period is one that committees can rarely follow at stage 1, because the timescale would not allow for a 12-week consultation period followed by a period for oral evidence.
We have consistently said that we have followed the policy of successive Governments on compensation for losses incurred as a result of toxin closures.
I have been at pains in the past to say that the Executive wants to follow a balanced strategy. The current proportion of spend indicates that we have, broadly, a balanced strategy.