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Although we try to say that we expect a service to continue, we also have to point out that it is funded from X or Y or X plus Y plus Z until such-and-such a date. We try to create a sense of security around a service and an individual post.
Did you ever ring up Ron Tuck and say, "I have evidence of X, Y and Z from schools. I have the minutes of the board's meetings in front of me, but those issues are not being discussed.
They will put their objectives on the table and hammer out an agreement.We are reluctant to accept the imposition of a fixed template that says we must agree X, Y and Z, because such agreements will depend on the circumstances.
Surely, if they have managed to stay on budget, but only by doing X, Y and Z, you should know what X, Y and Z were—especially as they might have impacted on some of the national targets.
When announcements are made, the headline is often, "We are increasing spending by X, Y or Z". Those who work in business know that their group board would not necessarily be impressed if they told it that they were increasing costs by 50 per cent the following year.
How would the matter be determined if the four members of the legal profession said, "Ah, but such and such a case means X, Y and Z"? It would be difficult for a layperson, without a legal background, to say that they were wrong.
That aggravates me as a member of the Parliament. If you had said X, Y and Z, I would have respected that, but what you said was, "Really guys, it's your fault."
Most students, if they have received support in the past, will be only too happy to say, "I now see that I really need X, Y and Z". At that point, such support can be put in place.