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It is not inconceivable that the judge who was best qualified to be appointed to the supreme court would come from Scotland, even if the court already had two Scots judges.
It requires them to reassess the costs involved in a particular course of action and whether it was and still is the best course of action to address the situation that they were trying to address.
Conservation and natural heritage interests should be represented on forums, but it is best that that should happen at the discretion of local authorities.
The matter comes down to a judgment by the members concerned, who are best placed to judge their own needs and what will help them to do their job better.
The parallels between the GM issue and BSE in the 1990s are stark and horrific. ACRE is giving you the best available scientific advice. Similarly, in the 1990s the Swann committee and the BSE advisory committee gave the Government of the day the best available scientific advice.
For example, the spend on primary school pupils could be regarded as a GAE assessment. The indicator is the best basis that has been identified for driving an expenditure need.