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It is disappointing if they are not, because they should be. We will do our best to ensure that they do. On returns, we can produce statistics only on the information that we are given.
Charges have not always been developed in such a manner, but that is probably the best practice that there has been in the United Kingdom for developing charges.
When the licensing board is armed with that type of detailed information, it can make the kind of informed decision in the best interests of children that all of us want to see being taken.
I am sure that, if it does, we will all beat a path to your door to find out how you did it. We will do our best. There seem to be no further questions.
We state that we can use only our best estimates—indeed, guesstimates—and you will appreciate the fact that we had only a short time between our being asked to study the matter and our reporting on it today.
I would be happy, along with Jim Mather, to identify how that can best be achieved and to communicate that to the project director, if that is acceptable.