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To enable us to have a full discussion on the final version of that report, it would be best to take that item in private. Item 4 is Richard Simpson's draft report on influenza vaccination.
As a matter of general policy, there may be circumstances in which it is appropriate to close a rural school, but those circumstances are best judged in the first instance at local level.
As I indicated in my answer to Mr Raffan's first question, it is the job of local health authorities to determine how best the needs of local populations can be met.
They appreciate that, without that training, they will not be able to get the best out of the facilities that they have or to pass skills on to the children.
The question is not about local government; it is about best-value reviews in the Scottish Executive and whether the cycle of best-value reviews in the Scottish Executive is likely to be completed by 2006, which was the original target.
That is not a sound principle on which this paper should be based.Nick referred to paragraph 29, which says:"Determining such matters as best practice in financial reporting is not best suited to internal committees.