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My colleagues and I are happy to deal with questions as best we can. If the committee agrees, my colleagues will reply directly to questions that relate directly to their interests.
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.
None of us—schools, parents, authorities or this Parliament—should be prepared to accept second best for our children when we see what the best can achieve.