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If we are obliged to check staff, the idea seems to be that we will be able to get a reference from the council. Should we not be able to get that for nothing?
We are trying to do two things; we are trying to get the bill through—and there is cross-party agreement on the need for the bill—and at the same time we have to fulfil our obligation as legislators to try to get the legislation right.
Public transport and walking are key issues in rural areas. Walking might not necessarily get one from one town to another 10 miles away to work, but it is a key activity that provides enjoyment, exercise and a way of socialising.
Part of that balanced view will be finding out which local authorities and health boards are getting things right and, if their peers think that they are getting things right, whether their ideas can be used elsewhere.
Members have sometimes been submitting three questions every week but are not getting called. There is no way that the selection of questions can be rigged to ensure that everybody gets a fair shout.
They need to be supported in resisting the peer pressure and the pressure from the media and entertainments industries and elsewhere to be more involved in sexual activity than they want to be at that age.