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Tom McCabe is said to have remarked on that. Covering the school holidays is excellent, but we have three weeks' holiday at Christmas and new year, and most schools have only two weeks, so we could reduce recess time then.
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Date answered:
28 October 2005
For example, because of the checks and balances that the college faces to secure the release of such funding, it has had to ask the bank for overdraft facilities on several occasions.
If the proposals for the development of best value to replace CCT are well in advance, why did you not include a later date in the bill, rather than having no date at all?
The Executive has indicated that it was difficult for it to nominate specific starting dates, because local authorities have different times for their school holidays and terms.