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We tend to report specifically on the quality of learning in a school instead of drawing class sizes out as a separate issue. It is a much harder issue to pin down. Not to put too fine a point on it, the quality of what is done in a class is as important as, if not more important than, the size of the class.
Many members commented about the delay, including Tom McCabe, Margaret Smith and Des McNulty. Let us look at wee bit further back into the history of the Scottish Futures Trust.
The research is looking at a number of possibilities, such as using hydrophobic coating on the cables, or deploying a different type of de-icing system. Laboratory research will be carried out later this year to test those options.
Although some comfort is available from the de facto suspension of many court proceedings, our view is that all such proceedings should be suspended for the duration of the emergency period.
For Northern Ireland to remain aligned with the Republic of Ireland, and thus the EU, on customs, and to prevent a hard border on the island, it has to be regarded as being de facto part of the European Union’s customs territory.
I am not sure of the exact terminology but, de facto, the local enterprise partnerships take the decisions and oversee the funding in each of their areas.
The truth is that local authorities have slimmed down their staff to the point at which they are incapable of offering high-level, quality support. We currently have a de facto system in which local authorities cannot fully service the needs of schools.
Those people do not represent the problem that we are trying to tackle, which is people who operate as de facto commercial fishermen who are evading the regulatory environment to which proper commercial fishermen have to adhere.
I ask Mr Dennis to comment on that. De facto, the answer is yes. Let us say that two large debtors who I would like to chase owe fees on a huge number of cases.