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It would be wrong for us to change the order about six months after May 2003. I would like a tighter time scale on the review of the members' interests order.
The report also states:"There appears to be a good degree of variation in the activity of each Group;There may be some concerns in relation to MSP attendance;There may be some scope for some Groups to be amalgamated."
Many people who can offer much to the profession are more mature, but they may already have family commitments and may find training difficult if we concentrate it in the central belt.