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We must enter such debates with our eyes open to the possibilities. The committee may conclude that the present system is best; it may come to a different conclusion.
We should do that work at the start of the year.Members have a range of views on the rural development work, but there is a reasonable consensus that if we did it in May or June, that would give us more time to think about the issues that we would like to consider.