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That is why it is important to get the other committees on side before we pursue this. They may object to this committee taking up parliamentary time that they regard as their own.
Whereas a parliamentary question simply raises an issue and may encourage the minister to go and do something about it, we may want to explore further what sort of information we need to plan and prepare for the things that we are talking about.
I refer members to the paper that sets out our draft report for the parliamentary year 7 May 2003 to 6 May 2004. The format of the report follows the style that was agreed by the Conveners Group.