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There are a lot of issues around the disclosure of information between different parties and many of those who submitted evidence to the Education Committee felt strongly about it.
I remind members that, although Mr Jamieson has produced many interesting ideas about detailed changes that might be made to standing orders, at this stage we are interested in the philosophy of the matter.
The difficulty is in defining "reasonable." Absolutely. There are many definitions of that. We should draw it to the lead committee's attention that the Executive has referred to a matter of policy in order to ensure that the committee knows that it is a deliberate policy.
We also wondered about hearing from Bill Whyte, but I am not sure whether we made a final decision on that. How many evidence-taking sessions will the committee have?
We should be considering the Commission's forward work programme and identifying what will be a live issue next year so that we can begin work on it now. We have said many times that we must stay ahead of the game.
We should be considering the Commission's forward work programme and identifying what will be a live issue next year so that we can begin work on it now. We have said many times that we must stay ahead of the game.