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On the other hand, the community believes that the health board felt that way because it did not get the outcome that it wanted. The concern is that the event in November and December was orchestrated to ensure the result that the health board favoured.
I have a problem trying to work out how we can get beyond the fine words and rhetoric and make things happen on the ground—a big bit of how we will do that is missing.
The first item of business for the forum was the terms of the amendment. We have taken time to get the amendment right, in consultation with interested parties, before lodging it.
Obviously, the recess means that a formal meeting could be a problem, but members could get together informally. Can I confirm that I have to go to the Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee meeting tomorrow, listen to the presentation and then draw together a report?
Alternatively, as with tuition fees, will we have yet another committee of inquiry to try to get some people off the hook? I am unhappy with the arrangements that have been announced by the First Minister to deal with current bills in progress at Westminster.
The objector would pay a deposit and, if their objection was considered valid, they would get their money back; however, if the objection was considered to be vexatious or not valid, they would forfeit the fee.
Some members are less anti-war than others, but all should remember that, if George Bush gets away with his new pre-emptive strike strategy, the future will be the wild west, where we shoot first and ask questions later.