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Congratulations go to the campaigners, in the first instance, because they made their case in a moderate, persuasive and reasoned manner, assisted by high-quality legal representation.
Another committee recommendation was that quality assurance should be streamlined, given that some colleges were being quality assured on the same programmes up to 28 times. However, the bill does not address that issue.
There must also be a route into rehabilitation services. Our ultimate aim is to assist women to make their own choices and to come out of street prostitution.
It is more than encouraging that a £260 million support programme has been provided over the next three years, of which £64 million will go towards wind energy.
I am particularly pleased that the Executive is making progress on electoral reform, as outlined in the partnership agreement between the Liberal Democrats and the Labour party and in the programme for government. I look forward to continued progress being made and believe that it is inconceivable that the system that we currently have for local government ...
It was crucial that they were not put into a position where they might seek to do something illegal. To assist the innocent victims in the matter—the farmers—we obtained the derogation in Europe so that claims under the arable area payments scheme would still be valid.