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I am pleased that he accepts amendment 290, which will give a degree of assurance that before the end of each financial year the commission's finalised budget document for the following financial year will be made public.
The question is whether the change is to extend a discredited exemption system and try to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear or to grasp the nettle and follow the Welsh example by abolishing prescription charges completely.
Surely the Executive would have written into the bill that there would be a pilot for a year and that that would be followed by different implementation dates for the other authorities?
The reporter's job would be to analyse the technical detail and to sift out recommendations, which the minister might or might not follow. The minister would act on advice and would not be an expert.
Even civil penalties could be introduced by regulation to enable roads authorities to impose charges. I want to follow up on Sylvia Jackson's question.
The deputy convener said that he finds it difficult to follow and understand an objective test but, as it stands, all members have to follow and understand an objective test every time they declare an interest.