Mr. Paul Hogan:

The first check on that that we have introduced is the fact that, rather than them being ministerial guidelines, they must go to Government so that there is collective responsibility at Government level for these guidelines or, I should say, statements. That is an elevation of responsibility. What is brought to Government has to be generally acceptable to Government. That is the way policy can be strengthened.

The second is the adoption mechanism. It is intended to be primarily rooted through the plan system as opposed to the individual decision system but there may well be that bit of tension at the outset once something new comes out.

The mechanism is for it to be routed through the regional assembly regional strategies and the development plans, where appropriate. In each case, there is almost a review rather than an automatic change-----