Dr. Kathleen MacLellan:

As has been outlined in the Secretary General's report, the overall strategy has been to settle cases where they can be settled and where it is appropriate to settle them. It states very clearly that the State has clearly been trying either to provide the educational or health services or to try to settle those cases so the families do not have to continue with litigation. This has been very clear from the outset. It has been the advice the Department and the Department of Education have received all along.