The Policing Board has had to deal with a number of complex and sensitive issues and has done so with insight and wisdom, and far better than anyone believed it could. It has dealt successfully with the issues of emblems, the change of the Chief Constable and many other difficult issues. Recruitment from both communities is proceeding successfully. A new Chief Constable has been appointed and has made a positive start, and North-South co-operation on policing is being advanced. Further policing legislation is to be introduced by the British Government in the coming week, which will be closely watched by Unionists and Nationalists alike.