3. Review of Previous Recommendations

3.1 The Round Table has in the past devoted a good deal of effort to following up its previous recommendations, recognising that the generation of momentum for change is an important aspect of its work.

3.2 The Round Table is encouraged by the approach exhibited by the new administration. The content and tone of the Government Response to the Round Table's Second Annual Report indicate that the Government has accepted, or is giving serious consideration, to most of the recommendations made by the Round Table. In this context, and in the light of the ever-increasing number of recommendations that it might otherwise be expected to pursue, the Round Table believes it should discount those of its previous recommendations which have been adequately addressed, or which might now be deemed irrelevant.

3.3 As noted in the Chairman's preface to this report, the Government Response arrived while this document was being prepared. The Round Table welcomes indications that many of its recommendations have been accepted, but it has not had the time to discuss fully which of the others have now been dealt with, or are obsolete, and which remain pressing issues that need to be addressed. The Round Table expects to return to this issue in its next annual report.