1 have the task of reviewing everything we've heard 2 across all the forums, the submissions that we've 3 received both before the forum started and afterwards, 4 and just all the discussions and the immense richness 5 of the discussions that we've had and that will 6 contribute to helping us formulate our responses to 7 Term of Reference 7 and any recommendations we want to 8 make. 9 As we've said at each of the forums, the Board is 10 very, very conscious that this Inquiry has a limited 11 life and it's really up to those living and working in 12 the Valley to take this work forward in a meaningful 13 way. 14 I think it's very pleasing for us that, in the 15 past week or so we've already seen examples of this 16 happening, that local people have not waited for the 17 Board to make a report to the Inquiry and not waited 18 for the Government to make a response, but they've 19 taken that leadership that we've really hoped. There's 20 been a number of projects that have formed through our 21 forums that the group has said, "We're going to take 22 them forward now, we don't need anyone to tell us how 23 to do that", and this is what this has been all about. 24 So we hope that spirit of cooperation will 25 continue, not just with the local people living and 26 working in the Valley, but those from the health sector 27 outside the Valley will assist in carrying that 28 forward. 29 Some of the issues that we're discussing here are 30 clearly very, very specific to the Valley, but a number 31 of the issues that we've been discussing are not,
1 have the task of reviewing everything we've heard 2 across all the forums, the submissions that we've 3 received both before the forum started and afterwards, 4 and just all the discussions and the immense richness 5 of the discussions that we've had and that will 6 contribute to helping us formulate our responses to 7 Term of Reference 7 and any recommendations we want to 8 make. 9 As we've said at each of the forums, the Board is 10 very, very conscious that this Inquiry has a limited 11 life and it's really up to those living and working in 12 the Valley to take this work forward in a meaningful 13 way. 14 I think it's very pleasing for us that, in the 15 past week or so we've already seen examples of this 16 happening, that local people have not waited for the 17 Board to make a report to the Inquiry and not waited 18 for the Government to make a response, but they've 19 taken that leadership that we've really hoped. There's 20 been a number of projects that have formed through our 21 forums that the group has said, "We're going to take 22 them forward now, we don't need anyone to tell us how 23 to do that", and this is what this has been all about. 24 So we hope that spirit of cooperation will 25 continue, not just with the local people living and 26 working in the Valley, but those from the health sector 27 outside the Valley will assist in carrying that 28 forward. 29 Some of the issues that we're discussing here are 30 clearly very, very specific to the Valley, but a number 31 of the issues that we've been discussing are not,