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Health care
> > hospital policy
> > preventive health policy
> > home care
> > policy for the elderly and homes
for the elderly
> > mental welfare
> > assistance to disabled persons
‘During a tough debate the opposition
highlights the long waiting list in
the disabled care sector’
Language legislation
> > use of languages by the
authorities
> > use of languages in the business
community
‘Flemish Parliament yet again
discusses the language of the
convocation letters in the area
of Flanders around Brussels,
the Vlaamse Rand’
Culture
> > arts
> > cultural heritage
> > museums
> > libraries
> > media (the Flemish Public
Broadcaster VRT)
> > sport and tourism
‘In a resolution the Flemish Parliament
calls for the government to pay attention
to professional artists’
Education
> > all aspects of educational policy
> > except for a small number of
matters such as compulsory
education and teachers’ pensions
which are a federal competence.
‘Educational reform:
the Education Committee to
organise a new series of hearings
with experts’
‘Minister faces questions over
the third VRT channel’
‘Flemish sport policy
promotes medical and
ethically responsible sport
‘Flemish Parliament can also
abolish regulations: Decree on
travel agencies shelved in the wake
of criticism from the opposition
and the majority’
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