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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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