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Chamber and committees

Higher Education Bill - UK Legislation

  • Submitted by: Jim Wallace, Orkney, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2004
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S2M-00787
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 12 February 2004

That the Parliament agrees that the provisions contained in the Higher Education Bill which have the effect of creating a UK Arts and Humanities Research Council and which confer powers and functions on Scottish Ministers, so far as those provisions relate to matters within the legislative competence of the Parliament, should be considered by the UK Parliament.