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Paragraph 76 says:"Repeal of section 2A is expected to be cost neutral."The implementation of section 26 is not expected to place a financial burden on local authorities.
It will give students in Scotland more and different points of access to education and will help to encourage collaboration and the sharing of best practice between colleges and universities.
I suspect that the Presiding Officer is thinking that if I took time to answer all those points, I could be here for quite a while.The key point is that today we in Scotland enjoy the best of both worlds.
In such situations, it is not a matter of choosing between mum and dad, but of what is in the child's best interests. The same applies when we are talking about drugs.
All that was in my head was that, given that there are a number of points that we felt it was fair to share, one option is to remove the points of contention and to pass the bill, and another option is to pass the bill, but raise the points of contention in a debate.