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I genuinely feel that, without that, the public will not engage with us and will not regard increases as new or see development. The figures are meaningless.
That would be an excellent way of introducing languages to the skills sector. Absolutely. New people coming into the economy bring with them a whole range of new connections and networks, which might also be sources of new markets or new investment.
One thing that we will come to terms with is the fact that, by and large, we will not be building new landfill sites. We will be building new installations that will generally be under a roof—in a tin shed, if you like.
The key words are "such programmes" and "such courses", which reflect the variable element.Richard Baker talked about new levels of consultation, but there will be new levels of consultation only if the introduction of variable fees is agreed in principle.