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We could be accused of being less than open ourselves. At the same time that we have a new and more open judicial appointments procedure, we seem to be closing the door on another aspect of openness.
Next week, the coalition will announce that 30 per cent of Scottish students will in fact receive a new bursary; we will announce that 30 per cent of students will be able to apply for a mature student bursary.
If we are thinking about having a focused theme for the conference, it should come from the business community rather than from the Parliament because it is important to get buy-in from the businesspeople.I also agree with Karen Gillon's point that it would be useful to have sectoral groups.
Bridge of Earn is a community with a growing population where a substantial number of new houses are planned. There would be clear environmental benefits in providing a new station at Bridge of Earn.