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To have that legislation as one of the legacies of his ministerial contribution is an accolade that is almost beyond compare in the lifetime of this Parliament.
Hugh McMahon has hit the nail on the head: we are looking at the Scottish funding council and whether it will continue to provide money, compared with the funding provided by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
Is there evidence that greater savings can be gained by improving the efficiency of back-office functions compared to the delivery of front-line services, or is that immaterial?
It is all very well for us to talk about comparing the situations in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland and southern Ireland, but what about comparing the UK or England and France?
There is also a correspondence team of two individuals who deal with all the First Minister’s correspondence. We also have a visits and events team that lead on any events that the First Minister attends.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 April 2006
I had in mind cases in which there was a significant price differential for a product on one side of the border as compared with the other, in whatever way that might arise.
Clive James’s autobiography contains the wonderful phrase,“Don’t take life seriously; you won’t get out of it alive anyway.”Today, we take death seriously and we are entirely correct to do so.11:09 As I am not a member of the Health and Sport Committee, I come to the bill and the debate as a comparative layman. However, I am struck by a central theme that w...