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Indeed, it could be argued that higher education is comparable to literacy and numeracy in the 17th century.We will not be able to replicate what our forefathers did unless we invest in our education system at the basic and higher levels.
We therefore have to be careful about how the funding arrangements balance, compared to other boards that fund only provision within their own boundaries, other than the national services.
I believe that adultery is a major factor for those bodies.We have compared the different regimes that are out there and we have looked at the needs of Scottish society.
That is a belt-and-braces exercise; it is not a huge issue compared with other elements in the bill and I suppose that to some extent it is a matter only of legal semantics.
West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority, which serves a population of 2.5 million compared with the 2 million people in the SPT area, was awarded £50 million for 2002-03; SPT was awarded £28 million.