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I understand that there is a necessary process—in political parties, people do not start at the top. It takes people time to get near the top and to have significant influence even in the party to which they belong.
I have had conversations with John Sizer of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council to clarify whether I would seek top-slicing of the council's money to do work on access.
The Executive has responded with apologies for the delay, and the response has been circulated.Members might wish to note that the right to buy was considered and not agreed by Parliament.
If those projects are above the delegated authorities of the boards, the board normally has to submit to us an outline business case before it goes to the market to buy whatever it is that it wants to buy, such as a building or whatever.
There would be no diminution of service, but there would be more funding in the pot, with which whoever the paymaster is could buy more care. Would that allow access to more people?