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We must acknowledge that many patients, visitors and staff, many of whom work shifts, will still have to travel to hospital by car.My constituents still have concerns about the siting of the new royal infirmary.
Section 4, as amended, agreed to. Section 5—Enlargement of sites of special scientific interest Amendment 24, in the name of Allan Wilson, is grouped with amendments 26 and 118.
The amendments in the group would make a number of detailed changes to the provisions affecting the School Sites Act 1841 and the Entail Sites Act 1840.
Last week, we discussed with officials the power that ministers have to fine local authorities. Members expressed concern that that would mean taking out of budgets resources that would be better deployed on redoubling efforts to achieve targets.
For example, what percentage of it results from the graduate endowment—for which poor students are not liable anyway? How much of the debt is credit card debt? That could be affected by increasing the young students bursary, to make people less reliant on credit—although that is not a question for you.