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This Government's proposal to replace the old tuition fees with a new tuition fee called the graduate endowment should be opposed for exactly the same reason."—Official Report, 27 Jan 2000; Vol 4, c 499.
Members indicated agreement.Proposed Contingent Liability Proposed Contingent Liability Item 2 on the agenda is our first consideration of contingent liability for some time. With us are officials from the transport division of the Scottish Executive development department.
Not one member has responded directly to the arguments that I put earlier—that will become evident when we read the Official Report.In response to the accusation of grandstanding that has been levelled by several colleagues and friends, I would point out— Not your friends, Fergus.
We now move to agenda item 5, the budget process, which will be taken in private. I thank the public and the official reporters for their attendance at the meeting.
To assess the situation and establish whether the correct action was taken, we also need to establish the minister's response. Until we know the official response from the minister, the situation remains unclear.