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I thank Jack McConnell, Bill Aitken, Robert Brown and Karen Gillon for their positive and constructive remarks.I say to Bill Aitken and Robert Brown that I am well aware of the historical powers and authority of Lord Advocates.
As Aileen Campbell pointed out, the irony is that every Labour MSP and every member of Brown's Cabinet benefited from not having to pay tuition fees when they were at university.
The member reflects on a number of points that I raised in reply to Robert Brown’s question. I will meet midway: I think that there are possibilities in the borrowing.
People generally live in the lowlands, rather than the uplands, which are quite hard to access and very brown and bleak so it is hard to build the connection with people.