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The bill does not set a precedent for future developers. Each project will be dealt with on its merits and it will be up to developers to seek the appropriate consents at the appropriate times.
There are 2,800 additional places in higher education institutions and there is committed funding for 40,000 additional places in further education colleges.
In the European Committee yesterday, we talked about the importance of infrastructure and how, if infrastructure projects were to be funded by the structural funds, we would have to show that economic good would come out of them.
We would like ministers to be able to authorise and to fund such organisations because ministers cannot spend money unless there is a legal basis for doing so.
I am happy with that proviso—it is pretty much how I would express the situation myself. We must have some flexibility if we come up against a problem that we cannot resolve.
We must also think about how the quality of the chamber experience can be enhanced both for members and for observers. The issue of allowing more flexibility in the length of debates and speeches must be considered.