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I am saying that I think that it is one mark in two parts, with a bit movement and a bit extra pressure. That is what I think, but it is perhaps possible that it is two digits, although I do not think that it is.
There is investment in primary and secondary teachers; there will be many extra teachers by 2006. Class sizes, according to the June 2004 pupil census, are at an all-time low.
The workability of what I propose would depend on how much extra land was freed up. The lack of affordable housing is a huge issue for Argyll and Bute Council.
Disabled students have to put a lot of extra hours into university and simply do not have the time to work; many of them are on incapacity benefit and are not allowed to work.
Why are Scottish businesses paying extra rates? Why do excellent small high-tech businesses, such as Dunbeath Engineering Ltd in Caithness, still not have broadband?
Often, departments do that to cover themselves and to ensure that they are doing everything that good governance requires, but the addition of extra hurdles can sometimes make things difficult.
For most charging schemes, the power might never need to be used, but we have the opportunity to give local authorities that wee bit extra to enable them to develop proposals that work.