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Even after a half-day tutorial, the projects that the students produce at the end of the year are significantly changed, to the point that the students argue with their tutors.
But did you not say that the tourist board is producing a separate business plan? Will you not be considering that, to see whether it comes up to the mark?
The voluntary sector is significantly involved in delivering one of the options of the new deal—the voluntary sector option—which has turned out to be a reasonable success in Scotland, compared with elsewhere in the UK, partly because the sector has produced a more coherent infrastructure to support that.
The huge problem with debating amendment 35 is that no empirical evidence has been produced, which means that we must consider such situations when we decide whether to support an increase in the timescales.
However, if our amendments fail, we will support amendment 17, because, frankly, it is better than what the Executive has produced in the bill. Nonetheless, the Greens remain opposed to top-up fees.
One of the Auditor General's criticisms of the previous round was that we tendered four contracts simultaneously, which produced extreme loading on the Executive departments and on the contractors involved.