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I repeat that Strathclyde, Northern Ireland and London are living evidence. Strathclyde is the best of all, because it is on our doorstep and has the cultures that we have in Scotland.
That evidence indicated that many students are enormously committed to paid employment, in order to sustain themselves through the cost-of-living element—not the fee element—of being a student.
We would not want to set up an onerous system that diverted staff away from their main responsibilities, which are to save lives and deal with injuries. Whatever we do as a result of the pilots, a commonsense approach is needed.
Apart from that point, the debate was reasonable.I agree with Michael McMahon that there has to be flexibility and that we must help people to go about their normal lives. However, Tommy Sheridan dealt with the issue of someone who wants to have alcohol to drink when they come home from work.