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When I was Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change, I responded to Gavin Brown’s members’ business debate on the subject on 3 December 2008.
How much more money do they want for further education and from where should we make the cuts? Perhaps Mr Brown will answer that in his closing speech.
The last time that happened, we had the Browne commission, which saw the introduction of fees across the UK.I want to try, at least, to make a consensual point.
As Margaret Burgess said, and many others have pointed out, this right-wing welfare agenda was started under Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling. Remember the 75p rise for the pensioners.