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There are different strands in our politics: the radicals—the various efforts by the working classes to improve their lot and get the vote and so on—as opposed to the more orderly reforms around 1832.
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Date answered:
7 August 2003
The UK supported the Commission and other member states in stressing the importance of getting the EU's trading partners to recognise the scale and scope of the newly agreed reforms.On fisheries, only two issues arose.
Brian Monteith keeps talking about a tuition tax, and we have heard about tuition fees from Dennis Canavan. I appeal to members to get the terminology right. The powers of this Parliament mean that we are not allowed to levy a tuition tax.
The resources distributed to local authorities over the period 2000-01 to 2004-05 to carry out activities, including site remediation work, associated with implementation of the contaminated land regime are set out in the following table.
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Date answered:
23 September 2005
Petrol stations are classed as Retail Sale of Automotive Fuel by the UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2003 (SIC code 50.5).3. Includes June 2002 LA boundary changes between The City of Edinburgh and West Lothian and Glasgow City and Renfrewshire.4.
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Date answered:
30 November 2004
**The Underlying operating surplus/(deficit) is defined as - The surplus/(deficit) on continuing activities, after depreciation of assets at valuation and before disposal of assets and tax, adjusted for one-off, non-recurrent items.
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Date answered:
10 November 2004
Further information on this and other higher education performance indicators can be obtained via the following link:http://www.hesa.ac.uk/pi/.Percentage of Full-Time First Degree Entrants no Longer in Higher Education Following Year of Entry to Institution 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 All Scottish Institutions 10 9 10 10 10 11 University of Aberdeen 9 10 9 11 11 9 University of Abertay Dundee 17 12 19 13 15 13 Bell College - - - - - 28 University of Dundee 9 8 10 11 10 13 University of Edinburgh 5 5 4 6 4 5 Edinburgh College of Art 6 4 11 10 9 12 University of Glasgow 8 6 7 9 8 9 Glasgow Caledonian University 16 15 16 19 14 14 Glasgow School of Art 4 5 5 8 6 7 Heriot-Watt University 9 7 8 8 10 11 Moray House Institute of Education 7 - - - - - Napier University 19 8 11 8 15 18 Northern College of Education 10 9 12 12 - - University of Paisley 18 17 20 19 18 19 Queen Margaret College 11 8 10 10 11 10 Robert Gordon University 14 13 13 14 11 11 Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama 7 2 10 5 5 9 Scottish College of Textiles 10 - - - - - University of St Andrews 4 4 4 2 3 4 St Andrew's College of Education 13 9 - - - - University of Stirling 5 5 7 8 8 6 University of Strathclyde 7 7 8 9 9 10 UHI Millennium Institute - - - - - 37 Source: Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) & Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)Notes: Missing values are due to following:In 1998-99 Moray House merged with the University of Edinburgh.In 1998-99 The Scottish College of Textiles merged with Heriot-Watt University.In 1999-2000 St Andrews College of Education merged with the University of Glasgow.In 2000 Bell College was awarded HEI (Higher Education Institution) status.In 2001-02 Northen College of Education merged with the University of Aberdeen and the University of Dundee.Data on higher education activity...