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It is vital that politicians from all parties represent all the age groups whom they represent. It is unacceptable that many young people do not get their first vote until they are 20.
It is difficult to be precise, of course, because we do not know whether top-up fees will be introduced at all: we do not know how many universities will charge the fees or at what level they might be set.
We know from what we have heard of victims' experiences of the system that too many people still feel that they are failed by the system and that the law needs to be reformed.
The implication was that the hostel occupancy would not last for long and may not affect many people. Hmmm. How will that be reported by the Official Report?
As Gil Paterson said, however, members often get enraged by totally evasive, often not even accurate answers to their questions and so lodge 10 more questions. Many civil servants are good, but many of them need to be trained.
I am not sure that the wording is perfect. In many ways, it builds on the words in section 6(2), which say that the head teacher will have an obligation to consult pupils.