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Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Skills: Nursery Services (8 Feb 2007): Andrew MacKay: ...Minister aware that in certain parts of the country there is a gap between the money that nurseries receive from the Government and the actual cost of nursery provision, which means that a modest top-up fee is absolutely essential? Owing to the new statutory guidelines published by the Secretary of State last year, excellent nurseries such as Flying Start at Pinewood in my constituency,...
Business of the House (5 Dec 2002): Mr Andrew MacKay: ...was in his normal place on the Government Front Bench during question time yesterday, he will have noted the confusion after the Prime Minister's answers to questions about university finance and top-up fees. It was to such an extent that in today's newspapers it is suggested that the Prime Minister has backed down. Yet the Secretary of State for Education and Skills says something that is...

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