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Scottish Parliament: First Minister's Question Time: Engagements (22 Nov 2007)

Rt Hon Alex Salmond: I have a copy of the decision in 2004 in the Westminster Parliament on top-up fees. There was a Labour majority of five, bolstered by the Scottish Labour contingent, which included Lord George Foulkes. Of course, a week before that decision, the Scottish Parliament was offered the opportunity to ask the Westminster Parliament not to take the cap off top-up fees, but the motion was voted...

Scottish Parliament: First Minister's Question Time: Cabinet (Meetings) (22 Nov 2007)

Rt Hon Alex Salmond: We have ruled out not only top-up fees but the back-end fees that were introduced by the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party. I hope that, at some point, in the interests of clarity, Nicol Stephen will write to me to acknowledge that university and higher education funding is going up in real terms and is also going up, through the spending review period, as a share of the Scottish budget....

Scottish Parliament: First Minister's Question Time: Universities (Funding) (14 Jun 2007)

Rt Hon Alex Salmond: ...Administration. I understand that the position of Jack McConnell and Nicol Stephen is that Scottish universities were and are properly funded. It was said yesterday that a huge issue is coming up—namely, whether we will be able to sustain our relative position in the light of the funding that could go to universities south of the border when the cap comes off top-up fees. That issue...

Scottish Parliament: First Minister's Question Time: Universities (Funding) (14 Jun 2007)

Rt Hon Alex Salmond: The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning said yesterday that universities are properly funded and that the potential looming threat was the cap on top-up fees being removed south of the border. To be fair, the member's colleagues have argued that that presents a serious danger. Working on robust evidence-based analysis during the spending review is important. Universities...

Scottish Constituencies (Members' Voting Rights) (21 Jan 2004)

Mr Alex Salmond: The position of the hon. Member for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale on top-up fees is totally absurd, as is his voting record. However, may I point out that the Speaker already has the power to certify Bills as exclusively Scottish and send them to the Scottish Grand Committee? Why would it therefore be such a problem to give him a similar power for English matters?

The Economy (4 Dec 2003)

Mr Alex Salmond: ...rising quickly. Barnett is cutting in with ferocity. There is a Barnett squeeze on Scottish public spending and indeed on public spending in Wales. Measures within the legislative programme such as top-up fees, in the same way as the measures on foundation hospitals in the previous Session, will undoubtedly have an impact on Scottish public spending via the Barnett formula. I cite...

The Economy (4 Dec 2003)

Mr Alex Salmond: Occasionally, I despair. I have carefully argued that the Bills that we are talking about—concerning top-up fees and foundation hospitals—affect Scotland. What I find incredible is not that Scottish Labour Members voted, but that they voted in favour of a measure that will reduce public expenditure in Scotland as a consequence of Barnett. I do not mind people voting on a matter...

Debate on the Address — [First Day] (26 Nov 2003)

Mr Alex Salmond: Everything comes to he who waits. As the Prime Minister knows, every party in the Scottish Parliament, including the Labour party, opposes top-up fees, so they will not happen in Scotland. The Prime Minister should also know that almost every higher education institution in Scotland opposes top-up fees south of the border because of the knock-on effects in Scotland. Under those circumstances,...

Sir William McKay KCB (11 Dec 2002)

Mr Alex Salmond: ...Foggieloan or Foggie, in the beautiful countryside of Banffshire. Before that, he balanced his time in London with building crofts on the island of Coll. I recommend to hon. Members who get caught up in this overcrowded corner of the country that they, too, should live in the beautiful Banffshire countryside and take the same balanced view of life as we have seen from Bill McKay over the...