John Robertson
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(13 years, 5 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. First, I want to hear the answers. Secondly, the greater the noise, the longer the delay and the fewer Back Benchers will have a chance to be called. That would be a great pity.
John Robertson (Glasgow North West) (Lab)
T9. If the right hon. Gentleman had his time again, would he be for or against tuition fees?
The Deputy Prime Minister
I would be for a system that provided a fair settlement for students. As I said before, unlike the system that we inherited from the hon. Gentleman’s party, ours will remove all up-front fees paid by students and will only ask graduates—[Interruption.] I know that Opposition Members do not want to hear this because they do not want to talk about policy as they have a blank sheet for policy. We have a plan and they have a blank sheet—that speaks volumes.