Higher Education and Research Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Government amendments (a) to (d) ...

The Higher Education and Research Bill sets out the most significant legislative reforms of the s...

I hear what the Minister is saying about the TEF, but does he accept that, although there might b...

I thank the hon. Lady for raising that point, which enables me to discuss the amendment that the ...

If I have understood it correctly, the linking of the TEF and the fee level is just being postpon...

I can reassure the hon. Lady that we are committed to ensuring that universities are able to incr...

I thank the Minister for his comments on the work that we have done on this issue. The Cabinet Of...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his continued and thoughtful engagement with this issue. We look f...

Can the Minister explain the logic of including in a statistic which the Government wish to limit...

I can reassure my hon. Friend that this Government welcome international students, who deliver hu...

I thank the Minister for these amendments, as they reflect very well what the Education Committee...

Indeed. No one would disagree with that. It is good news that the UK continues to be a highly att...

I will take one more intervention—[Interruption.] I will take two more interventions on this subj...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way, but he is being rather selective with the statistic...

Perhaps the hon. Gentleman is being selective. I can easily point to the 8% increase in visas fro...

My hon. Friend has been a great advocate on this issue for a long time. I personally thank him fo...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. We would expect all higher education providers on th...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

For the last time.

I thank the Minister for giving way. I understand his discomfort on the issue. He talked about nu...

We can certainly say that visa applications have risen by around 10% since 2011, although there m...

It is a great pleasure and privilege to speak on these amendments this afternoon. I join the Mini...

My hon. Friend is making a strong case. I agree that it is good that the Government have recognis...

My hon. Friend, the esteemed chair of the all-party parliamentary university group, is absolutely...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the review is welcome but that it would have been really good to h...

My hon. Friend knows that I cannot be responsible for the Minister’s mood music. I can only respo...

To reiterate what I said in my speech, I am happy to confirm that the Secretary of State will tak...

I am grateful to the Minister for that important clarification. It is also important that all fee...

My hon. Friend is making compelling points. In Northern Ireland there are two universities, Queen...

I absolutely agree. My hon. Friend makes a further point about the Government’s still having a lo...

You will be pleased to know, Madam Deputy Speaker, that my remarks in this debate will be short. ...

Last July, when the Bill was first brought to the House, I spoke about the issue of pushing ahead...

The hon. Lady will be well aware that Northern Ireland, where both education and higher education...

SNP Members have of course been consistent in our calls for EU workers and EU students, both in u...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for her hard work on the Bill. Picking up on what she said about ...

My hon. and learned Friend speaks passionately about her constituency and Heriot-Watt University,...

I visited Canada recently with a parliamentary delegation from the Scottish National party. Does ...

Absolutely. The UK is becoming an increasingly hostile environment for international students and...

I thank the hon. Lady for giving way and apologise for coming in during her speech. International...

In Scotland, the value is estimated to be £1 billion annually, so it is very significant. That is...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Glasgow North West (Carol Monaghan). She made a nu...

I agree with most of what the hon. Gentleman has said, but including student numbers in the stati...

The hon. Gentleman is both right and wrong. It is a bit of a stretch to say that the student numb...

I am delighted to be in the Chamber for the conclusion of proceedings on the Higher Education and...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, although I regret the fact that this Bill has been caug...

No.

I thank the hon. Gentleman for disagreeing with me. This measure is a step in the right direction...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that these international students add to the scholarly, research an...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. She pre-empts me perfectly, because that was the poin...

With the leave of the House, I wish to say a few words of thanks to Members and others for their ...

The Minister will recognise that on such occasions certain things have to be said, and said force...

I am grateful for that. It has been a pleasure to work with the hon. Gentleman and his colleagues...