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University of London Bill [Lords]

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 16 October 2018, in the House of Commons, led by Karen Buck. The answering member was Sam Gyimah.
Second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to an Unopposed Bill Committee.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

647 cc590-601 

Session

2017-19

Legislative stage

Second reading

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Karen Buck | 647 c590 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.

I am very pleased to introduce the ...

Henry Smith | 647 c590 (Link to this contribution)

I graduated from University College London in 1991, when of course that institution was part of t...


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Karen Buck | 647 c590 (Link to this contribution)

I very much agree with the hon. Gentleman; that is absolutely at the heart of the Bill.

John Howell | 647 c590 (Link to this contribution)

In my role as the Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Nigeria, we are trying to sell educational esta...

Karen Buck | 647 cc591-2 (Link to this contribution)

I believe that nothing is more important than to make the hon. Gentleman’s life easier, so I am p...

Christopher Chope | 647 c592 (Link to this contribution)

Is it right to say that the view of the university is that the

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Karen Buck | 647 c593 (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely. The cause of the difficulty is the combination of the length of the consultation and ...

Sam Gyimah | 647 cc593-4 (Link to this contribution)

Last year, the Government passed the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 with the aim of openi...

Bob Stewart | 647 c594 (Link to this contribution)

Does that mean that Birkbeck College, for instance, will become “Birkbeck University, University ...

Sam Gyimah | 647 c594 (Link to this contribution)

That will depend on how Birkbeck chooses to refer to itself, but I anticipate that once this Bill...

Gordon Marsden | 647 cc594-6 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Westminster North (Ms Buck), who I gather is, according to ...

Bob Stewart | 647 c596 (Link to this contribution)

I am hoping that the hon. Gentleman can have a short break to get his cough under control. I shou...

Gordon Marsden | 647 c596 (Link to this contribution)

That is a good point. I do not have the answer to the hon. Gentleman’s question, but the Minister...

Christopher Chope | 647 c596 (Link to this contribution)

I am with the hon. Gentleman on that. When evidence was given to the other place, every time ther...

Gordon Marsden | 647 c597 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I do not want to prolong the debate unduly on th...

Rachel Maclean | 647 c597 (Link to this contribution)

I will be brief. I merely wish to thank the hon. Member for Westminster North (Ms Buck) for her o...

Christopher Chope | 647 cc597-8 (Link to this contribution)

This debate would not have taken place had I not blocked this Bill going through on the nod on Se...

Christopher Chope | 647 cc598-9 (Link to this contribution)

Far better than me. King’s College London is 26th, Royal Holloway is 28th, Queen Mary is 38th, th...

Sam Gyimah | 647 c599 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for pursuing this line of argument, but suggest that he is making several ...

Christopher Chope | 647 c599 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the Minister for responding to my point with that long intervention. I shall not...

Sam Gyimah | 647 c599 (Link to this contribution)

I remind the House that we are not talking about institutions that just arrived yesterday. All th...

Christopher Chope | 647 c599 (Link to this contribution)

Obviously I always take such things into account, but my hon. Friend has not actually told me wha...

Sam Gyimah | 647 c600 (Link to this contribution)

I am trying not to be drawn into that particular issue because it is not germane to this debate, ...

Christopher Chope | 647 c600 (Link to this contribution)

It may not be the subject of the debate, but it would be very much a pertinent subject for each c...

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