Higher Education and Research Bill

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 129, 130, 131, 137, 167, 168, 169, 170, 180, 184, 206,...

My Lords, in deferring to the noble Baronesses on the Cross Benches, Lady Brown and Lady Wolf, I ...

My Lords, briefly, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Brown, on her lucid explanation of the...

My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Brown, in urging the Government to think again about...

My Lords, I remind the House of my interests, which I have already declared. I support the amendm...

A couple of my amendments have washed up in this group. Amendment 192 asks whether the OfS will b...

My Lords, this has been a good and useful debate about, as everyone has said, important issues wh...

My Lords, this has been another helpful debate. I stress that I have listened carefully to the ar...

The Minister has now used a third variation. I think he is trying to say that this is an issue wh...

It is amusing playing around with words. We may, indeed, want to return to this on Report: I woul...

I have listened with interest to the Minister and I am very pleased that he has offered to write ...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

68: Clause 2, page 2, line 31, at end insert—

“( ) All bodi...

My Lords, Amendment 68 seeks to make sure that bodies on which the OfS places responsibility unde...

My Lords, I expected full-blooded and voluble contributions from all sides of the Committee. I re...

My Lords, I am grateful for the comfort which my noble friend has given me and I beg leave to wit...

Moved by

Lord Storey

70: Clause 2, page 2, line 31, at end insert—

“( ) The OfS...

The Bill creates separate regulatory and funding bodies for teaching and research and in so doing...

My Lords, briefly, the thought behind the amendment makes a lot of sense. Currently we have had f...

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, on the amendment. It is a good one, and alt...

My Lords, I fully understand the motivation behind this amendment, which seeks to give the OfS an...

Can I ask the noble Baroness to reflect on the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, about...

I thank the noble Baroness for raising an interesting point. I am sure it is one on which I and m...

I am very grateful to the Minister for her full and frank reply. I will reflect carefully on what...

Moved by

Baroness Garden of Frognal

72: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clau...

My Lords, in the absence of the noble Baroness, Lady Wolf, I beg to move this amendment, to which...

My Lords, I draw attention to my interests, as declared in the register.

I support the amen...

My Lords, when the Minister replies, can she clarify a key term of the Bill—namely, the English h...

My Lords, this is a topic that came up on the first day in Committee when I was asked a question,...

My Lords, I can understand the motivation behind this amendment. At the outset, I would like to a...

I thank the Minister for his reply and note that Clause 77 includes the meaning of “higher educat...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

74: Clause 3, page 3, line 9, leave out “may” an...

My Lords, this is a relatively brief group of amendments that are primarily concerned with drafti...

My Lords, I assure the Committee that there is a clear obligation on the OfS to consult when it f...

I thank the Minister for his response. I notice that he did not confirm whether the regulations w...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

75: Clause 5, page 4, line 9, at end insert—

My Lords, in the absence of the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, and with her consent, I shall introd...

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment for the good reasons set out by the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, this is a very important amendment. I want to make two points. First, we have already s...

My Lords, the case for the amendment has been explained clearly and persuasively by the noble Lor...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a member of the University of Cambridge. Before I entered your...

I was drawn to an Answer from the Minister to a Question on the effectiveness of the Sheffield pi...

I shall be very brief indeed. The comments of the noble Baroness from the Liberal Democrat Benche...

My Lords, I will reflect very briefly on what actually happened in Cambridge on 23 June last year...

My Lords, I support the intent of this amendment. When I was vice-chancellor at Aston University,...

My Lords, I thank your Lordships for your contributions. This has been interesting and, by way of...

The noble Baroness made the point that a growing number of universities are, of their own volitio...

With all respect to the noble Lord, Lord Judd, I do not think anyone is suggesting that there is ...

My Lords, I am afraid I was a bit disappointed in the noble Baroness’s response to the amendment....

Moved by

Lord Storey

76: Clause 5, page 4, line 9, at end insert—

“(1A) Subject...

My Lords, your Lordships’ House has an excellent record on the issue of mental health. In fact it...

My Lords, I support my noble friend’s amendment. In coalition, our Health Minister, Norman Lamb, ...

My Lords, I commend the amendment. It is enlightened and imaginative. University should be a thri...

I wholeheartedly support the amendment. I wish to make a limited point. Why should it refer to “m...

My Lords, I will forgo the opportunity to discourse the difference between “shall” and “must”; I ...

My Lords, I want to further emphasise the importance of mental health support to the areas of acc...

My Lords, this is a rather important measure which I hope will be reflected in the Minister’s res...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Garden of Frognal, and the noble Lord, Lord S...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his thoughtful reply. I am delighted that mental health is a p...

Moved by

Baroness Brown of Cambridge

82: Clause 8, page 5, line 30, after second “whi...

My Lords, I will move Amendment 82 and speak briefly to Amendments 84 and 88, in my name and that...

My Lords, these are sensible and appropriate amendments for the Minister to consider. They are th...

My Lords, the mandatory registration conditions placed on all providers are important and it is r...

I thank the noble Viscount for his detailed reply and for his assurances about controls on the pr...

Moved by

Baroness Goldie

83: Clause 8, page 5, line 34, after “OfS” insert “, or a pe...

My Lords, I turn to the amendments tabled by my noble friend Lord Younger regarding the designate...

My Lords, I think we are all slightly struck dumb by the flow of information that has come out ab...

I want to be sure that I understand. The designated body will be able to perform some of the duti...

I am sorry to come back so quickly but I am prompted by the noble and learned Lord to make a poin...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, and my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay. To...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

86: Clause 8, page 5, line 38, leave out from “it...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

89: Clause 8, page 5, line 39, at end insert—

“( ) a condit...

My Lords, I shall also speak to the other amendments in this group. All have to do with collabora...

My Lords, it would be difficult to ask universities to tell the Government about their overseas s...

My Lords, briefly, I support this amendment but ask my noble friend Lord Lucas whether the obstac...

My Lords, this group of amendments relates to collaboration across the higher education sector. I...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for his answer and I will certainly take him up on his...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

94: Clause 9, page 6, line 3, leave out “of a prescribed descript...

My Lords, I am afraid the Committee will get tired of hearing from me on this. This is all about ...

My Lords, I apologise for the delay in getting to my feet, but I was just wondering whether other...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Lucas for bringing forward these amendments, which seek to...

Before the noble Baroness sits down, I wonder whether she could possibly come back to the questio...

I hope that the noble Lord will permit me to respond to him in greater detail by writing to him.<...

My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend for her offer of a meeting. Of course, if any oth...

Moved by

Lord Wallace of Tankerness

110: Clause 9, page 6, line 14, at end insert—