Higher Education and Research Bill

I rise to speak in support of the desire of the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, for there to be a stro...

Noble Lords on all sides of the House appreciate the personal commitment of the noble Earl, Lord ...

My Lords, I, too, pay tribute, as I have in the past, to the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, for his h...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to this issue and I thank the noble Earl, Lo...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken...

Moved by

Baroness Goldie

123: Schedule 2, page 76, line 36, after “be” insert “equal ...

My Lords, as the Government have set out previously in this and the other place, as well as in pu...

My Lords, will the noble Baroness reflect on the point she made as she concluded her remarks when...

My Lords, briefly, in response to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, on the specific matter he raise...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

124: Schedule 2, page 77, line 23, after “be” ins...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

128: After Clause 12, insert the following new C...

My Lords, I will be brief. Although the phrasing of the amendment is quite broad, the intention b...

My Lords, I am happy to support the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, on this amendment. It is only the...

My Lords, I support both the amendments in this group. I think that the arguments for post-qualif...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for tabling a set of amendments relating to admissions. By way of p...

My Lords, I am sorry that the Government take the attitude they do to post-qualification admissio...

I have always regarded the noble Lord as my friend and I shall do my best not to alienate that ha...

I am sure that the usual channels will come up with an equitable solution for all concerned. I th...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

132: Clause 13, page 8, line 21, at end insert “...

My Lords, with this amendment we move to registration conditions, and a number of issues arise in...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 138, to which I am a signatory.

I made the point at Sec...

My Lords, my colleague and right reverend friend the Bishop of Ely is unable to be in his place, ...

My Lords, I support the right reverend Prelate’s amendment. We hear increasingly of mental ill-he...

My Lords, we are surely clear that the route that we are going down will mean that institutions g...

My Lords, I welcome particularly the amendment proposed by my noble friend Lord Lucas. The offici...

My Lords, I will try to abbreviate my remarks somewhat but this is a very important group of amen...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Lucas can speak for himself but it is worth focusing on this scena...

I thank my noble friend for raising significant points. Let me try to put his mind at rest. I hop...

I have to say to the Minister, who cannot see behind her, that her noble friend was not looking t...

No, I do not find myself reassured. I very much hope my noble friend may be able to write to us. ...

I am very happy to undertake to write to my noble friend. I have so much of interest to tell him ...

As I was saying, I do not think the Minister quite got to the heart of the question asked by the ...

Moved by

Lord Desai

133A: Clause 13, page 8, line 26, at end insert—

“( ) a con...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 133B. They are pretty straightforward. They concern the...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Desai. I l...

My Lords, as someone who is not an academic, I find it quite surprising that amendments of this s...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Desai, for tabling these amendments, which speak to concer...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. I thank the noble Lord, Lor...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

139: Clause 14, page 8, line 43, leave out “Engl...

My Lords, with the agreement of the Committee, and in the hope that we can get through a bit more...

My Lords I appreciate the kindness of the House in allowing me to speak to my Amendment 166, whic...

My Lords, I very much regret delaying things at this hour, but I ask for a clarification on Amend...

My Lords, in the interests of brevity I shall write a full letter addressing the main amendments ...

I thank the Minister for that clarification. I am sure that we will return to the issue on a more...

Moved by

Lord Lisvane

142: Clause 15, page 9, line 18, leave out “it appears to the O...

My Lords, as this is the first time I have spoken in Committee on the Bill, I should declare, as ...

My Lords, I support the amendment. I shall not repeat how subjective the test is,

“if it ap...

My Lords, I do not rise to add anything to the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, and the n...

I shall address the points raised by the noble Lord directly. He will know that we are and have b...

I am very grateful to the Minister. If I may borrow the phraseology of my noble and learned frien...