Higher Education and Research Bill

My Lords, I have Amendment 251 in this grouping. In opening, I stress that I do not have a proble...

My Lords, I speak in favour of Amendments 251, 252, 259 and 260. In doing so, I very much echo th...

My Lords, I shall speak to two amendments in my name, which are probing amendments. Since they re...

My Lords, in the absence of the noble Baroness, Lady Wolf, who is unable to introduce it herself ...

My Lords, I strongly support the comments made by the noble Lords, Lord Norton and Lord Kerslake....

My Lords, my friend the right reverend prelate the Bishop of Portsmouth is unable to be in his pl...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support my noble friend Lord Norton’s amendment, which would be the i...

My Lords, this has been a very interesting debate. It has shone a light in strange places that I ...

I am grateful to the noble Lords for the opportunity to speak to this important group of amendmen...

I just wanted to come back on this issue of the shift in proportion between full-time and part-ti...

There can indeed be quite a full debate on the causes of the changes and I hope that in previous ...

My noble friend has dealt with the point about a body that is awarded a degree-awarding power on ...

Again, I can speak to my noble friend outside the Chamber, but surely there is no change to the c...

I thank the Minister for his detailed answer, and the other noble Lords for their important contr...

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Viscount Younger of Leckie

246: Clause 40, page 23, line 9, leave out “, res...

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258: Clause 40, page 23, line 32, leave out “41(3...

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Viscount Younger of Leckie

261: Clause 40, page 23, line 40, leave out “, re...

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Lord Lisvane

265: Clause 40, page 24, line 11, after “instrument” insert “wi...

My Lords, the amendments in this group which stand in my name and the names of my noble and learn...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 266, in the name of my noble friend Lord Stevenson, which I ...

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Goldie has asked me to apologise to the Committee as she has succu...

I understand that the Minister will reflect on this, and no doubt the department is preparing its...

Indeed, the noble Lord makes a good point. I am sure that will be taken into account in terms of ...

Before my noble friend sits down, could he just clarify on the first amendment of the noble Lord,...

My noble friend is very adroit at raising some complicated issues. I should answer the question b...

I am very grateful to the Minister for his careful and detailed reply. The noble Lord, Lord Norto...

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Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

276: After Clause 41, insert the following new C...

My Lords, I can be quite brief. This is a bit of a fishing expedition—I am sorry, I should recall...

My Lords, I shall be brief as well. It remains our policy that degree-awarding powers cannot be t...

That was a little briefer than I had anticipated, but I will look at it carefully. In the meantim...

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Lord Watson of Invergowrie

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My Lords, I am moving the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord Stevenson. The amendment ...

My Lords, I speak to my Amendment 298A, which is on the Marshalled List. At this stage of the pro...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 282A and 347B, which stand in my name. I declare an inter...

My Lords, I have great sympathy with what the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, has just said. On the lead...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to explain the provisions on the revocation of degree...

My Lords, I can see that under Schedule 1 the OfS must prepare a report on the performance of its...

I note the point the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, has made and that will definitely be part of our ge...

My Lords, I thank the noble Viscount for his response and noble Lords who have participated in th...

My Lords, I remind the Committee that if Amendment 290 is agreed, I cannot call Amendment 291 bec...

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Viscount Younger of Leckie

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Viscount Younger of Leckie

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My Lords, I remind the Committee that if Amendment 297 is agreed, I cannot call Amendments 298, 2...

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Viscount Younger of Leckie

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Viscount Younger of Leckie

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Viscount Younger of Leckie

303: Clause 46, page 27, line 5, leave out “and f...

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Lord Lucas

305: Clause 46, page 27, line 8, at end insert—

“( ) The Of...

My Lords, when I talked earlier about the need to give the OfS some axis in making sure that vali...

That is the second speediest moving of an amendment I have heard so far in Committee. I will be a...

My Lords, in the absence of the noble Baroness, Lady Wolf, I will speak to Amendment 311, in her ...

My Lords, in view of the very brief comments made by noble Lords in this extremely short debate, ...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that brief reply. Perhaps he might enlarge on it when we me...

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Viscount Younger of Leckie

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