Higher Education and Research Bill

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Wolf, which is ...

My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Wolf, set out very clearly, her amendment would allow the O...

My Lords, the Bill creates the conditions to improve the overall quality and diversity of the hig...

I thank the Minister most sincerely for what he has just told us and for—I do not want to call it...

Moved by

Baroness Brown of Cambridge

144: Schedule 3, page 78, line 37, at end insert...

My Lords, Amendment 144 in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Wolf, and the others in this ...

My Lords, we support the amendments in this group in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Brow...

My Lords, I first apologise for my voice. I have a heavy head cold and my remarks may be more imp...

I thank the Minister for her reassurance that we have a common intent in how the Bill expects thi...

Moved by

Baroness Goldie

145: Schedule 3, page 79, line 14, leave out from “when” to ...

My Lords, I shall speak to the government amendments and wait to hear from the noble Lord, Lord J...

My Lords, I am very interested to find my amendment surrounded by government amendments, and I am...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Judd, and ask the Government whether they have fully con...

My Lords, it seems to me that my noble friend Lord Judd’s suggestion would be a very useful addit...

My Lords, I note that a similar amendment to that proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Judd, has been...

It is not just about unsuccessful applicants but situations where a registration is suspended, ha...

I thank the noble Lord for his intervention. I might observe that there is a distinction: suspens...

I realise that the Minister is a lawyer—that is understood—but she seems to be making a significa...

I cannot claim to be a lawyer— I am a very long since defunct lawyer—but what I am endeavouring t...

My Lords, the Minister has not altogether reassured me. There is a very important principle in ju...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

154: Clause 19, page 12, line 27, leave out subse...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

158: Clause 20, page 12, line 35, leave out from ...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

160: Clause 20, page 13, line 3, after “decision”...

Moved by

Viscount Hanworth

166A: Clause 23, page 14, line 30, leave out from “may” to...

My Lords, Amendment 166A and the allied Amendments 168A and 173 propose that the body that is to ...

My Lords, I have a significant number of amendments in this group. I thought that for the conveni...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 171, 202 and 213 in my name. Amendment 171 proposes that the...

My Lords, I support an independent quality assessment process, and I believe it is right that an ...

My Lords, I am sure that I am not the only one for whom the particular solutions that have been p...

My Lords, Clause 23 establishes powers for the Office for Students to assess the quality and stan...

My Lords, I do not believe that the speakers in this short debate will be entirely reassured by w...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

174: Clause 24, page 15, line 21, at end insert—...

My Lords, this is a further development about quality assessment—this time, focusing on the commi...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, for his contribution. This debate is on clauses...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her comments and for engaging so fully with these issues. I lo...

Moved by

Lord Lipsey

187: Clause 25, page 15, line 32, at end insert—

“( ) The ...

My Lords, I start by apologising for the absence from this debate of the noble Lord, Lord Bew, wh...

My Lords, I rise to briefly comment on the interesting and important observations we have just he...

My Lords, I find myself in agreement with the noble Lord. There is a slight danger that this will...

I shall speak to Amendment 197, which would ensure that the TEF has to be reassessed before it is...

My Lords, I have a few questions stemming from annexe B, which the Minister circulated last week ...

I am glad to support the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey. I have the National Student Survey in front of ...

My Lords, I support the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, on the National Student Survey, ...

Does the noble Baroness accept that her objection is the opposite of the one raised by the noble ...

I think the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, meant a number of things, but I am not saying that raw data ...