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Higher Education and Research Bill

Debate on bills on Monday, 6 March 2017, in the House of Lords, led by Viscount Younger of Leckie.
Lords report stage first day. Part 1 of 3.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

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Session

2016-17

Legislative stage

Report stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Higher Education and Research Bill 2016-17. As amended in Committee.
Monday, 30 January 2017
Bills
House of Lords
Higher Education and Research Bill
Monday, 6 March 2017
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2017-0247
Monday, 20 March 2017
Deposited papers
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Lipsey | 779 c1097 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Lipsey

1: Clause 2, page 2, line 2, leave out “Office for Students” and...

Lord Lipsey | 779 cc1097-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I move this amendment with the support of the noble Lord, Lord Burns, and the noble Bar...


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Lord Burns | 779 cc1098-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I attached my name to this amendment as I was both puzzled and surprised by the Ministe...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 779 c1099 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment, which I also supported in Committee, and agree ...

Lord Judd | 779 c1099 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I strongly support my noble friend, but for a slightly different reason. It seems to me...

Baroness Butler-Sloss | 779 c1100 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Office for Students is a particularly dreary title. I also agree with the noble Barones...

Baroness Blackstone | 779 c1100 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, will get up very briefly to support the amendment. I recognise it is a lot of w...

Lord Elton | 779 c1100 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I hope your Lordships will forgive a single intervention in this whole long procedure, ...

Lord Cormack | 779 c1100 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there are at least two Members on this side of the House who support the amendment and ...

Baroness Bakewell | 779 c1100 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, support the amendment. We need to have a status of title that puts universities...

Lord Watson of Invergowrie | 779 cc1100-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am sure that the noble Viscount will ask that the amendment be withdrawn, and I can u...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 c1101 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I appreciate having a further short debate on this matter, but I find it a little ironi...

Baroness Blackstone | 779 c1101 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this organisation is not just about students’ interests. Of course they should be at th...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 cc1101-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the simple answer, which I think I made clear in Committee and just now, is that this i...

Lord Lipsey | 779 c1102 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very tempted to seek the opinion of the House because I think the Minister might f...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 779 cc1102-3 (Link to this contribution)

In moving Amendment 2, in my name, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 48 in the name of my noble ...

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 779 cc1103-4 (Link to this contribution)

I speak to Amendment 7 in this group, which seeks to put an additional general duty on what we ar...

Baroness Bakewell | 779 c1104 (Link to this contribution)

I wish to support the amendment for its reference to,

“including those with experience of p...

Lord Lucas | 779 cc1104-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I talked about this general area in Committee, but I have tabled Amendment 97 because s...

Baroness Blackstone | 779 cc1105-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I strongly support Amendment 2, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Garden of Frognal, a...

Lord Addington | 779 cc1106-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendments 94 and 98 in this group stand in my name. I have also put my name to the ame...

Baroness Deech | 779 c1108 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as regards equality of access, I take issue with the noble Lord, Lord Lucas. I declare ...

Bishop of Oxford | 779 cc1108-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I add my voice in support of Amendment 7 in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady O’Nei...

Lord Judd | 779 c1109 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I warmly support the amendments dealing with disability, mental health, access and part...

Lord Bilimoria | 779 c1110 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will briefly address Amendments 2 and 8, which talk about part-time, adult and distan...

Lord Storey | 779 cc1110-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to speak briefly to my amendment on mental health and also support the comments ...

Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 779 c1111 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendment 7 tabled in this group by the noble Lord, Lord Addington, and the n...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 cc1111-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a large group of important amendments—I think it is fair to say that it has gro...

Lord Addington | 779 c1113 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, you might have a very good diagnosis given by an educational psychologist at the age of...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 cc1113-4 (Link to this contribution)

I shall not be drawn on that today, my Lords, but the intention here is that we work ever more cl...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 779 c1114 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his detailed and constructive reply, and all noble Lords who h...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 c1114 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

3: Schedule 1, page 78, line 29, at end insert—

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 cc1114-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the fundamental importance of joint working between the OfS and UKRI has been raised ma...

Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 779 c1115 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I strongly support the amendment. I just hope that in due course the Minister will be a...

Baroness Brown of Cambridge | 779 c1115 (Link to this contribution)

I, too, support government Amendments 3 and 172, which take a significant step towards ensuring c...

Baroness Rock | 779 cc1115-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, support these amendments. Thankfully—and, I hope, auspiciously—the creation of ...

Lord Mendelsohn | 779 c1116 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome these amendments. Amendment 3 has been signed by my noble friend Lord Stevens...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 cc1116-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased that we have found general common ground on this matter, although I picked...

Lord Kerslake | 779 c1117 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kerslake

4: Clause 3, page 2, line 6, at end insert—

“(za) the ne...

Lord Kerslake | 779 c1117 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 4 I will speak in support of the related amendments in this group. ...

Lord Waldegrave of North Hill | 779 c1117 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as one who spoke at Second Reading, I associate myself with what the noble Lord, Lord K...

Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 779 c1118 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have Amendment 5 in this group. Your Lordships may remember that in Committee, the no...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 779 c1118 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendments in this group from the noble Lords, Lord Kerslak...

Earl of Dundee | 779 c1118 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of Clashfern has just implied, in performing...

Lord Lucas | 779 cc1118-1120 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Younger on the amendments that he has put his name ...

Baroness Wolf of Dulwich | 779 c1120 (Link to this contribution)

I support the amendment tabled by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, and I thank him for hi...

Viscount Ridley | 779 cc1120-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will not detain the House for long, because a lot has been said by the noble Baroness...

Lord Desai | 779 c1121 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to support the amendment that the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, put forward, as well a...

Baroness Brown of Cambridge | 779 c1121 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise in opposition to Amendments 12 and 13, which are in the name of the noble Lord, ...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 779 cc1121-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have signed this amendment and all the others that make up this package, which is a s...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 cc1122-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, for introducing this group of amendment...

Lord Lucas | 779 c1124 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before my noble friend sits down, if he cannot reply now, will he reply by letter to th...

Lord Kerslake | 779 c1124 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate for their support. I share ...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 c1124 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

6: Clause 3, page 2, line 12, at end insert “whil...

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 779 c1125 (Link to this contribution)

Tabled by

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve

7: Clause 3, page 2, line 17, at end insert—

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 779 c1125 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for using the words “reasonable adjustments” in this...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 c1125 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

8: Clause 3, page 2, line 23, at end insert—

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Lord Kerslake | 779 c1125 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kerslake

9: Clause 3, page 2, line 27, leave out from “protect” to end ...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 cc1125-6 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

10: Clause 3, page 2, line 36, after “but” insert...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 c1126 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

14: Clause 10, page 6, line 33, at end insert—

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 c1126 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak first to the amendments on the transparency condition, then turn to those...

Lord Lucas | 779 cc1126-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 15 and 17. Amendment 15 would give the Secretary of State a ...

Earl of Dundee | 779 c1127 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as has been indicated, Clause 10 identifies and prescribes certain mandatory transparen...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 779 cc1127-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister and the Government for Amendment 14 and their positive response to...

Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 779 cc1128-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, briefly, I support Amendment 17 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas. This is an i...

Lord Triesman | 779 c1129 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I also support the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, in this and would go a little further than t...

Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 779 c1129 (Link to this contribution)

I wish to clarify an issue. When the Minister introduced this group of amendments, he said that h...

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 779 c1129 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have some sympathy with getting the age statistics right. That is a crucial example b...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 779 c1130 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been a very good and interesting debate. I think that there are some questions...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 cc1130-1 (Link to this contribution)

First, I reassure my noble friend Lord Lucas that Clause 10(2) already requires higher education ...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 779 c1131 (Link to this contribution)

Before the Minister leaves that point, perhaps I might press him on something. I expressed a wish...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 cc1131-2 (Link to this contribution)

I will certainly reflect on what the noble and learned Lord has said. He has been in touch with m...

Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 779 c1132 (Link to this contribution)

I want to clarify with the Minister whether I can make an intervention to ask him something or wh...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 c1132 (Link to this contribution)

My understanding of the rules in the Companion is that the noble Lord is able to ask a short ques...

Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 779 c1132 (Link to this contribution)

In that case, I shall do so. It must be clear to any Member of this House who has followed credit...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 c1132 (Link to this contribution)

I hope I have made it clear that it is very much a priority to enable students to do so, in that ...

Lord Kerslake | 779 c1132 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kerslake

19: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause—

“R...

Lord Kerslake | 779 cc1132-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 19 in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, and ...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 779 c1134 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake. He has se...

Lord Desai | 779 cc1134-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will be somewhat maverick. I have spent a lot of time in British higher education. I ...

Baroness Deech | 779 c1135 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I remind the Minister that, if the amendment is not passed, the Government’s efforts to...

Baroness Wolf of Dulwich | 779 cc1135-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, support the amendment. I agree with my noble friend Lord Kerslake that to use t...

Lord Lipsey | 779 cc1136-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, hearing the words “TEF metrics” made me come to my feet, because a consistent theme to ...

Lord Bilimoria | 779 cc1137-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I remind your Lordships that when the Browne report came out at the beginning of the co...

Baroness Blackstone | 779 c1138 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I can see why the Government want to link the quality of teaching to fees. I assume tha...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 779 cc1138-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been a very good debate and it anticipates another debate which, at this rate ...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 779 cc1139-1141 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before I discuss fees, I would like first to be clear that the Government welcome genui...

Lord Kerslake | 779 c1142 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for their contributions to this very good debate. We heard...

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