Higher Education and Research Bill
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779 Session
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Monday, 30 January 2017
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Moved by
Lord Lipsey
1: Clause 2, page 2, line 2, leave out “Office for Students” and...
My Lords, I move this amendment with the support of the noble Lord, Lord Burns, and the noble Bar...
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My Lords, I attached my name to this amendment as I was both puzzled and surprised by the Ministe...
My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment, which I also supported in Committee, and agree ...
My Lords, I strongly support my noble friend, but for a slightly different reason. It seems to me...
My Lords, Office for Students is a particularly dreary title. I also agree with the noble Barones...
My Lords, I, too, will get up very briefly to support the amendment. I recognise it is a lot of w...
My Lords, I hope your Lordships will forgive a single intervention in this whole long procedure, ...
My Lords, there are at least two Members on this side of the House who support the amendment and ...
My Lords, I, too, support the amendment. We need to have a status of title that puts universities...
My Lords, I am sure that the noble Viscount will ask that the amendment be withdrawn, and I can u...
My Lords, I appreciate having a further short debate on this matter, but I find it a little ironi...
My Lords, this organisation is not just about students’ interests. Of course they should be at th...
My Lords, the simple answer, which I think I made clear in Committee and just now, is that this i...
My Lords, I am very tempted to seek the opinion of the House because I think the Minister might f...
Moved by
Baroness Garden of Frognal
In moving Amendment 2, in my name, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 48 in the name of my noble ...
I speak to Amendment 7 in this group, which seeks to put an additional general duty on what we ar...
I wish to support the amendment for its reference to,
“including those with experience of p...
My Lords, I talked about this general area in Committee, but I have tabled Amendment 97 because s...
My Lords, I strongly support Amendment 2, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Garden of Frognal, a...
My Lords, Amendments 94 and 98 in this group stand in my name. I have also put my name to the ame...
My Lords, as regards equality of access, I take issue with the noble Lord, Lord Lucas. I declare ...
My Lords, I add my voice in support of Amendment 7 in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady O’Nei...
My Lords, I warmly support the amendments dealing with disability, mental health, access and part...
My Lords, I will briefly address Amendments 2 and 8, which talk about part-time, adult and distan...
My Lords, I want to speak briefly to my amendment on mental health and also support the comments ...
My Lords, I support Amendment 7 tabled in this group by the noble Lord, Lord Addington, and the n...
My Lords, this is a large group of important amendments—I think it is fair to say that it has gro...
My Lords, you might have a very good diagnosis given by an educational psychologist at the age of...
I shall not be drawn on that today, my Lords, but the intention here is that we work ever more cl...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his detailed and constructive reply, and all noble Lords who h...
Moved by
Viscount Younger of Leckie
3: Schedule 1, page 78, line 29, at end insert—
My Lords, the fundamental importance of joint working between the OfS and UKRI has been raised ma...
My Lords, I strongly support the amendment. I just hope that in due course the Minister will be a...
I, too, support government Amendments 3 and 172, which take a significant step towards ensuring c...
My Lords, I, too, support these amendments. Thankfully—and, I hope, auspiciously—the creation of ...
My Lords, I welcome these amendments. Amendment 3 has been signed by my noble friend Lord Stevens...
My Lords, I am pleased that we have found general common ground on this matter, although I picked...
Moved by
Lord Kerslake
4: Clause 3, page 2, line 6, at end insert—
“(za) the ne...
My Lords, in moving Amendment 4 I will speak in support of the related amendments in this group. ...
My Lords, as one who spoke at Second Reading, I associate myself with what the noble Lord, Lord K...
My Lords, I have Amendment 5 in this group. Your Lordships may remember that in Committee, the no...
My Lords, I have added my name to the amendments in this group from the noble Lords, Lord Kerslak...
My Lords, as my noble and learned friend Lord Mackay of Clashfern has just implied, in performing...
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Younger on the amendments that he has put his name ...
I support the amendment tabled by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, and I thank him for hi...
My Lords, I will not detain the House for long, because a lot has been said by the noble Baroness...
My Lords, I rise to support the amendment that the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, put forward, as well a...
My Lords, I rise in opposition to Amendments 12 and 13, which are in the name of the noble Lord, ...
My Lords, I have signed this amendment and all the others that make up this package, which is a s...
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, for introducing this group of amendment...
My Lords, before my noble friend sits down, if he cannot reply now, will he reply by letter to th...
Yes, I certainly pledge to do that.
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate for their support. I share ...
Moved by
Viscount Younger of Leckie
6: Clause 3, page 2, line 12, at end insert “whil...
Tabled by
Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve
7: Clause 3, page 2, line 17, at end insert—
My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for using the words “reasonable adjustments” in this...
Moved by
Viscount Younger of Leckie
8: Clause 3, page 2, line 23, at end insert—
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Lord Kerslake
9: Clause 3, page 2, line 27, leave out from “protect” to end ...
Moved by
Viscount Younger of Leckie
10: Clause 3, page 2, line 36, after “but” insert...
Moved by
Viscount Younger of Leckie
14: Clause 10, page 6, line 33, at end insert—
My Lords, I shall speak first to the amendments on the transparency condition, then turn to those...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 15 and 17. Amendment 15 would give the Secretary of State a ...
My Lords, as has been indicated, Clause 10 identifies and prescribes certain mandatory transparen...
My Lords, I thank the Minister and the Government for Amendment 14 and their positive response to...
My Lords, briefly, I support Amendment 17 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas. This is an i...
My Lords, I also support the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, in this and would go a little further than t...
I wish to clarify an issue. When the Minister introduced this group of amendments, he said that h...
My Lords, I have some sympathy with getting the age statistics right. That is a crucial example b...
My Lords, this has been a very good and interesting debate. I think that there are some questions...
First, I reassure my noble friend Lord Lucas that Clause 10(2) already requires higher education ...
Before the Minister leaves that point, perhaps I might press him on something. I expressed a wish...
I will certainly reflect on what the noble and learned Lord has said. He has been in touch with m...
I want to clarify with the Minister whether I can make an intervention to ask him something or wh...
My understanding of the rules in the Companion is that the noble Lord is able to ask a short ques...
In that case, I shall do so. It must be clear to any Member of this House who has followed credit...
I hope I have made it clear that it is very much a priority to enable students to do so, in that ...
Moved by
Lord Kerslake
19: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause—
“R...
My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 19 in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, and ...
My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake. He has se...
My Lords, I will be somewhat maverick. I have spent a lot of time in British higher education. I ...
My Lords, I remind the Minister that, if the amendment is not passed, the Government’s efforts to...
My Lords, I, too, support the amendment. I agree with my noble friend Lord Kerslake that to use t...
My Lords, hearing the words “TEF metrics” made me come to my feet, because a consistent theme to ...
My Lords, I remind your Lordships that when the Browne report came out at the beginning of the co...
My Lords, I can see why the Government want to link the quality of teaching to fees. I assume tha...
My Lords, this has been a very good debate and it anticipates another debate which, at this rate ...
My Lords, before I discuss fees, I would like first to be clear that the Government welcome genui...
My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for their contributions to this very good debate. We heard...