Higher Education and Research Bill

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. I shall speak to Amendment 72 in my ...

My Lords, I support the amendments proposed by the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington. I have add...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 69 on the National Student Survey and Amendment 67 on postpo...

My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 68 in this group. I support very much what my noble frien...

My Lords, I wonder whether I could tell your Lordships’ House a story, which follows on entirely ...

I, too, support this group of amendments. Rather bizarrely, just as this debate started—it is not...

My Lords, I support the amendments moved by the noble Duke and spoken to by the noble Lord. I dec...

My Lords, I want to add a few words to what has already been said. I very much agree with most of...

My Lords, I want to say a few words about the teaching excellence framework, but before I do that...

My Lords, I support Amendment 69, which is in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey. I ...

My Lords, I believe we can get this right. I declare, or confess, a life spent in higher educatio...

My Lords, I support the amendments. In allowing the simple-minded rankings of bronze, silver or g...

My Lords, I too very strongly support this group of amendments. I share the very great concern ex...

My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for listening and in some respects changing some of the iss...

My Lords, I agree with those who have expressed deep anxiety about the impact of this gold, silve...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 62 to 66, 88 and 93, tabled by the noble Duke, the Duke o...

My Lords, this has been a passionate debate, which reflects accurately that this is the most cont...

I apologise for not being faster to my feet to intervene slightly earlier before the last speaker...

My Lords, it is clear from today’s debate and those that preceded it that many noble Lords feel p...

I am very grateful to the noble Viscount for giving way. I am trying very hard to understand his ...

I take note of what the noble Lord has said. I will be saying more about this in a moment. I unde...

I thank the Minister for giving way. Will he confirm that when the Government carried out the con...

We continue to listen, and I have said that we are beefing up our lessons-learned exercise. To co...

But is it not true that in the Government’s proposed system 20% of universities will always be in...

I think that my noble friend is making an assumption that 20% represents bronze. The gold, silver...

Does the Minister accept that he is missing one of the key points of this debate? A university is...

I respect the noble Lord’s experience. We have had discussions outside the Chamber about the data...

My Lords—

My Lords—

Perhaps I may complete my sentence. It is not just looking at the gold, silver and bronze ratings...

My Lords, the Minister quoted the University of Cambridge. In its most recent briefing, dated 3 M...

Perhaps I may make some progress, but I would like to say again that the lessons-learned exercise...

My Lords, I might have misunderstood him, but would the Minister kindly clarify that he is now pr...

There is no badge of shame. It is simply that we want to clarify that gold, silver and bronze occ...

My Lords, I feel as though I must have read a different ONS report from the one given to the Mini...

Perhaps I may move on to the NSS, in particular to the amendments spoken to by the noble Lords, L...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have participated in this debate about various ame...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

70: Clause 26, page 16, line 43, leave out subsec...

Moved by

Lord Blunkett

72: Clause 26, leave out Clause 26 and insert the following ne...

In light of the Minister’s response and, with respect, the fact that things have got worse rather...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

74: Clause 27, page 17, line 14, after “are” inse...

My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 74 and I shall speak to our government amendments first, before...

My Lords, I reiterate my support for the government amendment to which I have put my name because...

My Lords, I too thank the Government for their amendments, which are much needed and beneficial. ...

My Lords, I briefly intervene in this debate to welcome the proposals that the Government have no...

My Lords, it is worth reflecting that we had quite a long discussion of this issue in Committee, ...

My Lords, I have nothing against new providers coming in. I should declare that I taught for 14 y...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Wolf, and all noble Lords for their comments on our am...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

75: Clause 27, page 17, line 14, at end insert “,...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

79: Schedule 4, page 86, line 32, at end insert—<...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

83: Clause 28, page 17, line 34, leave out from “...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

89: Clause 31, page 19, line 26, leave out “appli...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

99: Clause 36, page 21, line 32, at end insert—