Higher Education and Research Bill

My Lords, I am in favour of the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey. I declare my i...

My Lords, I support the amendment and the powerful speeches made by the noble Lords, Lord Sharkey...

My Lords, I also support the amendment. In doing so, I declare an interest as vice-chairman of th...

My Lords, I was speaking to a Muslim friend this morning who has six young children. She and her ...

My Lords, briefly, I support this amendment. I declare my interest as a vice-chair of the All-Par...

My Lords, I too will speak very briefly in favour of the amendment. It seems that there is no ide...

My Lords, I had not intended to speak in this debate but I have been encouraged to do so. First, ...

My Lords, with all the voices in accord around the Chamber it seems almost otiose for me to join ...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, is to be commended for his continued work to emphasise th...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this brief debate. I am astonished by some o...

Moved by

Lord Watson of Invergowrie

145: After Clause 84, insert the following new Cl...

My Lords, Amendment 145 is in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Stevenson. Students beginn...

I shall very briefly comment, as I have had my arguments referred to by the noble Lord opposite. ...

My Lords, I share the concern of the noble Lord, Lord Watson, that students should be entitled to...

If the situation had been reversed, and earnings had risen by more than had been anticipated, wou...

Perversely, the noble Lord’s amendment would prevent the Government making any changes to the loa...

As I said earlier, that is what the amendment is designed to do. The point is, when you reach an ...

My response was that we would not be allowed to under the terms of the amendment. We have flexibi...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. Some of his comments about the Government’s commit...

Moved by

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve

146: After Clause 84, insert the following new ...

My Lords, the purpose of this amendment is to try to help to ensure that higher education provide...

My Lords, this is a golden thread in our debate that has been pursued with considerable vigour by...

My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, has pointed out, we are in the strange position wher...

My Lords, I support the amendment. That may come as a faint surprise as I am chancellor of BPP Un...

My Lords, I wonder to what extent this amendment focuses on the general questions that have been ...

My Lords, the Government want to provide students with options and choice, and to enable them to ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate, and I thank the Minister for ...

Moved by

Lord Dubs

147: After Clause 84, insert the following new Clause—

“Acce...

My Lords, an amendment on this topic was put before the House in Committee. I have now had it rew...

My Lords, I just want to say how much I appreciate the fact that my noble friend has moved this a...

My Lords, I support the amendment. I will not repeat what I said in Committee other than to empha...

My Lords, having checked with my noble friend Lady Garden, I can say from these Benches that we s...

My Lords, I think that we are all very grateful to my noble friend Lord Dubs for bringing back th...

My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, for bringing forward this amendment and,...

My Lords, I hope I have not gone over the top in my sense of optimism. It is not something I norm...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

148: Clause 85, page 57, line 17, leave out from ...

Moved by

Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB)

150: After Clause 85, insert the following new ...

My Lords, Amendment 150 is in my name and those of the noble Baronesses, Lady Royall of Blaisdon ...

My Lords, I am pleased to have added my name to the hugely important amendment moved by the noble...

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment, as I did in Committee. I add my regrets that the...

The purpose of my Amendment 151 is, by collecting data and publishing it, to drive improvement an...

I will speak on behalf not only of the universities but of our industry. The amendment is extreme...

I strongly support Amendment 150, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, and others. The nob...

My Lords, I support the amendment moved so ably by the noble Lord, Lord Hannay. I was not able to...

My Lords, I support Amendment 150. At Pembroke College, Cambridge, where I have the honour of bei...

My Lords, I feel compelled to respond to the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Smith. I am a long-...

My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 150 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, and, in doi...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a former international student and the third generation of my ...

My Lords, as has been said, Amendment 150 would serve to redress a number of unsatisfactory outco...

My Lords, I am very glad to follow the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria, on one specific...

My Lords, there are a lot of reasons to support this amendment, quite apart from the general supp...

My Lords, I declare an interest as chancellor of Cranfield University, a truly global university ...

My Lords, in supporting Amendment 150 I declare an interest as having, for many years in the past...

My Lords, I will speak briefly to oppose Amendment 150. I am sure that noble Lords will listen ve...

My Lords, I shall be very brief. I did not intend to speak but when I hear the noble Lord, Lord G...

My Lords, I will be very brief. I declare an interest as a visiting professor at LSE and UCL, and...

Follow that. My Lords, this has been a terrific debate. We have rightly taken our time over it, t...

My Lords, for the second time I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, and to my noble frien...

I am sorry to disappoint the noble Viscount, but the reason I changed the wording was because he ...

I do not believe that was made clear in the noble Lord’s speech, but of course I thank him for th...

My Lords, this has been a most interesting debate, and I would like to thank all those who partic...

Moved by

Baroness Deech

152: After Clause 86, insert the following new Clause—

...

My Lords, this amendment goes to the heart of what the Bill is all about. Let us set aside for a ...

My Lords, I added my name to this amendment and spoke to it in previous stages of the Bill. I wil...

My Lords, this is a very important debate. We are grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, for...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, and noble Lords for this valuable opportunity t...

My Lords, I greatly appreciate the Government’s involvement in this topic. I support Amendment 20...

Moved by

Lord Storey

153: After Clause 86, insert the following new Clause—

“Of...

My Lords, during the course of debates in Committee, and now on Report, we have heard about how o...

My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Storey, and I spoke in supp...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Storey, for his extensive work on this issue. I a...

My Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s reply and for the opportunity to talk over the issues ...

Moved by

Lord Dubs

154: After Clause 86, insert the following new Clause—

“Inde...

My Lords, this amendment requires the Secretary of State for Education to appoint an independent ...

My Lords, my name is on this amendment as well. As the noble Lord said, this is a modest amendmen...

My Lords, I am pleased to support the amendment and to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, wh...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken to this amendment and for the measured...

I am grateful to the Minister for his response and to those noble Lords who have spoken in this s...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

155: Schedule 8, page 104, line 6, at end insert—