Clause 23 - Condition that may be required to be imposed by English funding bodies
Higher Education Bill
11:15 am
Mr George Mudie (Leeds East, Labour)
I was anticipating that we would be closing. It is very daunting to follow the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, and I am glad that he made his contribution, although I am going to let down my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge. As one of my close colleagues knows, I was press-ganged on to this Committee. As Parliament is so deeply split on such an important issue that will affect so many youngsters' futures, I should have preferred, when it
comes to Committee, to have people who are deeply immersed in education and can contribute in the deepest possible way. I pay tribute to all the contributions, but as I was more involved in the organisation of the rebellion, rather than the theory, there were sad reasons for being press-ganged. That is not a nice start. If I let down my hon. Friend the
Member for Cambridge, I apologise, but I am glad to follow the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough, whose oratory—
It being twenty-five minutes past Eleven o'clock, The Chairman adjourned the Committee without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Adjourned, till this day at half-past Two o'clock.