Conditions that may be required to be imposed by English funding bodies
Higher Education Bill
10:45 am
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North, Labour)
I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman wishes to appear complacent. I am sure that he does not, but could he say whether, in pursuing his argument, he is really satisfied with the long-term statistics, which show very little variation in the number of people from certain socio-economic classes? I understand that I have to use that term instead of ''working class''. I am not asking him for a solution, but does he not at least accept that there is a problem that needs to be addressed?
Mr. Clappison rose—