[Part II]
Higher Education Bill
5:00 pm
Mr Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale, Conservative)
The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. In the light of the fact that the Minister has placed it on record that the amendment as worded would cost about £430 million, does hon. Gentleman accept that that is probably a greater additional public spending commitment than he had hoped for or intended? Might he come back on Report with a slightly differently worded amendment that is designed to make progress along the line that he has set out, but at rather less cost? A lot of people would be intrigued if that were to be his view.