Results 1-9 of 9 for ("top up" fees) speaker:David Chaytor

Vocational Education (5 Nov 2003)

Mr David Chaytor: ...the White Paper and implement its recommendations. I listened to the remarks of the hon. Member for Orpington (Mr. Horam), particularly the quotation from my early-day motion. I thank him for his support. I also listened carefully to the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Mr. Willis), who said that he was offering constructive support to the Government. If I were on the front...

Higher Education (18 Sep 2003)

Mr David Chaytor: ...that I hoped to have for my speech, I thought it important that he spoke from his experience. I think—perhaps the Minister agrees—that the arguments that have been made this afternoon supporting the Government's policy on tuition fees have started the process of shifting the balance of the wider parliamentary and political debate. I have always thought that, as more people...

Higher Education (18 Sep 2003)

Mr David Chaytor: ...the contributions of the state. In one sense, I am surprised that people get so excited by the issue, because the question is where the balance should lie. At the moment, 25 per cent. of tuition fees are paid by the individual on average, and 75 per cent. by the state. The debate is all about the powerful case for shifting that balance. Before I move on to differential fees in general, I...

Higher Education (18 Sep 2003)

Mr David Chaytor: I will not, as I am short of time. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman can make his point in his winding-up speech. The nub of the issue is whether we want to turn back the clock—not to maintain the status quo but to turn back the clock to an ever-more elitist system that denies opportunity to those who could benefit from it—or whether we should find another way of funding quality...

Student Finance (23 Jun 2003)

Mr David Chaytor: If my hon. Friend's argument is that top-up and differential fees should not be allowed, is he saying that the value of a degree from each university is exactly equal in terms of the life chances that it brings?

School Funding (15 May 2003)

Mr David Chaytor: I stood for Labour in the 2001 election and the 1997 election, and I have a very clear view on top-up fees, which I have expounded many times. When we get a more detailed opportunity to discuss the hon. Gentleman's views on top-up fees, I will happily engage him in debate on that again. I may be one of the very few Labour Members who were enthusiastic about the notion of top-up fees, and I am...

Higher Education (22 Jan 2003)

Mr David Chaytor: ...? I congratulate him on his courage in tackling this issue. This is the first Government seriously to propose radical changes to widen access to higher education. Will the access regulator permit top-up fees only when the university concerned has a proven track record of widening access, rather than on the basis of a statement of intent to do so?

Further Education (21 Nov 2002)

Mr David Chaytor: ...encouraging many people in the sector, persuading them that the tide was turning and, as I said earlier, a new dawn breaking. I know that the Government do not want to talk about a graduate tax and top-up fees at the moment, but I intend to do that and make no apologies for it. If the Government had not taken the bold decision to reform the student support system for higher education in...

Further Education (21 Nov 2002)

Mr David Chaytor: Employers in the south-east would recruit in exactly the same way that other public sector employers recruit for schools, the national health service and the fire service. There must be a recognised top-up for areas that have higher housing costs, but that does not undermine the argument for national pay scales. That is one of the ways that the attempt to create a quasi market in the FE...