Results 1-10 of 10 for ("top up" fees) speaker:John Grogan

Orders of the Day: Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill (18 Dec 2006)

John Grogan: ...in several other Members' speeches. There is a relationship between the success of digital switchover and ensuring that there is a proper settlement—whatever that is—for the BBC licence fee. I mentioned freeview earlier. It is fair to say that freeview is a tribute to the work of Greg Dyke when he was director general of the BBC. He built it up from the ashes of ITV Digital,...

Health and Education (24 May 2005)

John Grogan: ...to follow the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Lynne Featherstone), who spoke with great clarity, great confidence, generosity and poise. As chairman of the all-party parliamentary beer group, I commend her on her choice of election campaign headquarters—above a pub. I hope that, in honour of her headquarters, she will join our group and maintain its status as the largest...

Higher Education Bill: New Clause 5 — Abolition of tuition fees chargeable to qualifying student (31 Mar 2004)

Mr John Grogan: It is a life of ups and downs as a so-called Labour Back-Bench rebel trying to stick to the manifesto. It is important not to become paranoid. When I saw the headline in The Guardian this morning—"the Government cracks down on persistent offenders; surveillance will be used"—I was momentarily alarmed and, in preparing my defence, was anxious to say that I have rebelled against the...

Higher Education Bill: New Clause 5 — Abolition of tuition fees chargeable to qualifying student (31 Mar 2004)

Mr John Grogan: I have seen how the debate has gone over the past three or four months. I assume that in 2009 we will have an intellectual debate and we will all be able to make up our own mind. There will be no talk of supping with the devil, colluding and so on. We all know what sort of atmosphere the debate would take place in. We have only to listen to the Russell group and Professor Nicholas Barr. I do...

Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Skills: Higher Education (18 Mar 2004)

Mr John Grogan: If in due course the House of Commons decides, in its wisdom, that a better way of complementing the welcome increase in Government funding for higher education is to retain fixed fees rather than imposing variable top-up fees, will the Government accept that with good grace?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (29 Oct 2003)

Mr John Grogan: While I accept the fact that my right hon. Friend has no reverse gear, might it not be possible—if only for a moment—to find a neutral gear on the subject of student top-up fees and to re-examine alternative systems of student finance that would allow students from hard-working families, perhaps just above the threshold of any bursary scheme, to make their university choices on...

Tuition Fees (25 Jun 2003)

Mr John Grogan: ...this debate, and who could refuse such an invitation? Secondly, I am the author of early-day motion 799—one of the early-day motions on the subject—and it starts: "That this House supports the National Union of Students' campaign against student top-up fees". It makes no mention of fees in general. Thirdly, I feel this afternoon that I am at the apex of my political career in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Skills: Top-up Fees (28 Nov 2002)

Mr John Grogan: If he will make a statement on the Government's policy on student top-up fees.

Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Skills: Top-up Fees (28 Nov 2002)

Mr John Grogan: When my right hon. Friend signs his name to the White Paper in January, will he make a tough political choice and reject the unelected siren voices of those who advocate student top-up fees, such as that chap Andrew Adonis, and instead bring new year joy and jubilation to the majority of Labour Members, the Secretary of State for International Development, probably most of the Cabinet and,...

Education, Culture, Media and Sport (15 Nov 2002)

Mr John Grogan: ...it will be much easier to attract big international events such as the Olympics to our capital city. My first fact-finding trip on being elected to Parliament in 1997 was made to Scotland with a group of English Members of Parliament. We went to Edinburgh with one mission: to compare and contrast the liquor licensing laws. It was a hard business. One Scottish licensee looked pityingly at...