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Further and Higher Education (20 May 1991): Mr Jack Straw: ...scrap the discredited student loans scheme or does he expect students to go deeper and deeper into debt? Does he have any plans to review the operation of the scheme? Will he categorically rule out top-up fees as a means of financing expansion? Can the right hon. and learned Gentleman give an assurance that the proposed quality body will be controlled neither by the Government nor by a...
Orders of the Day — Debate on the Address: Education and Training (13 Nov 1990): Mr Jack Straw: The deliberate disruption practised by Conservative Members simply reduces their chances of participating. The Government have also followed perverted priorities when it comes to higher education. The former Secretary of State but one announced plans in January 1989 to expand higher education, but without announcing plans for paying for it. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of extra pounds...
Student Support (White Paper) (9 Nov 1988): Mr Jack Straw: ...lead to the progressive degradation of our finest universities. I quote the hon. Gentleman's document. Will the Secretary of State confirm that it is simply fraudulent to describe the loans as top-up loans? He is not topping up the grant system but pulling it down. Will he confirm that he aims to replace at least half the grant and parental contribution with a loan? Will he confirm that...

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