Results 1-4 of 4 for ("top up" fees) speaker:Mark Francois
- Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (21 Mar 2005)
Mr Mark Francois: It is a pleasure to sum up for the Opposition at the end of what we can all agree has been a fairly lively debate. I shall endeavour to refer to every contribution in turn, because a considerable number of interesting points were made, which I shall try to draw on as best I can. We look forward to debating such matters in further detail after the Finance Bill has been published, which I...
- Value for Taxpayers' Money (19 Jan 2005)
Mr Mark Francois: ...whether he agrees with what I understand his hon. Friend the Member for St. Ives (Andrew George) said on BBC Radio 5 Live in a debate at lunchtime today: "Trust us, we will put your taxes up." The hon. Member for South Ribble (Mr. Borrow) spoke about reaching a threshold beyond which people in Britain simply are not prepared to pay any more tax. I have some sympathy with his argument;...
- Public Bill Committee: Higher Education Bill: Clause 23 - Condition that may be required to be imposed by English funding bodies (26 Feb 2004)
Mr Mark Francois: The Minister says that there is no hidden agenda, and argues that the Government want variable fees in order to allow some institutions to charge less. I do not cast any aspersions on his personal honour, but the real heart of this is that the Government have already fundamentally broken their word twice—over the introduction of tuition fees and now over top-up fees. [Hon. Members:...
- Business of the House (5 Dec 2002)
Mr Mark Francois: ...? I understand that, only recently, a married man living in the Westminster area was viciously mugged by his highly aggressive next-door neighbour after a long-running dispute over something called top-up fees. Will the Leader of the House tell us whether there is any truth in the rumour that the Prime Minister has now officially applied for an antisocial behaviour order against his own...