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Higher Education Bill (27 Jan 2004): Mr Paul Holmes: ...should pay for and the other levels of education as something that the taxpayer should pay for. The hon. Gentleman was in the same room as us when we heard evidence that if, for example, the fees that the "Governator" of California is now proposing were introduced, 100,000 people would immediately drop out of the community colleges—the equivalent of further education—as a...
Written Answers — Education and Skills: Higher Education (Top-up Fees) (27 Feb 2003): Mr Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment his Department made of the deterrent effects to students of imposing top-up fees on shortage subjects in drawing up the proposals in the policy document, "The Future of Higher Education"; and if he will make a statement.

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