Clause 23 - Condition that may be required to be imposed by English funding bodies

Part of Higher Education Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:45 pm on 2 March 2004.

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Photo of Graham Allen Graham Allen Labour, Nottingham North 4:45, 2 March 2004

Would that not become even more important if the £3,000 grant were abolished, a policy that we understand may emanate from the Conservative Benches? That would reduce the number of such students in full-time education and push even more of them into part-time education, which the hon. Member for Daventry described as an unintended consequence of Tory policies.