UK Borders Bill

Part of the debate – in a Public Bill Committee at 1:30 pm on 1 March 2007.

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Photo of Sharon Hodgson Sharon Hodgson PPS (Mr Liam Byrne, Minister of State), Home Office 1:30, 1 March 2007

I should like to challenge Guy, who said that the number of foreign students is decreasing. We all think that the numbers are increasing and I certainly know from one of my local universities, Northumbria university, that their numbers are drastically increasing, especially with students from Asia and particularly China. I think we now have 4,000 Chinese students at Northumbria university.