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Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
James Dolan Cunningham (Labour, Centre-left): I have two universities in my constituency, and further education colleges. As my hon. Friend knows, not only have the Government abolished the education maintenance allowance, but more importantly, they have been trying to sell off the Student Loans Company. Interest levels will go higher if that goes through.
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Angela Rayner (Labour, Centre-left): I thank my hon. Friend for that important point. We are trying to highlight a number of things that the Government have done in both further education and higher education that have genuinely damaged the opportunity for our young people to get on and get by in life. Today, they have an opportunity at least to do what some Government Members promised at the general election by refusing to raise tuition fees again, taking them beyond £9,000 a year.
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Angela Rayner (Labour, Centre-left): The hon. Lady makes two important points, but she fails to recognise two important things that have happened alongside that. Lord Adonis made it clear that the Frankenstein that the Government have created with tuition fees is completely unsustainable, so Conservative Members cannot hide behind that if they think it limits their responsibility for trebling tuition fees. They are now trying to justify increasing them Our young people need that opportunity, but the Government feel that tuition fees need to rise again. When we last debated this issue, I said that Conservative Members might disagree with our desire to reduce tuition fees but it was wrong to deny the House the right to make the choice. Today, despite the Government’s best efforts, the House can make that choice, and I know that our constituents will remember the choice each of us makes.
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Angela Rayner (Labour, Centre-left): I am at a loss about how to answer the hon. Gentleman. Our young people know the reality of the debt they take on today. I have just spoken about many different ways in which the Government could alleviate our students’ debt: there is the interest rate, the income threshold, and even maintenance grants if they really cared about students from poorer and disadvantaged backgrounds. Despite what the right hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry) said, part-time and mature students are dropping out at record levels, and students are deterred from going to university We could debate this issue for many hours, but the motion that Members of this House can vote on tonight is clear. It is not about the debt or whether we abolish the £9,000 tuition fees; it is about whether the Government hike fees by another £250 a year—more than £1,000 over the lifetime of a course—making them unsustainable and completely unfair for students. That is the choice that Members have to make today. If they decide not to support this motion, they will have to answer to the students in their constituency.
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Christopher Paul Farrelly (Labour, Centre-left): Over the summer I received a heartbreaking email from a young lady who was a student at Keele University in Newcastle-under-Lyme: "Starting in September both my brother and I will be hoping to go off to university…My parents are having great difficulty trying to work out how they are going to support both of us and have suggested that I drop out of university as they can only support one of us financially. Last year I got the minimum loan from student finance and will be getting the minimum loan again" I ask the Secretary of State to consider that this is not just about rising tuition fees or turning maintenance grants into loans, but costs and support for students, in particular for what some people like to call the squeezed middle. Is it not time that the Government looked at this seriously, in the round, for the sake of students from all families in the country?
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Emma Ann Hardy (Labour, Centre-left): In the interests of providing evidence and discussing evidence-based education policy, which I am very keen to do, I have to ask the right hon. Lady whether she agrees that we have seen a reduction in the number of part-time students attending university and a reduction in the number of mature students. Part-time and mature students predominantly come from more economically deprived backgrounds, so they are missing out on their chance to attend university.
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): I think what most of us taking part in this debate want is the right balance. I was the Chair of the Education and Skills Select Committee when we introduced the £3,000 fees, and the balance then was between what the employers paid, what the individual who benefited paid, what the taxpayer paid and the good to the community. The problem is that the cost has been ratcheted up to £9,000 with an unacceptable level of interest. Is it not time we had some moderation and a balance that is fair to students?
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Lilian Rachel Greenwood (Labour, Centre-left): We already know that 75% of students will not pay back their loans, or will not be able to do so. How can the Secretary of State say that the system is sustainable? And what about the young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who increasingly drop out of university because they cannot afford to stay? Is not the removal of maintenance grants part of what is disadvantaging those young people, and they cannot maintain their places at university even if they are fortunate enough to win one?
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Wesley Paul William Streeting (Labour, Centre-left): The Secretary of State did not actually address the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood). What is she going to do about the fact that drop-out rates among disadvantaged young students have gone up, what is she going to do about the fact that part-time and mature applications are in free fall, and what is she going to do about the fact that students are increasingly struggling with maintenance costs? Her statement reeks of complacency; perhaps she will address the challenges ahead.
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Roberta Carol Blackman-Woods (Labour, Centre-left): Let me take the Secretary of State back to her earlier point about the sustainability of funding. As was pointed out by my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood), we know that 75% of students will not pay back their loans, and that all the Government are doing is saddling a future Government with having to pay off the huge debt that will remain unpaid, which will place a burden on the young people who have that debt now. The funding is not sustainable in any way. When will the Secretary of State address that?
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Government Operations
Rupa Asha Huq (Labour, Centre-left): The Secretary of State has referred to the policy of no fees quite a few times now. Can she confirm that in 2005 she stood on a manifesto commitment—and campaigned and won her seat—on precisely that policy of no fees?
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Gareth Craig Snell (Labour, Centre-left): I thank the Secretary of State for taking interventions. She is making a very spirited—albeit, in my opinion, flawed—argument that somehow because tuition fees went up at the same as time student numbers went up, one is linked to the other. How does she square that interpretation of the facts with the situation in my constituency, which has a nursing school where the conversion from bursary to tuition fees has seen a reduction in numbers of 33%, and nationally it has fallen by a quarter? If the Secretary of State is correct, surely the increase in tuition fees for nurses should have led to the number of applications skyrocketing?
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Karin Marguerite Smyth (Labour, Centre-left): The right hon. Gentleman talks about the need to use both university access and degree-level apprenticeships, and we worked together on this when he was in his former post. The issue of accessing degree-level apprenticeships is fundamental. Does he agree that some sort of UCAS system to help people move between those two things, to advance opportunities for young people, is a good policy to pursue?
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Emma Ann Hardy (Labour, Centre-left): Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the salaries of not only some vice-chancellors, but some chief executive officers of academy chains and multi-academy trusts in this country are obscene, at a time when our education system is seeing so many cuts and schools are struggling so badly? Does he agree that we should also be looking at the obscene rates of pay in these academy chains?
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Mian Faisal Rashid (Labour, Centre-left): It is my pleasure to speak in this important debate and follow the hon. Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood). I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Preet Kaur Gill) on her excellent maiden speech Madam Deputy Speaker, I have been in the Chamber for over seven hours now. I wanted to speak in the earlier important debate on NHS pay and did not get a chance due to the shortage of time and the number of interventions. I have one and a half minutes at the moment, so I do not know how much I can say, but there is plenty that I wanted to say Since 2010, under successive spans of Tory rule, students have repeatedly been held back by Government policy. It was a Conservative-led Government who trebled tuition fees to £9,000 in 2012, with the help of the Liberal Democrats. It is a Conservative Government who have frozen the student loan repayment threshold at £21,000; a Conservative Government who introduced the extortionate 6.1% interest rate on student loans; a Conservative Government who abolished the maintenance grants that were a lifeline for many of the poorest students. And most recently, of course, it was a Conservative Government who snuck out a written statement on the final day before summer recess which allowed universities to further raise tuition fees to £9,250 per year Thank you for letting me speak, Madam Deputy Speaker.
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Wesley Paul William Streeting (Labour, Centre-left): If everything is so bright and rosy, why have we had an entire summer of parents and students complaining about fees going up when they have not had a better service? They are concerned that, although the Minister argues that inflation has kept funding down, vice-chancellors’ pay has rocketed. How can we shake him out of that complacency?
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Angela Rayner (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The vote we just had reflects that it is the will of this House that the increase in tuition fees be reversed. As was mentioned in the debate, it has taken far too long for the House to have the opportunity to vote on this issue. Now that it has, more than eight months since a motion to annul the regulations when they were first tabled, it has voted unanimously to revoke them. I seek your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker, as to how I may secure an undertaking from the Secretary of State that she will immediately give effect to the will of the House and reverse the rise in tuition fees. We have a constitutional crisis because the Government are running scared and not allowing votes in this House.
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Wesley Paul William Streeting (Labour, Centre-left): On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Earlier this week, I raised a point of order, because I believed that in Education questions the shadow Minister of State, Department for Education, the right hon. Member for Guildford (Anne Milton), who is present in the Chamber, made an inaccurate statement—
Higher Education (England) Regulations — House of Commons, 2017-09-13
Topic: Education
Wesley Paul William Streeting (Labour, Centre-left): Excuse me; it was wishful thinking. In response to my question in Education questions, the Minister of State made what I believe to be a factually inaccurate, possibly inadvertently misleading statement, when she said that Learndirect would no longer be providing apprenticeships. The following day, I rather forensically set out that that was not the case. As she is present, perhaps she might take this opportunity to correct the record and give us some reassurance that Ministers have an idea about what they are doing.
Neighbourhood Policing — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Stephanie Louise Peacock (Labour, Centre-left): A quarter of my local police forces’ operational strength has been cut since 2010. When I visited police in Barnsley this weekend, they told me that they were genuinely worried about how they would continue to operate at the same level if further cuts were made. Does the Home Secretary disagree with officers such as those in Barnsley who say that additional cuts will have a severe impact on neighbourhood policing?
Neighbourhood Policing — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Holly Jamie Walker-Lynch (Labour, Centre-left): As the Home Secretary will know, one of the crimes that has increased is the carrying out of attacks on police officers themselves. May I therefore take this opportunity to welcome today’s news that the Government will support the "protect the protectors" Bill, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), on Friday That having been said, Her Majesty’s inspectorate of constabulary recently warned that "the position on crime prevention and local policing continues to deteriorate." Does the Minister now accept that neighbourhood policing is at the very core of crime prevention, and that it is neighbourhood policing that has had to bear the lion’s share of the loss of 20,000 police officers across the country, much to the detriment of safety in our communities?
Motorcycle and Moped-enabled Crime — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Neil Coyle (Labour, Centre-left): Of 20,000 moped-related crimes in London last year, 752 happened in Southwark, but only 17 people were charged with an offence. Instead of tackling the rising problem, the Government have announced a review. What are the terms of this pathetic response to this blight on my constituents’ lives? When will it be completed? What specific additional resources and powers will it give our overstretched and underfunded police?
Motorcycle and Moped-enabled Crime — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Eleanor Claire Reeves (Labour, Centre-left): Over the past six months, 35 motor vehicle thefts and a rise in moped-related crime have been reported in Penge. Yesterday, it was reported that an acid attack occurred in broad daylight. Many of my constituents are becoming increasingly concerned. What exactly is the Department doing to combat such crimes?
Asset Recovery Programme — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Barry John Sheerman (Labour, Centre-left): Is the Minister aware that we regard the National Crime Agency as a bunch of amateurs in this field? People are increasingly talking about a big Russian mafia presence in London that is spending huge fortunes on organising crime. When will he take those people seriously and do something about them?
Asset Recovery Programme — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
David George Hanson (Labour, Centre-left): Can the Minister assure me that we will retain the European arrest warrant, retain co-operation with other European police forces and use all the powers we have in Europe, as well as in the United Kingdom, to bring such assets to justice?
Police Funding — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Mary Theresa Glindon (Labour, Centre-left): With direct resource funding amounting to a budget cut due to inflation and with the chief constable stating that the force is getting very near to not being able to deliver a professional service, how can the Minister guarantee to keep people across Northumbria safe?
Police Funding — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Paula Michelle Sherriff (Labour, Centre-left): The chief constable of West Yorkshire police said, "Our officers are exhausted" and that policing is "not sustainable" in the long term without an uplift in funding. We have lost more than 1,000 officers in West Yorkshire, yet this weekend Ministers briefed the press that there is room for more cuts. If the Government’s first duty is the safety of their citizens, how can they possibly justify more cuts in the face of such warnings?
Police Funding — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Julie Elizabeth Cooper (Labour, Centre-left): Since January 2017, policing the anti-fracking protest in Lancashire has cost Lancashire constabulary close to £4 million. Given that 78% of the protestors are not from Lancashire, when will the Government step in to meet those costs? It cannot be right for the council tax payers of Lancashire to bear the burden of what is essentially a national protest.
Police Funding — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Helen Elizabeth Hayes (Labour, Centre-left): Last month, my constituent Jude Gayle, a young father, was stabbed to death as he returned home—yet another tragic and senseless loss in a growing number of knife attacks, which are up 20% in London over the past year. Will the Home Secretary finally accept that cutting hundreds of millions of pounds from the Metropolitan police budget since 2010 is a reckless approach to the safety and security of Londoners?
Police Funding — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Tracy Lynn Brabin (Labour, Centre-left): "With officer numbers at 1985 levels, crime up 10% in the last year and police work becoming ever more complex, this additional pressure is not sustainable The current flat cash settlement for forces announced in 2015 is no longer enough." Those were the words of Britain’s most senior police chief. Which part of that does the Minister disagree with?
Police Funding — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Louise Margaret Haigh (Labour, Centre-left): We know the pressures on police resources from a rise in violent crime, a huge increase in 999 and 101 calls, an unprecedented terrorist threat and a surge in non-crime demand because of mental health issues and missing persons. The police simply do not have the resources to respond to every report of crime. Were the Minister’s house burgled, how would he feel if the police did not show up?
Border Facilities — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What contingency (a) funding and (b) planning her Department has for new customs check-points and other border facilities in the event that negotiations with the EU do not result in a deal.
Mary Helen Creagh (Labour, Centre-left): Watching the faces on the Front Bench, we see the sensible wing of the Conservative party too frightened, rightly, to say what a no-deal Brexit would look like. May I urge the Minister to talk to the "fun boy three"—the Foreign Secretary, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and the Secretary of State for International Trade—and leave them in no doubt about the strength of feeling among Opposition Members of the need properly to prepare for all eventualities and to plan for a deal with our European colleagues?
Knife Crime — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Jane Foxcroft (Labour, Centre-left): Today was the first evidence session for the Youth Violence Commission, and we looked specifically at the role of youth and community work. Does the Secretary of State agree that early intervention is important in tackling knife crime and what would she say to those calling for a statutory youth service that is fully funded?
Study Visas — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: International Affairs
Joanna Meriel Stevens (Labour, Centre-left): If or, as seems likely, when Britain crashes out of the EU with no deal, what will happen at the point of exit to international students here on the Erasmus+ programme, many of whom are in my constituency of Cardiff Central?
Online Radicalisation — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Technology
Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds (Labour, Centre-left): As part of the Government’s strategy for online safety, they are seeking to ensure that all those suppliers bidding for information-sensitive contracts are certificated under their Cyber Essentials scheme. Yet the Government have admitted to me in a written answer that they do not even bother to count the number of suppliers signed up to that scheme. In those circumstances, how can the Government ever look at and consider the success of their policy?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: Law and Crime
John Mann (Labour, Centre-left): Zombies are running wild in our communities. Sometimes those zombies are naked, their minds addled by a psychoactive street substance called Mamba. When will this House have a vote on making the possession of Mamba illegal?
Iran — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: International Affairs
Hilary James Benn (Labour, Centre-left): As the right hon. Gentleman can already tell, the Government’s strong support for the deal is widely shared on both sides of the House. Does he agree, however, that among the consequences of President Trump’s announcement are, first, that it will undermine confidence in international agreements of this sort—and, as we have already heard, this agreement was painfully and painstakingly negotiated by many people including Baroness Ashton—and, secondly, that it will enable the less than moderate forces in Iran to say to the more moderate forces, "We told you that you could not trust the United States of America", which is not in anyone’s interests?
Iran — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: International Affairs
Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw (Labour, Centre-left): Does this episode not illustrate the folly of breaking from our natural friends and allies in Europe and throwing in our lot with an unpredictable and irrational American President? That would be the outcome of the extreme hard Brexit that the Minister’s boss and the other hard Brexiteers on his Benches are pursuing.
Iran — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: International Affairs
Michael John Gapes (Labour, Centre-left): Does the Minister agree that President Trump is a proliferator, that he is encouraging the undermining of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and that by his action he will make it almost impossible to get any agreement on North Korea?
Iran — House of Commons, 2017-10-16
Topic: International Affairs
Anthony Joseph Lloyd (Labour, Centre-left): The Minister’s statement is welcome and moves us forward, but he will recall that part of the logic behind the decision to engage with Iran on the basis of distrust, as he says, was the potential for a nuclear-armed Iran to lead to a nuclear arms race in the middle east. What steps will our Government take to say to our friends in the middle east that it is not in their interest to see the agreement destabilised?