My Lords, we do not see a case for undergraduate contributions to fees in the current funding context.
Difficult decisions have to be made in terms of priorities.
I accept that we have reduced the amount available for capital spending in the forthcoming year. Column 1575 finance initiative and so forth. We will look at the evidence from the higher education sector about the impact of levels of public funding on the universities and colleges. Obviously, we will take that into account together with all other considerations relating to education and wider public expenditure in the current public expenditure round. My Lords, my noble friend raised an interesting point.