Opposition Members do not want to listen because they do not like the truth. The Liberal Democrat education spokesman, the hon. Gentlemen are now saying something different. Being a Liberal Democrat means never having to be consistent, except consistently in opposition. Does my hon.
Friend agree that it is extraordinarily rich for the hon.
Friend for that question. Having secured the funding of our universities and having introduced a fair and efficient student finance system, the future challenge is to increase the numbers of our young people able to go to university, for which the Prime Minister has set a target of 50 per cent. That is why my right hon. Column 1169 including summer schools, of enabling those children to have that opportunity of going to university. That suggests that his study of the Taylor report and our proposals has been less than comprehensive.