Topical question asked in the House of Commons, by James Clappison (Conservative). It was answered on Thursday, 31 March 2011 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Topical Questions
- Question
- In the light of the excellent question from my hon. Friend the Member for Reading East (Mr Wilson), surely it is a matter for universities to decide who to admit on individual merit, not for us to have a central Government control model—a command and control model—that inevitably produces unfair discrimination. We are trying to build a big society, not recreate the Soviet Union, are we not?
- Answer
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There is no command and control. Indeed, we are seeking to free universities from the complex, rather Stalinist system that we inherited. None the less, it is right that the Office for Fair Access judge universities that wish to charge the top rate according to its access criteria.
Secondary information
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- Oral question
- Reference
- 526 c516
- Session
- 2010-12
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- Supplementary
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- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Fees and charges Students
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