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World Class Skills 2020

I thought that the hon. Gentleman was making rather a good speech until he spoke about a diminution in quality in certain university courses. One often hears that, usually from a certain former chief inspector of schools writing in the back pages of The Sunday Times, but what really irritates me is the fact that people never say which universities or which courses they are talking about. I have not found any such universities or courses, and I think that there has been a change. People may decide that university is not for them, which is a wise choice if it is not right for them at the time. However, I do not appreciate an attack on the quality of courses in universities when there is no evidence of any diminution in quality.