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Sale of Student Loans Bill

I apologise to you and to the House for not being here at the beginning of the debate, Mr. Deputy Speaker. The Bill had an inauspicious start as far as Wales was concerned when it was trailed in the draft legislative programme and described as ““England only””. It has now been properly described as extending to England and Wales. Indeed, we have received more support and information from the Wales Office than we have had previously when dealing with similar Bills. The hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Mr. Hayes) mentioned the Further Education and Training Act 2007, which led to confusion when the intention was not to give Welsh further education colleges the power to award foundation degrees. We are all gaining experience in this type of legislation.