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Sale of Student Loans Bill

As he said, the hon. Gentleman raised these matters earlier. His amendments make clear that"““reimbursement of costs or expenses incurred by a loan purchaser””" refers to costs in respect of a defaulting borrower. I remind the Minister, who may not have the material to hand, that in Committee in response to the sentiments expressed by the hon. Gentleman, he said that he was"““sympathetic to the framing of that amendment, but I need to look at it in detail. If I can be reassured that it would not have an unintended consequence, I will be happy to accept it on Report.””––[Official Report, Sale of Student Loans Public Bill Committee, 4 December 2007; c. 64.]" My advice is that it will not have unintended consequences. I hope the Minister's will be the same, in which event we can accept what strikes me as a very sensible set of suggestions.