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Proceeding contribution from John Hayes (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 11 June 2009. It occurred during Debate on Social Mobility and the Professions.


Social Mobility and the Professions

I was making the point not that that is a bad thing, but that it is a good thing that is largely the preserve of one class of people. Progress in working-class people entering higher education has been stultifyingly slow. Consequently, most middle-class young people now achieve in terms of higher education, whereas most working-class people do not. That is highly injurious to social mobility.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
493 c1003 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Access Disadvantaged Finance Education Professions Public expenditure Universities Schools Training Young people Social class Social mobility
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk