Proceeding contribution from David Lammy (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 16 March 2010. It occurred during Opposition day on Higher Education.
Higher Education
The hon. Gentleman knows that we have made progress, that we have reached 43 per cent. and that he opposed us at every single turn. Let me just spell out why this aspiration is so important. First, we should aim to meet it because it is right. If we believe in the principle that anyone can benefit from higher education and people deserve a chance to go to university to reap the benefits that a degree brings, we should not just pay lip service to the target; we should aspire to reach it. Secondly, it is right for economic reasons—for the reasons that the Leitch review and the Sainsbury review pointed out.
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- 2009-10
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- Applications Apprentices Finance Higher education Qualifications Loans Standards Universities Training Students
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