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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 3 November 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Mandelson.


Higher Education

Lords statement on the publication of "Higher Ambitions - the future of Universities in a Knowledge Economy".


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
714 c123-36 
Session
2008-09
Department
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Mandelson | 714 c123-6 (Link to this contribution) With your Lordships’ permission, I should like to make a Statement about Higher Ambitions—The future...
Lord De Mauley | 714 c126-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the First Secretary of State for the Statement and for his courtesy in showing it ...
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Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 714 c128-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the First Secretary of State for his Statement and say how very welcome it is. We ...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c130-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful for the relevance and precision of all the questions put to me. I shall...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c136 (Link to this contribution) I am sympathetic to the sentiment that my noble friend has expressed. If he does not mind, though, I...
Lord Howarth of Newport | 714 c135-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome all the thrust of my noble friend’s Statement as well as the bipartisanship and ...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c136 (Link to this contribution) I give the noble Lord the firm undertaking that, as we take forward and consult on all the proposals...
Lord May of Oxford | 714 c136 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the Statement from the noble Lord, Lord Mandelson, under whom I have had much pl...
Lord Tunnicliffe | 714 c136 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am afraid that the 20 minutes for Back-Benchers is up.
Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | 714 c136 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, everything that the First Secretary has said—
Lord Morgan | 714 c132-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must declare great enthusiasm for what my noble friend said. Some of us tried to run uni...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c132 (Link to this contribution) I welcome what the noble Lord has said and take this opportunity to wish him a happy birthday. It is...
Lord Baker of Dorking | 714 c131-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will try to resist the temptation to engage in such base politics, because I was going t...
Baroness Shephard of Northwold | 714 c134 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare my interests as chairman of the council of the Royal Veterinary College and chai...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c133-4 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my Lords, I think that I can give the noble Lord that reassurance. In what he says he seems to ...
Lord Broers | 714 c133 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, would the Minister say a little more about the concentration of research, particularly in ...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c133 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree with my noble friend that as much form-filling and box-ticking as we can persuade ...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c135 (Link to this contribution) I welcome what the right reverend Prelate has said. However, he should not take my definition of eco...
Bishop of Ripon and Leeds | 714 c135 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the court of Leeds University. I particularly welcome...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c134-5 (Link to this contribution) First, I thank the noble Baroness for the work that she put in with Alan Milburn and her other colle...
Subjects
Admissions Disadvantaged Business Finance Further education Higher education Engineering Standards Universities Schools Teachers Regional planning and development Technology Research Vocational education Science Mathematics Knowledge economy
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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