Estimates day on Thursday, 10 December 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Willis of Knaresborough. The answering member was David Lammy.

Students and Universities

Vote on account 2010-11. First estimates day (part one). Motion that, for the year ending with 31 March 2011, for expenditure by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills— (1) resources, not exceeding £9,653,466,000, be authorised, on account, for use as set out in HC 33, and (2) a sum, not exceeding £11,071,732,000, be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated Fund, on account, to meet the costs as so set out. Question deferred. Resolved.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 502 c529-72, 606
Session: 2009-10
Department: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Procedure: Supply estimates
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Students and universities. Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee eleventh report in 2 volumes with formal minutes, evidence and appendices (HC 170-i-v and HC 370-i-iii not printed separately).
Monday, 20 July 2009
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Estimates
Monday, 30 November 2009
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons; Students and universities. Science and Technology Select Committee eighth special report - government response to the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee's eleventh report of session 2008-09 (HC 170).
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Central government supply estimates 2010-11: vote on account.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
House of Commons papers
House of Commons; Vote on Account, 2010-11
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Formal proceedings
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Brian Iddon | 502 c564 (Link to this contribution) If that is the case, how does the hon. Gentleman expect employers to distinguish them?; Brian Iddon | 502 c548-9 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I absolutely agree. It is okay to lecture to large groups, but university teachers must be able...; Speaker | 502 c529 (Link to this contribution) I call Mr. Phil Willis.; Andrew Smith | 502 c533 (Link to this contribution) I value the work that the hon. Gentleman and his Committee did on the report. On his point about the...; Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 502 c532-3 (Link to this contribution) I totally agree with the hon. Gentleman. That is why it is it is absolutely imperative for the revie...; David Chaytor | 502 c532 (Link to this contribution) Is not the real issue that as each year goes by, the distinction between full-time and part-time cou...; Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 502 c529-32 (Link to this contribution) What an august start to a debate—I am very grateful to you for making the historic decision to call ...; Eric Martlew | 502 c536-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee not only for the report before us today...; Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 502 c533-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that. The reality is that we need to get a grip of the issue. We...; Evan Harris | 502 c533 (Link to this contribution) On my hon. Friend's response to the right hon. Member for Oxford, East (Mr. Smith), we also need to ...; Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 502 c533 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The Committee certainly did not say that we should not...; Andrew Smith | 502 c537 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful—as too, I am sure, will be the hon. Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon (Dr. Harris)—...; Eric Martlew | 502 c537-9 (Link to this contribution) But I shall try not to mention Oxford United. I was elected MP for Carlisle in 1987. As a Cumbrian ...; Rob Wilson | 502 c555-8 (Link to this contribution) That is critical. It is unimaginable to me that the Government should have any more involvement than...; Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 502 c558 (Link to this contribution) May I say what a powerful case the hon. Gentleman is making about what is an absolute crisis? Does h...; Rob Wilson | 502 c558-9 (Link to this contribution) That is exactly the message that I have received from students, and I hope that the Minister will di...; Stephen Williams | 502 c559-60 (Link to this contribution) This has been an excellent debate, although I am not sure that I want to put a classification on it....; Lord Boswell of Aynho | 502 c560 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one of the worst possible things would be if students had gone to...; Stephen Williams | 502 c560 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Students in their third year may already have a completely d...; Rob Wilson | 502 c560 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree with the president of the National Union of Students that heads should...; Stephen Williams | 502 c560-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. In fact, I can agree with myself about that, becau...; Lord Willetts | 502 c563 (Link to this contribution) We have had a wide-ranging debate on a wide-ranging report. It is a valuable report and I congratula...; Robert Syms | 502 c563 (Link to this contribution) Is not the English language another great asset for our universities? The current review of immigrat...; Lord Willetts | 502 c564-7 (Link to this contribution) Employers do distinguish, and one reason why we attach so much importance to better information for ...; Lord Willetts | 502 c564 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very important point that needs to be borne in mind. If we start with those ...; Lord Boswell of Aynho | 502 c570 (Link to this contribution) On the student support package, can the Minister give the House the simple assurance that students w...; David Lammy | 502 c570-1 (Link to this contribution) I can confirm that I do not anticipate there will be any changes in respect of students who have alr...; Lord Willetts | 502 c571 (Link to this contribution) I am encouraged by what the Minister has just said about disabled students, as this issue is a parti...; David Lammy | 502 c571-2 (Link to this contribution) The chief executive of the SLC assures me that he will have got through the backlog by the end of th...; Barry Sheerman | 502 c545 (Link to this contribution) What does the hon. Gentleman say to the critics who would compare the activity and work of our stude...; Lord Boswell of Aynho | 502 c545 (Link to this contribution) I would always take that with a measure of scepticism, although not always from the hon. Gentleman, ...; Andrew Smith | 502 c545 (Link to this contribution) Would not it be appropriate at this juncture to place on the record our appreciation of those aspect...; Lord Boswell of Aynho | 502 c545-6 (Link to this contribution) I hugely agree. It is very important. To be frank, I doubt very much whether I would be a Member of ...; Evan Harris | 502 c541 (Link to this contribution) I want to endorse what the hon. Gentleman says about the importance of that recommendation to review...; Lord Boswell of Aynho | 502 c541-2 (Link to this contribution) I entirely endorse the spirit of that intervention. It is better that we should look at this subject...; John Hayes | 502 c542 (Link to this contribution) As ever, my hon. Friend makes a thoughtful contribution to our considerations. Does he agree that th...; Lord Boswell of Aynho | 502 c542-4 (Link to this contribution) That, too, was a hugely helpful intervention. We are beginning to build up a picture. We really must...; John Hayes | 502 c548 (Link to this contribution) Does this changed dynamic the hon. Gentleman describes—the altered relationship between teacher and ...; Rob Wilson | 502 c555 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has hit the nail on the head. It is about access to information. The more that univer...; Lord Boswell of Aynho | 502 c555 (Link to this contribution) Following that earlier exchange, does my hon. Friend not agree that there is a risk that if too much...; Rob Wilson | 502 c553-5 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to be able to contribute to this estimates debate, and it is a pleasure to follow the...; John Hayes | 502 c555 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Mr. Boswell) talked about comparing apples and pears. Does m...; Barry Sheerman | 502 c549 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend accept that the House deserves to know whether the student he mentioned got a fi...; David Lammy | 502 c572 (Link to this contribution) As always with these things, they were reported accurately in some of the press. My position with re...; Rob Wilson | 502 c572 (Link to this contribution) Earlier, I asked the Minister about the views he had given to Demos. Will he say what his comments w...; David Lammy | 502 c572 (Link to this contribution) That is a very good way for me to end my speech. I absolutely assure my hon. Friend that I am happy ...; Eric Martlew | 502 c572 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend may be coming to this, but in my speech I asked whether I could meet him early in the...; David Lammy | 502 c572 (Link to this contribution) I have received full assurance from the chief executive of the SLC that students in the system who w...; Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 502 c572 (Link to this contribution) In his discussions with the SLC, has the Minister received an assurance that all of the second tranc...; Brian Iddon | 502 c549-51 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend's latter point is absolutely true. In answer to his first point, I have conveniently ...; David Lammy | 502 c568-70 (Link to this contribution) Let me begin by thanking the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Mr. Willis) for this oppor...; Brian Iddon | 502 c546-8 (Link to this contribution) I was one of those non-grammar school boys who were fortunate enough to be admitted to the universit...; Barry Sheerman | 502 c551 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is getting to the heart of the matter. Does he agree that the incentives to be a good...; Lord Boswell of Aynho | 502 c539-41 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Chairman, the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Mr. Willis), on introd...; Brian Iddon | 502 c551-3 (Link to this contribution) In my time, we did not differentiate between the three areas of teaching, administration and researc...
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Students and Universities

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