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Student Visas

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

525 c855-72 

Session

2010-12

Department

Home Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Proceeding contributions

Lord Blunkett | 525 c861-2 (Link to this contribution) As a lifelong expert in hyperbole, I advise the Home Secretary to ease off on it in the message to u...

Tom Brake | 525 c862 (Link to this contribution) Does the Home Secretary agree that higher education in the UK is world class, and that our top insti...

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Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c862 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. This is an issue in which he has taken a long-sta...

Lord Field of Birkenhead | 525 c862 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Home Secretary's statement, particularly on behalf of my unemployed constituents who a...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c862 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for her question, and for the considerable interest that she takes in the uni...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c862 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The package that we have introduced today will protect our unive...

Mark Field | 525 c863 (Link to this contribution) In recent years I have been on the advisory board of the London School of Commerce. I want to ask t...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c863 (Link to this contribution) Obviously one is always looking to improve the quality of the evidence on which policy can be based....

Keith Vaz | 525 c863 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Home Secretary for keeping to her promise to publish her proposals after the Select Comm...

James Clappison | 525 c863-4 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the package that the Home Secretary has announced today and her determination to ta...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c864 (Link to this contribution) We have already introduced some English language requirements for people coming here to marry somebo...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c871 (Link to this contribution) The proposals will not prevent genuine students from coming to study, but we do need to look at thin...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c871 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is taking me down a road that goes beyond the Home Office's area of responsibility, l...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c872 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an extremely valid point. I am happy to tell him that the time limit on how lon...

Roger Williams | 525 c872 (Link to this contribution) Universities across Wales will welcome today's statement, particularly as the right hon. Lady has be...

Stephen Hammond | 525 c872 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her statement, which will be warmly welcomed by the legitimat...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c872 (Link to this contribution) That is a very good question, and perhaps the shadow Home Secretary would like to answer it at some ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c865 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can confirm that. The message that the right hon. Gentleman can take back to his constituents...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c865 (Link to this contribution) During the consultation, we had discussions with the Scottish Government and the Secretary of State ...

Baroness Fullbrook | 525 c865 (Link to this contribution) The shadow Home Secretary claimed last month that, under the points system, ““a lot of progress”” wa...

Lord Soames of Fletching | 525 c864 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate the Home Secretary and her Minister of State on this important and long overdue m...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c864-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his welcome for the statement. We are asking the Migration Advisory Commi...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c867 (Link to this contribution) They are not included in the migration figures, and they are therefore not covered by my statement. ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c867 (Link to this contribution) The requirements will be B2 for university-level study and B1 for below degree-level study, so there...

Yvette Cooper | 525 c867 (Link to this contribution) That is the point.

David Evennett | 525 c866 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, and congratulate her on her approach. Can she ass...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c867-8 (Link to this contribution) What I am doing at every possible opportunity is saying that our universities are still open for bus...

Brian Binley | 525 c868 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the general thrust of the statement, and my constituents will be delighted to hear about i...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c868 (Link to this contribution) We already have a list of low-risk countries— I think about 15 countries are on it. The quality of d...

Rob Wilson | 525 c868 (Link to this contribution) I also welcome the Home Secretary's statement, as will my constituents. She will be aware of the rec...

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 525 c868-9 (Link to this contribution) I serve on the external board of Birmingham university's business school and I must tell the Home Se...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c869 (Link to this contribution) We have looked at the balance of interests among universities, the UK economy, businesses and, of co...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c870 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I am happy to say to my hon. Friend that universities are highly trusted sponsors and will need...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c870 (Link to this contribution) As I said in response to an earlier question, both the universities sector and the business sector h...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c860-1 (Link to this contribution) I have to say that I am incredibly disappointed by the right hon. Lady's response—but to be fair to ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c861 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his question, because it enables me to clarify a point about students who...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 525 c862 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Home Secretary's statement, particularly on the retention of a reformed post-study wor...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c862 (Link to this contribution) As I said in my statement, the message to the brightest and best students around the globe is clear:...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c863 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is correct: I did not mention that in my statement; I referred to it in response ...

Adrian Bailey | 525 c863 (Link to this contribution) It is estimated that the loss of income to higher education resulting from the Government's current ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c863 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to tell my hon. Friend that there is no evidence that that will be the upshot. Our system...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c864 (Link to this contribution) Having spoken to UK Border Agency officers at points of entry, I am conscious of the frustration tha...

Andrew Miller | 525 c864 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the continuation of the notion of trusted status among the universities. When the Home Sec...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c871 (Link to this contribution) I note the hon. Gentleman's comment and request; my hon. Friend the Minister for Immigration will be...

Ian Jnr Paisley | 525 c871 (Link to this contribution) I welcome much of the sentiment in the Minister's statement. Will she facilitate a meeting with repr...

Stephen Mosley | 525 c871 (Link to this contribution) One popular scam involves students deliberately failing their examinations repeatedly in order to re...

Baroness Berger | 525 c870 (Link to this contribution) Liverpool's three universities attract approximately £66.6 million in gross income from internationa...

Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 525 c871 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Home Secretary on facing down some of the hysterical hyperbole from the Oppositio...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c871 (Link to this contribution) I referred in my statement to students who stay on and move from course to course but I had not got ...

David Nuttall | 525 c871-2 (Link to this contribution) One in five of the students granted a student visa in 2004 was still here in 2009. Will my right hon...

Aidan Burley | 525 c872 (Link to this contribution) Last and hopefully not least, I am sure that I am not the only Member of the House who is astonished...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c872 (Link to this contribution) A process will be set out for those legitimate colleges by the UK Border Agency. It will be necessar...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c872 (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more. If someone comes to the UK to study and do a course of education, that is pr...

Marcus Jones | 525 c872 (Link to this contribution) I strongly welcome the Secretary of State's statement, particularly as I have learned that in one pr...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c872 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to confirm to my hon. Friend that we will be happy to continue speaking with the vice-cha...

Simon Hughes | 525 c865-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Home Secretary and her Cabinet colleagues for listening to the representations of the un...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c865 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for her question. The answer is a very short one, because Labour did not make...

Gerald Kaufman | 525 c865 (Link to this contribution) Given that a substantial segment of the economy of the city of Manchester depends on the success of ...

Pete Wishart | 525 c865 (Link to this contribution) Will the Home Secretary tell us what the tone has been of the representations that she has received ...

Julian Huppert | 525 c867 (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as a member of the university of Cambridge, one of the three excellent univers...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c866 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made an extremely important point. It will not benefit the UK if people throughou...

Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c866 (Link to this contribution) What level of English language qualification will be required for students attending English languag...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c866 (Link to this contribution) Let me deal with the right hon. Lady's second question first. A code of conduct will be agreed betwe...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c866 (Link to this contribution) I can assure my right hon. Friend that we will be giving regular reports to Parliament on what we ar...

Joan Ruddock | 525 c866 (Link to this contribution) Some of the brightest and best international students attend Trinity Laban, the dance and music cons...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c867 (Link to this contribution) We will make absolutely clear when the new post-study work route proposals will be implemented. Stud...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c868 (Link to this contribution) There are various aspects of that particular issue, of course. In addition to the response I gave to...

Roberta Blackman-Woods | 525 c867 (Link to this contribution) I understand the right hon. Lady's concern to reduce abuse in the visa system, but what is she doing...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c868 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his opening comment, but I do not think that there is any reduction in th...

Pamela Nash | 525 c868 (Link to this contribution) Which criteria will the Home Office use to differentiate low-risk and high-risk origin countries, an...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c869 (Link to this contribution) We have been discussing with business and the university sector what might be the appropriate criter...

Tony Lloyd | 525 c869 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary will get support—not least from me—for her previous answer, because it is importa...

Mark Reckless | 525 c869 (Link to this contribution) Three months ago, the Home Secretary proposed closing the post-study work route, expressing concerns...

Paul Blomfield | 525 c870 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Home Secretary's recognition of the importance of the post-study work route as a signi...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c869 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to say to the hon. Gentleman that we are not creating a new process at the UKBA; it alrea...

Pauline Latham | 525 c869-70 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome the Home Secretary's decision to ensure that all sponsors will now need to be accredit...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c870 (Link to this contribution) First, as I have just said, I expect the universities to continue to retain their highly trusted spo...

Robin Walker | 525 c870 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary is absolutely right to crack down on bogus colleges, which are at the heart of th...

Speaker | 525 c861 (Link to this contribution) Order. A great many hon. and right hon. Members are seeking to catch my eye. I should like to accomm...

Lord Brady of Altrincham | 525 c861 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Speaker. I have an unremunerated interest as a governor of Manchester Metropolitan uni...

Yvette Cooper | 525 c858-60 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Home Secretary for the half-hour's advance sight of her statement, as has become the for...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 525 c855-8 (Link to this contribution) Statement The UK has a worldwide reputation for providing quality education to overseas students, an...

Subjects

Admissions Dependants Employment Finance Further education Immigration Entry clearances Higher education Educational institutions English language Pay Overseas students Standards Vetting Sponsorship

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