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The Bill comes before us at a time of great change, the most important of those changes being my birthday today. It was not that long ago that I was sitting in the Minister’s place. In those days, I looked more like Denzel Washington; today, I look like Forest Whitaker.

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David Lammy (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
19 July 2016
Reference
613 c750
House
House of Commons

That was, in a sense, the point I was making. Some of the tensions in Whitehall, particularly those emanating from the Home Office vis-à-vis whoever is at university and where they are placed, lie behind this problem.

There is, however, another problem that has been mentioned by Members, not least by...

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David Lammy (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
19 July 2016
Reference
613 cc751-2
House
House of Commons

I do not accept that, I am afraid. The removal of the cap does not help when it comes to fair access. All that it does is help more chinless wonders from more public schools to get in.

Given that 100 elite schools account for 3% of the total of 31.9%...

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David Lammy (Labour)
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Proceeding contributions
Date
19 July 2016
Reference
613 c753
House
House of Commons

Transparency will of course help, but we know what works and under the Labour Government most of that was covered by the Aimhigher programme which, sadly, was abolished by this Government.

Do we want our universities to be engines of social mobility or do we accept that the universities will merely...

Member
David Lammy (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
19 July 2016
Reference
613 cc753-4
House
House of Commons