To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of the Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (FAD) as a pathway (1) into creative higher education, and (2) meeting the skills needs of the creative industries; and what assessment they have made of the impact of...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of the Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (FAD) as a pathway (1) into creative higher education, and (2) meeting the skills needs of the creative industries; and what assessment they have made of the impact of...

My Lords, I thank the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee for its scrutiny of these draft regulations. This statutory instrument, which was laid in draft on 20 January, increases the limits on tuition fees that higher education providers can charge students studying undergraduate courses at approved fee cap providers in the...

My Lords, I thank the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee for its scrutiny of these draft regulations. This statutory instrument, which was laid in draft on 20 January, increases the limits on tuition fees that higher education providers can charge students studying undergraduate courses at approved fee cap providers in the...

My Lords, I very much welcome this measure. I should declare my interests as a visiting professor at King’s College London and a member of the University of Southampton’s council. I know from seeing universities close up that the situation is indeed serious, as the Minister rightly said. The freeze...

My Lords, I very much welcome this measure. I should declare my interests as a visiting professor at King’s College London and a member of the University of Southampton’s council. I know from seeing universities close up that the situation is indeed serious, as the Minister rightly said. The freeze...

My Lords, I also must declare an interest, as a member of the academic staff of King’s College London. I would also like to note that I was a member of the Augar review. Apropos of the suggestion by the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, of a quinquennial review, I am...

My Lords, I also must declare an interest, as a member of the academic staff of King’s College London. I would also like to note that I was a member of the Augar review. Apropos of the suggestion by the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, of a quinquennial review, I am...

My Lords, I also have to declare an interest as a visiting professor at King’s. I have other education-related entries on the register, which I will not list here.

I welcome the Government’s decision to allow the increase of fees in line with inflation. It is long overdue, and I wish...

My Lords, I also have to declare an interest as a visiting professor at King’s. I have other education-related entries on the register, which I will not list here.

I welcome the Government’s decision to allow the increase of fees in line with inflation. It is long overdue, and I wish...

My Lords, the Minister is right to talk about financial sustainability. She is also right to talk about how we must value students. I remember quite clearly how the noble Lord, Lord Johnson, told us at every opportunity that we needed to increase tuition fees for the sake of the...

My Lords, the Minister is right to talk about financial sustainability. She is also right to talk about how we must value students. I remember quite clearly how the noble Lord, Lord Johnson, told us at every opportunity that we needed to increase tuition fees for the sake of the...

Four.

Four.

King’s is not yet, but will be.

King’s is not yet, but will be.

It always seemed to me that were almost gloating about this, but what a fine way to show that in the financing of our university sector, or in how we look after our students in many cases.

As I think has been said by the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, last year...

It always seemed to me that were almost gloating about this, but what a fine way to show that in the financing of our university sector, or in how we look after our students in many cases.

As I think has been said by the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, last year...

My Lords, as we have heard, this statutory instrument increases by 3.1% the maximum tuition fees that higher education providers can charge for the majority of courses and, in turn, the amount of tuition fee loans that students can take out. It also reduces the maximum amount of tuition fees...

My Lords, as we have heard, this statutory instrument increases by 3.1% the maximum tuition fees that higher education providers can charge for the majority of courses and, in turn, the amount of tuition fee loans that students can take out. It also reduces the maximum amount of tuition fees...

I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. It should perhaps have been sponsored by King’s College; there was clear quality from King’s on display in the quality of the contributions made. I will endeavour to answer noble Lords’ questions but, before I turn to those questions, I...

I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. It should perhaps have been sponsored by King’s College; there was clear quality from King’s on display in the quality of the contributions made. I will endeavour to answer noble Lords’ questions but, before I turn to those questions, I...

Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

My Lords, I think we have all agreed that the Bill is tinkering with what is essentially a broken system. The Labour Party clearly knew that because it pledged in its manifesto to reform the system, so it understands that the system is broken. Speaking to the last group, the...

My Lords, I think we have all agreed that the Bill is tinkering with what is essentially a broken system. The Labour Party clearly knew that because it pledged in its manifesto to reform the system, so it understands that the system is broken. Speaking to the last group, the...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

46: After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause—

“Review of impact on businesses, high streets and economic growth

(1) The Secretary of State must review the impact of sections 1 to 4 of this Act on—

(a) businesses,

(b) high streets, and

(c) economic growth.

(2) The review must consider—

(a) the...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

46: After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause—

“Review of impact on businesses, high streets and economic growth

(1) The Secretary of State must review the impact of sections 1 to 4 of this Act on—

(a) businesses,

(b) high streets, and

(c) economic growth.

(2) The review must consider—

(a) the...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 46 I will also speak to my Amendments 53 and 54, which are all borne from the lack of detail in the Bill and the failure to publish an impact assessment for its first four clauses. The Government are asking us to agree to a...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 46 I will also speak to my Amendments 53 and 54, which are all borne from the lack of detail in the Bill and the failure to publish an impact assessment for its first four clauses. The Government are asking us to agree to a...

My Lords, as we have heard from the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, this group is about understanding the impact of the Bill. To help us focus on why this is important, my noble friend Lady Pinnock and I have produced our own notional one-dimensional impact assessment.

If a property had a...

My Lords, as we have heard from the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, this group is about understanding the impact of the Bill. To help us focus on why this is important, my noble friend Lady Pinnock and I have produced our own notional one-dimensional impact assessment.

If a property had a...

My Lords, I will add a few words on this important group of amendments. It is not possible to do an impact assessment at the moment. This has been rushed, and the new valuation list will not be completed for another three or four months. Non-domestic rates are the third-highest...

My Lords, I will add a few words on this important group of amendments. It is not possible to do an impact assessment at the moment. This has been rushed, and the new valuation list will not be completed for another three or four months. Non-domestic rates are the third-highest...

My Lords, these amendments seek to introduce a number of provisions into the Bill requiring reports and assessments of various types. They are concerned with the impact on the RHL—retail, hospitality and leisure—sector, including on local government revenues, businesses more generally and economic growth. Some reports and assessments would be...

My Lords, these amendments seek to introduce a number of provisions into the Bill requiring reports and assessments of various types. They are concerned with the impact on the RHL—retail, hospitality and leisure—sector, including on local government revenues, businesses more generally and economic growth. Some reports and assessments would be...

Before the Minister sits down, could I point out that these forecasts are all going to be hypothetical? In five months’ time, the VOA will produce, or have access to, the updated new rateable values nationwide. Current rateable values will be history. Therefore, we have to anticipate what those might...

Before the Minister sits down, could I point out that these forecasts are all going to be hypothetical? In five months’ time, the VOA will produce, or have access to, the updated new rateable values nationwide. Current rateable values will be history. Therefore, we have to anticipate what those might...