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Grand Committee
Inclusive Society - Wed 14 Apr 2021
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Drake (LAB - Life peer) However, while much of the nation pivoted their work and lives online, for a large proportion this was - Speech Link
2: Lord Whitty (LAB - Life peer) Therefore, at both ends of the age spectrum, particularly for the poorer sections of society, one of - Speech Link
3: Baroness Benjamin (LDEM - Life peer) The Government need to take other actions to build a better future for vulnerable children online. - Speech Link
4: Viscount Thurso (LDEM - Excepted Hereditary) The relentless drive for all things to be online certainly brings many conveniences—indeed, our proceedings - Speech Link
5: Lord Greenhalgh (CON - Life peer) university contemporary of mine—who is the incumbent Minister for Children and Families to see what we - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Tackling Intergenerational Unfairness (Select Committee Report) - Mon 25 Jan 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Greengross (CB - Life peer) University students in England currently pay the highest course fees in Europe. - Speech Link
2: Lord Addington (LDEM - Excepted Hereditary) Those jobs are disappearing now for other jobs based online. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (LAB - Life peer) That is particularly true for young people, as they are now forced into online learning and tuition whether - Speech Link
4: Lord Davies of Brixton (LAB - Life peer) Increased university fees, unemployment, poorer job opportunities, lower pay and rapid house price inflation - Speech Link
5: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (LAB - Life peer) Born in the NHS, educated for free—right up to and through university, for those few of us able to access - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Remote Education and Free School Meals - Mon 18 Jan 2021
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Gavin Williamson (CON - South Staffordshire) possible, to provide students with live online teaching when they cannot provide it face to face.My - Speech Link
2: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) They should not be considered a substitute for high-quality classroom teaching, where there is development—for - Speech Link
3: Chris Skidmore (CON - Kingswood) It costs more to provide online resources at university. - Speech Link
4: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) University teachers have to be trained for something they never anticipated—teaching online. - Speech Link
5: Jonathan Gullis (CON - Stoke-on-Trent North) Some 80,640 free school meals will be provided for students, with £110,000 for Stoke-on-Trent Foodbank - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Tuition Fees - Mon 16 Nov 2020
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Chris Evans (LAB - Islwyn) COVID-19”, to “Refund university students for 3rd Semester Tuition 2020”, to “Require universities to - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill
Committee stage:Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard) - Wed 28 Oct 2020
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: None The same will apply for university fees. - Speech Link
2: Lord German (LDEM - Life peer) The General Teaching Council for Scotland has an auto-recognition process for UK teachers who possess - Speech Link
3: None The General Teaching Council for Scotland receives about 600 applications for registration each year - Speech Link
4: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (CON - Life peer) This makes an exception for the teaching profession unnecessary. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Science Research Funding in Universities (Science and Technology Committee Report) - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (LDEM - Life peer) Giving students value for money and not treating tuition fees as cash cows was a primary concern. - Speech Link
2: Lord Redesdale (LDEM - Life peer) The problem is, are they there for the teaching of students or are they bodies for the creation of new - Speech Link
3: Baroness Morgan of Huyton (LAB - Life peer) Today, the university announced that it will be able to offer weekly Covid-19 testing for all students - Speech Link
4: Baroness Walmsley (LDEM - Life peer) suggested lowering the cap on tuition fees for UK students but did not address the fact that student - Speech Link
5: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (LAB - Life peer) Exact numbers, and therefore losses, will not be known until later this month, but analysis for the University - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Summer Adjournment - Wed 22 Jul 2020
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Jessica Morden (LAB - Newport East) I thank those who do not do it for the thanks.The Aneurin Bevan University health board region, which - Speech Link
2: David Mundell (CON - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) Until I became involved in this issue, I did not realise that most cash withdrawal transactions are for - Speech Link
3: David Amess (CON - Southend West) We should not have TV licence fees for the over-75s; some of the producers are paid too much. - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Thank you for doing this well—for remembering in safety.There are only 355 days until the next 12 July - Speech Link
5: Jonathan Gullis (CON - Stoke-on-Trent North) We will turn some into a teaching school for Staffordshire and Keele universities, and the rest will - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Thu 18 Jun 2020
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Kate Green (LAB - Stretford and Urmston) Much of that gap was covered by international tuition fees, so international students are key to the - Speech Link
2: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) What steps will the Government take to ensure that students can start courses online with confidence—for - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Education and Local Government - Tue 14 Jan 2020
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Desmond Swayne (CON - New Forest West) university—to limit its intake of Scottish students to 20% of the university population? - Speech Link
2: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) What will the fees be?Of course we would welcome any reduction in fees for students in England. - Speech Link
3: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) Government will look at abandoning tuition fees altogether. - Speech Link
4: David Davis (CON - Haltemprice and Howden) The truth is that the university tuition fees and loans scheme invented and implemented by the Blair - Speech Link
5: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) That could saddle people with university debt for life. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Tue 22 Oct 2019
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (CON - Life peer) the maximum tuition fees rate and increased the threshold for repayments, now worth up to £425 a year - Speech Link
2: Lord Bassam of Brighton (LAB - Life peer) Labour has committed to scrapping university tuition fees so that education is genuinely free for all - Speech Link
3: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LDEM - Life peer) service of our education system, with lower funding and lower pay for staff than for school teachers - Speech Link
4: Lord Patel (CB - Life peer) places for medical students. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (CON - Life peer) places for medical students. - Speech Link