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Division Votes
4 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bilimoria voted Aye and in line with the House One of 53 Crossbench Aye votes vs 1 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 258 Noes - 171
4 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bilimoria voted Aye and in line with the House One of 65 Crossbench Aye votes vs 4 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 167
4 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bilimoria voted Aye and in line with the House One of 53 Crossbench Aye votes vs 2 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 260 Noes - 169
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bilimoria voted Aye and in line with the House One of 52 Crossbench Aye votes vs 16 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 263 Noes - 233
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bilimoria voted Aye and in line with the House One of 66 Crossbench Aye votes vs 11 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 276 Noes - 226
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bilimoria voted Aye and in line with the House One of 45 Crossbench Aye votes vs 2 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 248 Noes - 209
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bilimoria voted Aye and in line with the House One of 71 Crossbench Aye votes vs 10 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 285 Noes - 230
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bilimoria voted Aye and in line with the House One of 57 Crossbench Aye votes vs 16 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 228
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Bilimoria voted Aye and in line with the House One of 50 Crossbench Aye votes vs 5 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 251 Noes - 214

Speeches
Lord Bilimoria speeches from: Higher Education Lord Bilimoria contributed 1 speech (851 words) Thursday 7th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education
Lord Bilimoria speeches from: AUKUS Lord Bilimoria contributed 2 speeches (529 words) Thursday 29th February 2024 - Grand Committee Ministry of Defence
Lord Bilimoria speeches from: Workers (Economic Affairs Committee Report) Lord Bilimoria contributed 1 speech (1,188 words) Thursday 8th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions
Lord Bilimoria speeches from: Holocaust Memorial Day Lord Bilimoria contributed 1 speech (1,986 words) Friday 2nd February 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Written Answers
UK Council for International Student Affairs: Finance Asked by: Lord Bilimoria (Crossbench - Life peer) Friday 15th March 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what current funding they provide for the UK Council for International Student Affairs to provide support for international students, and what assessment they have made of the sufficiency of this funding following the recent changes to immigration rules. Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) The department has provided a 3 year grant to support the work of the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) for international students in England. The government remains committed to the ambitions set out in the International Education Strategy, including the aim to host 600,000 international students in the UK per year by 2030. The department is proud to have met this ambition two years running. The department’s offer to international students remains very competitive and the department is committed to ensuring the UK remains a destination of choice for international students from across the globe. Universities offer a range of dedicated support to their international students before they arrive in the UK, on arrival and during their studies. Organisations such as UKCISA and the British Council continue to provide information to international students entering the UK.
Uk Council for International Student Affairs: Finance Asked by: Lord Bilimoria (Crossbench - Life peer) Friday 15th March 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of ceasing funding for the UK Council for International Student Affairs to provide international student support, following the recent changes to the student immigration rules. Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) The government appreciates the significant economic and cultural contribution that international students make to UK higher education (HE). The department is proud to have met its international student recruitment ambition two years running. The department’s offer to international students remains very competitive and the department is committed to ensuring the UK remains a destination of choice for the brightest and best international students from across the globe. The UK has a highly sought after HE experience, which is respected by international students. Universities are independent autonomous institutions and can offer a range of dedicated support to their international students before they arrive in the UK, on arrival and during their studies. The changes to migration policy announced in 2023 strike the right balance between acting decisively on migration while protecting the UK’s position as a world-leader in HE.

Written Answers

UK Council for International Student Affairs: Finance
Asked by: Lord Bilimoria (Crossbench - Life peer)
Friday 15th March 2024

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what current funding they provide for the UK Council for International Student Affairs to provide support for international students, and what assessment they have made of the sufficiency of this funding following the recent changes to immigration rules.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department has provided a 3 year grant to support the work of the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) for international students in England.

The government remains committed to the ambitions set out in the International Education Strategy, including the aim to host 600,000 international students in the UK per year by 2030. The department is proud to have met this ambition two years running. The department’s offer to international students remains very competitive and the department is committed to ensuring the UK remains a destination of choice for international students from across the globe.

Universities offer a range of dedicated support to their international students before they arrive in the UK, on arrival and during their studies. Organisations such as UKCISA and the British Council continue to provide information to international students entering the UK.

Uk Council for International Student Affairs: Finance
Asked by: Lord Bilimoria (Crossbench - Life peer)
Friday 15th March 2024

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of ceasing funding for the UK Council for International Student Affairs to provide international student support, following the recent changes to the student immigration rules.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The government appreciates the significant economic and cultural contribution that international students make to UK higher education (HE). The department is proud to have met its international student recruitment ambition two years running.

The department’s offer to international students remains very competitive and the department is committed to ensuring the UK remains a destination of choice for the brightest and best international students from across the globe. The UK has a highly sought after HE experience, which is respected by international students. Universities are independent autonomous institutions and can offer a range of dedicated support to their international students before they arrive in the UK, on arrival and during their studies.

The changes to migration policy announced in 2023 strike the right balance between acting decisively on migration while protecting the UK’s position as a world-leader in HE.

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Parliamentary Debates
Higher Education 53 speeches (23,082 words) Thursday 7th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Norton of Louth (Con - Life peer) As the noble Lords, Lord Blunkett and Lord Bilimoria, have said, we benefit enormously from recruiting - Link to Speech 2: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria, that we should leave overseas students out of ONS figures - Link to Speech 3: Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Con - Life peer) The university of my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria, is supporting the archive of the British - Link to Speech
Workers (Economic Affairs Committee Report) 41 speeches (23,728 words) Thursday 8th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) Bilimoria, pointed out. - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) I do not have time to discuss them in any detail, but they were addressed by the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria - Link to Speech 3: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) To reassure the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria, I am keen to emphasise that the Government understand the - Link to Speech 4: Lord Bridges of Headley (Con - Life peer) He went on to say, and here I refer to what the noble Lord, Lord Bilimoria, and my noble friend Lord - Link to Speech
Holocaust Memorial Day 54 speeches (34,590 words) Friday 2nd February 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Mentions: 1: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) Bilimoria, put it, to make sure “never again” becomes not an empty phrase but something we can all live - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) Bilimoria, reminded us. - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Altmann (Con - Life peer) Bilimoria, Lord Davies, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of London and the noble Baronesses, Lady - Link to Speech 4: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD - Life peer) Bilimoria, spoke as a Zoroastrian. - Link to Speech

Deposited Papers
Wednesday 10th April 2024 Ministry of Defence Source Page: Letter dated 20/03/2024 from the Earl of Minto to Lord Bilimoria regarding greater collaboration with higher education institutions across the AUKUS partnership, and increased defence spending in the UK, as discussed during the debate on AUKUS. 1p. Document: AUKUS-Letter_to_Lord_Bilimoria.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 20/03/2024 from the Earl of Minto to Lord Bilimoria regarding greater collaboration with

Deposited Papers

Wednesday 10th April 2024
Ministry of Defence

Source Page: Letter dated 20/03/2024 from the Earl of Minto to Lord Bilimoria regarding greater collaboration with higher education institutions across the AUKUS partnership, and increased defence spending in the UK, as discussed during the debate on AUKUS. 1p.
Document: AUKUS-Letter_to_Lord_Bilimoria.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 20/03/2024 from the Earl of Minto to Lord Bilimoria regarding greater collaboration with