"10. What assessment he has made of the potential opportunities for manufacturers in onshore construction of offshore wind turbines...." Charles Kennedy - View Speech
"I thank my right hon. Friend for that detailed reply, and I too welcome yesterday’s news, not least given the market uncertainty recently when RWE was forced, for geological reasons, to pull out of the proposed £4 billion north Devon offshore wind farm. The Minister of State, Department for Business, …..." Charles Kennedy - View Speech
"Well, that eccentric report was produced by the highly respected Higher Education Policy Institute, and one of its arguments is based on the findings of the self-same Institute for Fiscal Studies, even though the Minister has just said that it underestimates the figure. The Government originally assumed 32% non-payment, but …..." Charles Kennedy - View Speech
"I thank the Minister for that reply. On access, particularly for international students, he must be aware of how loudly alarm bells are now ringing in the Russell group and the tertiary education sector right across the UK because of the plummeting number of applications from international students as a …..." Charles Kennedy - View Speech
"I know that the Minister recognises the force of the point made by the Glasgow university principal, Anton Muscatelli, in his recent articlein The Sunday Times, about the fact that the decisions in England will inevitably create a funding shortfall for Scottish universities. Will the Minister again …..." Charles Kennedy - View Speech
"Will the Minister acknowledge that even before Lord Browne’s review, many universities—the university of Glasgow being a case in point—were finding that because of the purely artificial 50% figure that had been arrived at years ago, they were having to up their criteria for entry for, say, next autumn? Students …..." Charles Kennedy - View Speech
"3. What plans he has for the future level of the cap on tuition fees which may be levied by universities; and if he will make a statement...." Charles Kennedy - View Speech
"My right hon. Friend knows the reasons, which are well documented, why I cannot support the thrust and direction of Government policy on this one. Given the inevitable, and indeed immediate, ramifications of any policy change for the tertiary sector in England on Russell group universities in Scotland, is he …..." Charles Kennedy - View Speech