"My Lords, although the funding gap has halved in the last 10 years, FE continues to play second fiddle to HE in many respects beyond this important VAT issue. Does the Minister agree with the Milburn review that colleges face a further disadvantage because of the way funding is provided …..." Lord Johnson of Marylebone - View Speech
"My Lords, I echo the gratitude to the most reverend Primate for securing this important debate.
AI is a technology that changes how human beings relate to knowledge and authority and therefore to one another. For much of the modern era, authority has derived in part from the possession of …..." Lord Johnson of Marylebone - View Speech
"My Lords, the lifelong learning entitlement was intended to usher in a skills revolution. But I fear that it will turn into a pea-shooter initiative unless the funding, the eligibility of which is restricted to level 4 and level 5 courses, is widened so that students can take level 7 …..." Lord Johnson of Marylebone - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest as a visiting professor at King’s College London and chairman of FutureLearn. As the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, set out in her introduction to this important debate, languages are a strategic asset for an outward-facing country such as the UK, yet we have essentially …..." Lord Johnson of Marylebone - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interest as a visiting professor at King’s and chairman of FutureLearn. I welcome the Statement, particularly, like my noble friend Lord Willetts, the bold decision to index fees with inflation—it is absolutely the right thing to do after a decade of real-terms freezes. However, I …..." Lord Johnson of Marylebone - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interest as a visiting professor at King’s and chairman of FutureLearn. I strongly welcome the Government’s efforts to associate with Erasmus. EU student numbers in the UK have roughly halved over recent years and now face further challenging policy headwinds under this Government. What assessment …..." Lord Johnson of Marylebone - View Speech
"My Lords, I was one of 118 Members of the other place who voted unsuccessfully in favour of the Assisted Dying (No.2) Bill a decade ago when it was thrown out by that House in September 2015. Notwithstanding many powerful speeches that I listened to last Friday, and again today, …..." Lord Johnson of Marylebone - View Speech
"My Lords, proposed new paragraph (c) in this amendment touches on the Bill’s purpose of removing barriers to opportunity. It raises my concern about the Bill in general that, as my noble friend Lord Young said in his excellent remarks, we are being encouraged to consider this legislation somewhat blind …..." Lord Johnson of Marylebone - View Speech
"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 …..." Lord Johnson of Marylebone - View Speech
"My Lords, like others on all sides of the House, I very much welcome the Government’s rapid work to lift much of the uncertainty over the defunding of applied general qualifications. It would be hugely beneficial if the Government went a little further and were absolutely explicit that this is …..." Lord Johnson of Marylebone - View Speech