Higher Education (England) Regulations Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Higher Education (England) Regulations

Suella Braverman Excerpts
Wednesday 13th September 2017

(6 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Justine Greening Portrait Justine Greening
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I will give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Fareham (Suella Fernandes) and then make some progress.

Suella Braverman Portrait Suella Fernandes (Fareham) (Con)
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Will the Secretary of State confirm that the estimated cost of cancelling tuition fees and writing off debt will be £100 billion, a price to be paid by all taxpayers, many of whom will not have gone to university, and many of whom will not be earning as much as the graduates who benefit from that? Does she think that that is fair?

Justine Greening Portrait Justine Greening
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Actually, we do not, but the Labour party clearly does. [Interruption.]