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HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Third sitting)My hon. Friend is making an important point about the lifetime nature of study. There is some confusion: I do not know whether he can assist me on this, but apparently the loans…23 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Third sitting)Does my hon. Friend share my perception of the role of the local skills improvement plans in this area? From my own experience, it would appear that there is a degree of…23 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Third sitting)Could I take my hon. Friend back a step to the level of requirement on providers to settle a standardised script? One of my local colleges has got in touch to say that although it…23 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Third sitting)Well, I might have a future career ahead of me!23 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the Minister for his response. On the ancillary issue of universal credit, I have an uncanny feeling that the protections are not as universal as the Opposition hope.…23 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Thank you.21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q But is there space in the curriculum in our schools and colleges? Sir Philip Augar: I am not so sure that it is actually in the curriculum, but it is a close adjunct to the…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q Sir Philip, you talked earlier about the role of parents and pupils, and their ability to make informed choices. In the course of your work, did you come to any views about…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Yes. You said the LLE was not necessarily the silver bullet. Matthew Percival: Okay. There a couple of things going on there. Yes, I would agree with you, and it links into my…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (Second sitting)Q Picking up on Toby’s point about the squeezing out of small and medium-sized enterprises, has the CBI done any thinking or work about any fiscal advantages in favour of SMEs to…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q You appear to be somewhat sanguine about heaping yet further choice and complexity into an already complex system. Is that a genuine reflection of your concerns? Sir David Bell:…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Sir David, any thoughts? Sir David Bell: That is a policy choice about the allocation of apprenticeship levy funding, but I would have thought that one of the tasks for policy…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q Very briefly, on the issue of cost, we have talked about the cost that may be visited on the student and the administrative cost on the institutions. I wonder whether either of…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q Will it work without money, Alun? Alun Francis: I think it depends on how big the administrative burden grows, because the bigger it gets, the more that might be a challenge.…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)Q On the staff stressor costs and employer engagement, is also there an additional administrative burden? Is there enough in this Bill to enable providers to cope with those…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill (First sitting)I am an honorary governor of Middlesbrough College.21 Mar 2023HANSARD Middlesbrough Development CorporationMy hon. Friend and neighbour makes a very valid point. That is one of the facets of the debate that I have sought today; I want to stress that that is a danger. We all want to see…14 Mar 2023HANSARD Middlesbrough Development CorporationI am only halfway through, but—14 Mar 2023HANSARD Middlesbrough Development CorporationNo, I am afraid that that is not how it works; I respond to interventions.14 Mar 2023HANSARD Middlesbrough Development CorporationThank you, Mr Paisley. Other people have been proposed to serve on this board as well. They include Paul Booth—a former executive of SABIC, the Saudi Arabian petrochemical…14 Mar 2023