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HANSARDTopical QuestionsMr Speaker, please forgive me, but I did not quite hear all of my hon. Friend’s question, but I will make sure that the issue she identifies is picked up by the relevant Minister…13 Nov 2024HANSARDContingent Liability: Local Government Pension Scheme GuaranteeI am today laying before both Houses a departmental minute on the use of a contingent liability by the Department for Education to provide a local government pension scheme…12 Nov 2024HANSARDEducationWe will secure the future of higher education so that students can benefit from a world-class education for generations to come. That is why I am announcing that, in line with the…05 Nov 2024HANSARDEducationWe will secure the future of higher education so that students can benefit from a world-class education for generations to come. That is why I am announcing that, in line with the…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. He is correct in the question he asks; what I would say about the commencement of the provisions and the wider, long-term future of the…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformI agree with my hon. Friend, who recognises, both in his professional life before coming to this House and as a constituency MP, the crucial role that our universities play in…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformWhat I am announcing today is very much in line with the approach that we took at this Budget—a one-year settlement that allows us to fix the foundations, given the need to bring…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformMy hon. Friend has long championed our fantastic universities. He is right to draw attention to the need for further efficiencies, but he is also right to identify that…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformI remain slightly bewildered by the right hon. Gentleman’s approach. He has clearly learned nothing from the election campaign we have just been through and clearly was not…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformMy hon. Friend brings real expertise on these matters to the House. While the Government ensure that we play our part in securing financial sustainability, I have been clear with…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformI agree with the hon. Gentleman on the important contribution that international students make to our country and the reach they give us around the world through soft power,…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformMy hon. Friend is right to raise those issues and to highlight the important contribution that universities make to employment opportunities, and not just for academics and others…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformI agree that there is more that universities can do to ensure that they have a wide source of income. That includes greater work around economic growth, around spin-offs and much…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformWe will be setting out further plans in the coming months around the wider reform that we intend to bring to the sector. I recognise my hon. Friend’s genuine concern about making…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformThe hon. Gentleman raises important points not just about the state of our further education sector, but about the important collaboration between further education and higher…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformInternational students play an important role in our communities and make an important contribution to our economy, but my hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the fact that…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformWe are working closely with the Office for Students on the areas that the hon. Lady identifies. She is right that we need to do more on quality, particularly teaching quality, and…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformOne of the first actions I took as Secretary of State was to refocus the work of the Office for Students on precisely those areas that my hon. Friend identifies, because it is…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformI can tell the hon. Gentleman that we will look at this issue as part of wider reform, but he will appreciate that after 14 years of Conservative failure when it comes to our…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Higher Education ReformI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who raised a number of important points. In addition to those he made about the record in Scotland, he will know better than most of us the…04 Nov 2024