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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am more than happy to meet the hon. Member, but at the heart of our system are fairness and ensuring that our policy and rules are straightforward. I am more than happy to…04 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Member will know only too well, we responded to the Augar report in full a few months ago. We tried to get the right balance in who pays, between the graduate and the…04 Jul 2022HANSARDStudent Mental HealthI have been relentlessly focused on this area, allocating £15 million to student mental health services to support the transition from school to university via the Office for…04 Jul 2022HANSARDHigher Education CoursesFor the first time, universities will be subject to stringent minimum thresholds for student outcomes on completion rates and graduate jobs. Boots-on-the-ground inspections have…04 Jul 2022HANSARDStudent Mental HealthWe have, of course, had a pandemic in that time. The Government have ensured that we place mental health at the top of the agenda, and we work in partnership with universities to…04 Jul 2022HANSARDStudent Mental HealthThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that this agenda is incredibly important, and the Government care passionately about it. As a ministerial team, we are focused on supporting…04 Jul 2022HANSARDStudent Mental HealthMy hon. Friend has done an exceptional job of caring for his Watford constituents’ mental health, and I am sure that all hon. Members can get behind and copy his first aider…04 Jul 2022HANSARDNDAs: UniversitiesI thank the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) for securing this vital debate on an issue that I am personally passionate about and that is, as she knows, very…29 Jun 2022HANSARDNDAs: UniversitiesI would be shocked if the Office for Students said verbatim that it would take years, because it certainly will not. Of course, it is right and proper that a regulator would…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillIf the right hon. Gentleman will allow me, I will get to that point later; he may intervene again if he is not satisfied with the response. Amendment 18 would require the Office…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI am a little taken aback by the comments of the right hon. Member, who refers to the relationship between political parties as suspicious—quite something given that we are all…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge all who have contributed to the Bill’s passage. The nature of the…13 Jun 2022HANSARDStudent Loan Interest Rates ReductionI am announcing today a temporary reduction in student loan interest rates to come into effect on 1 September 2022. This unprecedented action brings student loan interest rates in…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillWith the leave of the House, I will speak on the non-Government amendments. New clause 1 seeks to improve transparency, especially in relation to foreign donations, and new clause…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI wholeheartedly agree with my right hon. Friend. Of course, they deserve and have a right to be able to air their views and debate that subject. In oral evidence, Dr Arif Ahmed…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillThe hon. Gentleman raises a few points. In new clause 2, “constituent institutions” mean colleges. It is right that we should not have a potential loophole in the Bill. When…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Point of Orderindicated assent.13 Jun 2022HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.13 Jun 2022HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI thank all Members for their important contributions throughout the Bill’s consideration. More than two thirds of the world’s population live in countries where academic freedom…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillOf course, we work hand in hand with the OfS and if there were concerns, we would be able to direct. We are introducing a new complaint scheme, operated by the OfS, for students,…13 Jun 2022