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HANSARDUniversities: Financial SustainabilityThere are a lot of uncertainties around, and the noble Lord makes an extremely good point. One of the most important points coming through, perhaps as a result of the reforms that…11 Feb 2019HANSARDUniversities: Financial SustainabilityI answered the question by saying that I cannot give a precise date for when the Augar review will report, but I have said consistently that it will do so very shortly, and here…11 Feb 2019HANSARDUniversities: Financial SustainabilityMy noble friend is right. When I mention marketing, I stick to my view that universities, just like employers, need to market themselves and explain what they do and who they are.…11 Feb 2019HANSARDUniversities: Financial SustainabilityI thank the noble Lord for multiple questions. I shall first address the Sir Philip Augar review. As the noble Lord would expect, I cannot comment on what might come out of the…11 Feb 2019HANSARDUniversities: Financial SustainabilityMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat an Answer to an Urgent Question given by my honourable friend the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research…11 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I start by thanking my noble friend Lord Lansley, who has paved the way quite well for some of the remarks I will make on this issue. This amendment, spoken to by the…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI very much take note of what my noble friend has said. I have no doubt that that point, and so many others, will be taken into account when these negotiations commence. I wanted…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTrade BillI said at the beginning that this is likely to be a wide-ranging debate; my noble friend’s remarks will indeed be fed into the processes being considered at the moment. I would…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI am listening to the noble Lord. I do not know the details of that negotiation, but I will take that back and reflect on it. There may have been some very good reasons why the…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillAgain, I listen carefully to what the noble Lord says. The best way to answer him is to say that I will indeed feed back his views. They are somewhat negative—somewhat too…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillThat is a helpful contribution from the noble Viscount. I think he has some experience in these matters, so I will certainly pass that on. I would like to move on fairly rapidly…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillIf I may be allowed to complete this point, I will then give way to the noble Lord. There is agreement in principle on an FTA, but it is subject to a few remaining technical…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI had only just started, and I stand by my words, because I was about to go on to say that, none the less, I understand the desire of noble Lords, including the noble Lord, Lord…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillAs I said earlier, I have some more remarks to make about the process for future trade agreements. What I said about the Israeli agreement was that when a continuity agreement is…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillI thank the noble Lord for that. It does indeed take us back to the debate we had last week, and I hope he remembers that I gave certain reassurances on that point. What I can…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, forgive me for stretching the definition of repetition, but before I address the amendments in detail I would like to underline the fact that the Bill concerns…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillIf the noble Lord will allow me to continue, he will see that I am not saying that Parliament has been cut out of this altogether; far from it. I said at the beginning of my…30 Jan 2019HANSARDTrade BillThe noble Lord makes a good point. I reassure him that what is also very important is that the negotiation and scrutiny of these trade agreements has to allow for a certain…30 Jan 2019HANSARDHigher Education (Fee Limits for Accelerated Courses) (England) Regulations 2018My Lords, during the passage of the then Higher Education and Research Bill two years ago this month, I noted that, following our call for evidence, the Government were…29 Jan 2019HANSARDHigher Education (Fee Limits for Accelerated Courses) (England) Regulations 2018That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 29 November 2018 be approved.29 Jan 2019