The Dearing report : some funding issues : third report / Education and Employment Committee.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Education and Employment Committee.
Date:
1997
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Credit: The Dearing report : some funding issues : third report / Education and Employment Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT Tuesday 2 December 1997 Members present: Candy Atherton Mr Don Foster Charlotte Atkins Mr John Healey Mr Joe Benton . Ms Margaret Hodge Yvette Cooper Judy Mallaber Valerie Davey Mrs Theresa May Caroline Flint Mr Nick St Aubyn Rt Hon Derek Foster Mr Gerry Steinberg Ms Margaret Hodge was called to the Chair. Draft Report by Ms Hodge [The Dearing Report: some funding issues], proposed by the Chairman, brought up and read. Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph. Paragraph 1 read, amended and agreed to. Paragraphs 2 and 3 read and agreed to. A paragraph—(Mrs Theresa May)—brought up and read, as follows: “Access and the Maintenance Grant The Committee is very concerned that the Government has decided to disregard Dearing’s recommendation that the Maintenance Grant should be preserved in order to protect and encourage access. The decision to abolish the grant at the same time as introducing tuition fees will result in a massive and sudden increase in student debt. The Committee believes that the abolition of maintenance grants will deter people from participating in higher education and will reduce access for young people from lower income backgrounds. The Committee recommends that the Government look again at the question of access and follow Dearing’s recommendation to retain the maintenance grant.” Ordered, That the Paragraph be read a second time. Amendment proposed, in line 5, leave out from “grants” to the end of the new paragraph and insert “and the introduction of tuition fees will deter people from participating in higher education and will reduce access for young people from lower income backgrounds. The Committee recommends that the Government look again at the question of access” .—(Mr Gerry Steinberg.)
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