University Funding

EDM number 520 in 1995-96, proposed by Ieuan Wyn Jones on 26/02/1996.

That this House notes that universities face a serious cut in their unit funding this year; further notes that one of the consequences of the budget will be a 1.7 per cent. cut in the amount of money available to spend on each student and that by next year 1997-98, Government support per student in the United Kingdom will have dropped by a staggering 69 per cent. over the last seven years; notes that the University of Wales at Bangor, for example, faces cuts in capital funding of over 33 per cent. over the next three years, which will restrict Bangor's ability to improve its facilities and may adversely affect the quality of teaching and research; declares that the private funding scheme proposed by the Government to replace public funds is irrelevant in rural areas and that any money raised through the scheme would have to be repaid; and calls for universities to receive secure finances to maintain their vital work for the community.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.