Government Proposals For Top-Up Fees (EDM665)

Government Proposals For Top-Up Fees

EDM number 665 in 2002-03, proposed by Phil Willis on 05/02/2003.

That this House agrees with Government research which indicates that debt and the fear of debt are significant barriers to higher education particularly for under represented groups; notes with concern proposals in the Higher Education White Paper which would significantly increase debt for students on graduation; believes the new proposals will create a two-tier university system, with access based more on the ability to pay than merit; calls on the Government to abandon the idea of top-up fees and to abolish tuition fees for undergraduates throughout the United Kingdom; and supports the restoration of maintenance grants for less affluent students to ensure that access to higher education is open to all.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Phil Willis	05/02/2003	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Patsy Calton	05/02/2003	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	05/02/2003	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	05/02/2003	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	05/02/2003	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	05/02/2003	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	05/02/2003	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	05/02/2003	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	05/02/2003	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Allan	05/02/2003	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/02/2003	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	05/02/2003	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	05/02/2003	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/02/2003	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	05/02/2003	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	05/02/2003	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	05/02/2003	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	05/02/2003	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	05/02/2003	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	05/02/2003	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Burnett	05/02/2003	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	05/02/2003	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	05/02/2003	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	05/02/2003	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	05/02/2003	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	05/02/2003	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	05/02/2003	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	05/02/2003	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	05/02/2003	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	05/02/2003	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	05/02/2003	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	05/02/2003	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	05/02/2003	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	05/02/2003	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	05/02/2003	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	05/02/2003	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	05/02/2003	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	05/02/2003	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	06/02/2003	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	06/02/2003	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	06/02/2003	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	06/02/2003	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Wray	10/02/2003	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	11/02/2003	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Menzies Campbell	11/02/2003	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	12/02/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	12/02/2003	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	12/02/2003	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	12/02/2003	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alan Simpson	20/03/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	09/06/2003	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	21/10/2003	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andy Reed	Unknown			Withdrawn

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