Universities: Contract Cheating

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Excerpts

Wednesday 11th July 2018 Lords Chamber

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

The noble Lord is ingenious in stretching the range of the Question. I revert him back to its focus, which is exam cheating. Legislating is not particularly straightforward because the perpetrators are often international online companies, and offences need to be carefully considered to ensure any legitimate services.

[Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Lab)]

My Lords, would the Minister return to the question from his noble friend Lord Cormack? As I understood him, he was not asking about bogus degrees; he was asking about securing legitimate degrees by bogus means, which is rather different. Would the Minister think about ways in which that might be combated, in view of his noble friend’s question?