Higher Education: Funding

Lord Bishop of Chester Excerpts

Tuesday 12th October 2010 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Wilcox]

My Lords, there will be consultation with the devolved authorities, of course, to see how this all progresses.

[The Lord Bishop of Chester]

My Lords, when the present cap was introduced, the Government of the day said strongly that it would be a cap—a limit—and that variable fees would be charged. In practice the £3,000, now indexed, has been a normal charge. Do the Government expect the £7,000 to be the normal fee, or do they genuinely expect and aim to introduce variable fees?

[Baroness Wilcox]

Yes, we expect variable fees.