Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Willetts and Alex Cunningham

Thursday 8th November 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Willetts]

That is an excellent and imaginative idea. I think some of that happens already, but we are actively promoting such initiatives in a series of round tables that the Under-Secretary of State for Skills, my hon. Friend the Member for West Suffolk (Matthew Hancock), will be leading. Universities are now obliged to put on their websites key information about graduate employment outcomes from their courses, which will encourage initiatives such as that described by my hon. Friend.

[Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab)]

10. What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on investment in green manufacturing jobs.

Higher Education Funding

Debate between Lord Willetts and Alex Cunningham

Wednesday 3rd November 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mr Willetts]

My hon. Friend is quite right to raise that matter. We are indeed committed to keeping the special arrangements for London maintenance.

[Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab)]

Medical students face many extra years of learning and could end up with debts in excess of £70,000, enough to buy a small house in the north-east of England. We need many more home-grown doctors. What will the Government do to help reduce the burden on such students and encourage them?

[Mr Willetts]

I do not recognise the figure of £70,000, and of course there is continuing support from the Department of Health towards the costs of medical education.