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Andrew Bridgen Excerpts

Monday 23rd May 2011 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con)]

We have heard that under the new arrangements, schools and colleges will have flexibility on who qualifies for support, but will my hon. Friend confirm that disadvantaged students in my constituency will get the help that they need to enter further education?

[Mr Hayes]

My ambition—I do not say “targets”, because “targets” is not a word that this Government use—is to ensure that no one is prohibited from achieving their potential because they do not have adequate means to do so. That spirit underpins all we do.