Lord Addington
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Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)
We will hear from the Lib Dem Benches next, please.
Lord Addington (LD)
My Lords, I thank the Chief Whip. If we are going to make sure that the universities are accessible to our own students, can we have an indication of what level of support we are expecting to get from foreign students, and have that discussion out in the open quickly?
Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab)
It is already the case that the earnings that come from international students’ contribution to universities are helping to subsidise the cost of domestic students. There is not a lose/lose here. Having international students and welcoming them into this country has benefited our domestic students and benefited universities’ research capacity.