Student Maintenance Grants Debate
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Michael Tomlinson
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(8 years, 11 months ago)
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Mr Marsden
No, I will not give way until I have finished dealing with the intervention. On my hon. Friend’s point about hypocrisy, it is not for me to judge, but I would recall that fine old English proverb, “Fine words butter no parsnips.”
Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole) (Con)
On social mobility, will the hon. Gentleman welcome the fact that more and more people from disadvantaged backgrounds are accessing higher education? That has increased from 13.6% when the Labour Government were in power to more than 18% this year.