Higher Education and Student Finance

Nick Boles Excerpts

Tuesday 12th October 2010 Commons Chamber

[Vince Cable]

I have already explained the necessity, for economic reasons, of pressing ahead with these reforms. They have great advantages in themselves, but they also help us to address the massive deficit left by the previous Government, in which the right hon. Gentleman served throughout.

[Nick Boles (Grantham and Stamford) (Con)]

It was a great hero, I believe, of the right hon. Gentleman who said:

“When the facts change, I change my mind.”

When the facts change, does not the new Leader of the Opposition bury his head in the sand?

[Mr Speaker]

I apologise to the hon. Gentleman for having to deal with this matter in this way, but questions must be about the policy of the Government and, unfortunately, that one was not.