TOP-UP FEES AND THE GOVERNMENT'S HIGHER EDUCATION STRATEGY

EDM number 1762 in 2001-02, proposed by Ian Gibson on 16/10/2002.

That this House believes that broadening access to higher education is a social and economic imperative; welcomes the commitment from higher education staff and students to help increase the numbers of students from groups that are currently under represented in universities and colleges, including those from low-income and ethnic minority backgrounds; believes that the introduction of top-up fees would severely undermine this policy by creating a two-tier university system; urges the Government to introduce significant maintenance support for those students who need it; believes that once students enter university they are entitled to receive a high quality education and that this will only be achieved if there is significant public investment in higher education ensuring sufficient numbers of fairly paid, well-motivated university staff working with modern teaching, learning and research resources; and urges the Government to include these important issues in its forthcoming 10 year strategy for higher education.

This motion has been signed by a total of 138 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ian Gibson	16/10/2002	Norwich North	Labour	Proposed
David Rendel	16/10/2002	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	16/10/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	16/10/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Grogan	16/10/2002	Selby	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	16/10/2002	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Davis	17/10/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	17/10/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	17/10/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	17/10/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Desmond Turner	17/10/2002	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	17/10/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	17/10/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	17/10/2002	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/10/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	17/10/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	17/10/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	17/10/2002	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	17/10/2002	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	17/10/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	17/10/2002	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Colin Breed	17/10/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	17/10/2002	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/10/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	21/10/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	21/10/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	21/10/2002	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/10/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	21/10/2002	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	21/10/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	21/10/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	21/10/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/10/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	22/10/2002	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	22/10/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	22/10/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harold Best	22/10/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	22/10/2002	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	22/10/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	22/10/2002	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	22/10/2002	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	22/10/2002	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	22/10/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Marsha Singh	22/10/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	22/10/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	22/10/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/10/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	22/10/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	22/10/2002	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	22/10/2002	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Colman	23/10/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	23/10/2002	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	23/10/2002	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	23/10/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Louise Ellman	23/10/2002	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Gapes	23/10/2002	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Roger Berry	23/10/2002	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	23/10/2002	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	23/10/2002	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/10/2002	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	23/10/2002	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	23/10/2002	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	23/10/2002	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	23/10/2002	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/10/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Paul Holmes	23/10/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	23/10/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/10/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	23/10/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	23/10/2002	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy King	23/10/2002	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	23/10/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kevin McNamara	23/10/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/10/2002	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	24/10/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Clark	24/10/2002	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	24/10/2002	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	24/10/2002	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
David Heath	24/10/2002	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	24/10/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	28/10/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gisela Stuart	28/10/2002	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	28/10/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	28/10/2002	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	28/10/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Hilton Dawson	28/10/2002	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	28/10/2002	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	28/10/2002	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	28/10/2002	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	28/10/2002	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Rooney	28/10/2002	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	29/10/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Alan Beith	29/10/2002	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	29/10/2002	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	29/10/2002	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	29/10/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	29/10/2002	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	29/10/2002	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	29/10/2002	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	29/10/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Mark Hendrick	29/10/2002	Preston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Adrian Sanders	29/10/2002	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	30/10/2002	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	30/10/2002	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Hall	30/10/2002	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	30/10/2002	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	30/10/2002	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	30/10/2002	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Sawford	30/10/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	31/10/2002	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	31/10/2002	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	31/10/2002	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Kidney	31/10/2002	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	31/10/2002	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Wood	04/11/2002	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	04/11/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	04/11/2002	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	04/11/2002	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	04/11/2002	Dover	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	05/11/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	05/11/2002	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	05/11/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	05/11/2002	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	05/11/2002	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	05/11/2002	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	06/11/2002	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	06/11/2002	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	06/11/2002	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	06/11/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	06/11/2002	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	06/11/2002	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Tom Watson	07/11/2002	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	07/11/2002	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	07/11/2002	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	07/11/2002	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	07/11/2002	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Cryer	Unknown			Withdrawn

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