HIGHER EDUCATION

That this House is deeply disturbed by the Government's intention to substantially reduce funding for higher education, which can offer the greatest prospect for a renaissance in the productive industries, innovation and the growth of the UK's export performance; further notes that, in addition, universities are critical to the creation and supply of the high level skills on which the future of the country's economic well-being depends; and therefore calls on the Government to reverse this decision which would not only destroy the hopes and ambitions of a generation but deeply damage the country's regional economies.