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Lords division · 8 Jun 2004 · No. 3

Higher Education Bill

It was moved by the Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, in Clause 23, page 9, line 24, at end to insert: “( ) A condition under this section must require the governing body of the relevant institution to secure that, in respect of any qualifying course, the qualifying fees charged to a person do not exceed the basic amount if that person— (a) had on or before 1st August 2005 received an offer of a place on a designated course or on a similar course which is no longer offered, in either case the first year of which begins before 1st September 2007, and whether conditional on obtaining specified qualifications or not; or (b) had received an offer of a place on a designated course the first year of which begins before 1st September 2006, and— (i) he was not able to take up the offer because a specified qualification or grade was not awarded to him, (ii) he appealed against the decision not to award the qualification or grade to him, (iii) the appeal was allowed after the last date when he could have taken up the offer, and (iv) as a result he was offered a place on the course for a year which begins on or after 1st September 2006 and before 1st September 2007. ( ) For the purposes of this section, a course is similar to a designated course, whether or not it is at the same institution, if— (a) it leads to a degree or other qualification which is the same as the degree or other qualification which the designated course leads to, and (b) the governing body of the institution at which the designated course would be studied is satisfied that the subject matter of the designated course is for the most part the same as the subject matter of the other course.”; which being objected to, the question was put thereupon, and the House divided:

The Contents have it

Majority 11

Contents: 143 Not Contents: 132

At a glance The Contents won by a margin of 11 votes. The Government's position was Not Content, and it lost.

How the parties voted

Contents

Conservative 85
Liberal Democrat 35
Crossbench 12
Non-affiliated 6
Labour 2
Lord Speaker 1
Green Party 1

Not Contents

Labour 102
Crossbench 23
Non-affiliated 5
Ulster Unionist Party 1
Independent Socialist 1

The party breakdowns are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.

Peers attend divisions ad hoc, so there is no did-not-vote list. Tellers are counted in the Content and Not Content totals, unlike in the Commons.

Tellers: Baroness Seccombe (Content), Lord Shutt of Greetland (Content), Lord Davies of Oldham (Not Content), Lord Grocott (Not Content).

Every vote

Contents (140)

Not Contents (130)

Tellers (4)

Source: the official Lords division record.