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  Student Finance - Opposition Day Debate
  
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  @MP voted No against continuing expansion of higher education funded in part by students and against the view that means-tested maintenance grants make an important contribution to improving access to higher education for students from low-income backgrounds. 
  @MP voted Aye for continuing expansion of higher education funded in part by students and in favour of the view that means-tested maintenance grants make an important contribution to improving access to higher education for students from low-income backgrounds. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against continuing expansion of higher education funded in part by students and against the view that means-tested maintenance grants make an important contribution to improving access to higher education for students from low-income backgrounds. 
  
  The text of the rejected motion, which had been put forward by the Conservative opposition, stated:
  
  That this House
  :''welcomes'' the expansion of higher education which has taken place in recent years; 
  :''shares the view'' of the Dearing Committee that a further period of expansion is desirable; 
  :''believes'' that part of the cost of this expansion should be met by students themselves, but agrees with the Dearing Committee that means-tested maintenance grants make an important contribution to improving access to higher education for students from low-income backgrounds and deeply regrets the Government's hurried decision to reject this advice; and
  :''finds incomprehensible'' the Government's proposal that students from other EU countries should be able to attend four-year courses at Scottish universities on terms more favourable than those available to home students living in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
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