division_name: Student Finance
motion: <p>
   I beg to move,
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    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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   I beg to move, To leave out from "House" to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof:
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  <p>
  The Government have delivered exactly what Garrick recommended.
  <p>Question put,  That the original words stand part of the Question:--
  <p>The House divided:  Ayes 139, Noes 373.
  