division_name: Deferred Divisions &#8212; Education (Student Support)
motion: <p class="indent" pid="a836.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (S.I., 2018, No. 443), dated <phrase class="date" code="2018-03-28">28 March</phrase> 2018, a copy of which was laid before this House on <phrase class="date" code="2018-03-28">28 March</phrase>, be annulled.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a844.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Our members report receiving a high number of good quality applications for most courses and they will continue to recruit through to the summer. Where courses have historically had a large number of applicants, fewer applicants might well not affect eventual student numbers&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a849.4/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;plans by the government to remove the NHS bursary for pre-registration students in England must be stopped immediately&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a849.4/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;nurses need bespoke financial support if the government is to meet its commitment to grow the nursing workforce and meet the future population demand for health and care services&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a854.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;increase the amount of student loan borrowing for postgraduate students and could lead to a fall in student numbers. The government has acknowledged that, due to the student intake, the impact will fall largely on women, older students and, to a lesser extent, students from ethnic minorities.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a854.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Our second, no less strongly felt concern is with the wider impact on recruitment to post-graduate nursing courses which may result from the switch from bursary to loan support&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a856.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a856.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 234, Noes 295.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a856.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">Votes cast by Members for constituencies in England:<br/>Ayes 199, Noes 273.</p>