division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [5th allotted day] &#8212; Higher Education
motion: <p class="" pid="d.223.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d.223.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House is concerned that the Government's decision to withdraw funding from institutions for equivalent or lower qualification students will have a disproportionate impact on the part-time sector in general and on specific institutions such as Birkbeck and the Open University; and urges the Government to consider ways in which it can minimise the damage this measure will do to lifelong learning and the delivery of the Leitch agenda objectives.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="d.230.0/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, To leave out from "House" to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d.230.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">'supports the Government's decision to reprioritise some funding currently supporting the teaching of higher education students who already hold an equivalent or higher qualification, in order to enable approximately 20,000 additional full-time equivalent students to enter higher education for the first time; notes the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) consultation which proposes that transitional protection will be put into place to ensure that no provider loses in cash terms, that the change to the funding methodology will protect Foundation Degrees, employer co-financed programmes, and strategic subjects, and that the premium paid to support the costs of part-time provision will be increased; notes that HEFCE and Ministers have been engaging constructively with the Open University and Birkbeck on this issue; and believes that the Government is right to give priority to first-time students.'.</p>
  
  <p pid="d.266.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> Question put accordingly, </i>That the original words stand part of the Question:&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="d.266.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> The House divided:</i> Ayes 238, Noes 291.</p>