Members of the Lords will discuss the main principles and purpose of the Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill during second reading, on Monday 19 June.
The Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill will support the goverment's lifelong loan entitlement policy by creating a new credit-based method for calculating maximum tuition fee limits for modules, short courses and full courses in England. This will ensure that learners who study flexibly are not charged disproportionately and allows access to post-18 education throughout a person's working life.
Members will discuss the main issues in the bill and flag up any concerns or specific areas where they think amendments (changes) are needed during second reading.
Members speaking
Baroness Barran (Conservative), Minister for the School System and Student Finance, will open the debate and respond on behalf of the government.
Members speaking in the debate include:
- Baroness Garden of Frognal (Liberal Democrat), fellow of the Chartered Institute of Further Education
- Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative), chair of the board for e-learning platform FutureLearn and former Minister for Universities
- Lord Rees of Ludlow (Crossbench), former master of Trinity College, University of Cambridge
- Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Labour), former commissioner of the Lifelong Education Commission.
Lord Sewell of Sanderstead (Conservative) and the Bishop of Sheffield are expected to make their maiden speeches in the House of Lords during this debate.
