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House of Commons

Tuesday 4th December 2007

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Sale of Student Loans Bill

[first and second sittings]

Bill Rammell

Agreed to

That—

(1)
the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday

4th December) meet—

(a)
at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 4th December;

(b)
at 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 6th December;

(c)
at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 11th December;

(2)
the Committee shall hear oral evidence from the Department for Innovation,

Universities and Skills on Tuesday 4th December, and the hearing of that

evidence shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion

at 1.00 p.m.;

(3)
the proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall (so far as not

previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 7.00 p.m. on Tuesday

11th December.

Bill Rammell

That, subject to the discretion of the Chairman, any written evidence received by the

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

Agreed to

Bill Rammell

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

Agreed to

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 4th December 2007
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Sale of Student Loans Bill, continued

The following witnesses gave oral evidence:

Bill Rammell MP, Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education,

and Michael Hipkins, Director of Student Finance, Department for Innovation,

Universities and Skills.

Bill Rammell

Agreed to  1

Clause  1,  page  2,  line  4,  at end insert—

‘(4A)
Transfer arrangements shall have effect (and, in particular, a provision

transferring rights or obligations is sufficient to effect the transfer).’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clause 2 Agreed to.

Sarah Teather

Not selected  2


Clause  3,  page  3,  line  16,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 4 to 13 Agreed to.

Bill, as amended, to be reported.