Lord Livermore

All those points will be set out in regulations, and I am more than happy to confirm that to the noble Baroness in writing. The OBR’s economic and fiscal outlook and its supplemen…

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. Amendments 35, 37 and 40, tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Neville-Rolfe and Lady Altmann, and t…

My Lords, Amendments 31, 32 and 33, tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Neville-Rolfe and Lady Kramer, would require a review of the legislation’s impact on small and medium-size…

My Lords, Amendments 8 and 11, tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Kramer and Lady Altmann, seek to make commencement of the Act conditional on publication of estimates relating…

If it is a new employment contract, it is a new employment. It is a new job. I think that should be fairly clear. On his point about collective bargaining, it is my understanding…

It sounds to me, although I realise it is an odd phrase to use because you are negotiating with yourself, that that is established as a negotiated contract and, therefore, that is…

Yes, I believe it will, because it is per job. I will make three main points in response to the amendments from the noble Lord, Lord Fuller. First, the changes proposed would impa…

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I will begin by addressing Amendments 6, 22, 36 and 39, tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Mackinlay of Ric…

I am grateful to the noble Lord. I think the position remains the same, though.

That was not a commitment I gave. What I said in Committee, and say again today, is this is not the right Bill to change the student loan repayment system. We will, however, look…

I was asked whether I was today saying we would do anything to this legislation; no, we will not. Will we look at how to make the system fairer? Yes, we will. I think those two th…

I think it does make the system fairer. We discussed this extensively at Second Reading and in Committee. The Government intend to make the system both fiscally sustainable and fa…