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Office for Students: Public Appointments

Written question asked by David Lammy (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 January 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 January 2018. It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 January 2018 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she gave to appointing a representative of the National Union of Students to the board of the Office of Students; and for what reasons she decided against doing so.

Answer

Schedule 1 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 sets out the criteria for the composition of the Office for Students board. The criteria was extensively debated by Parliament during the Bill – I refer the hon. Member to the debate at Report Stage: http://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-11-21/debates/3C2C0C73-35CF-4108-B68D-44820B49059B/HigherEducationAndResearchBill.

Type

Written question

Reference

123925

Session

2017-19

Higher Education and Research Bill
Monday, 21 November 2016
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons

Subjects

Public appointments

National Union of Students

Office for Students

Link

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