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Blair stands firm on tuition fees { June 24 1998 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/119467.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/119467.stm Wednesday, June 24, 1998 Published at 17:41 GMT 18:41 UK Education Blair stands firm over tuition fees The Prime Minister came under attack from a Labour backbencher and the Conservatives while pledging that the government will reverse a House of Lords amendment to its controversial plans to introduce university tuition fees. The left-wing MP for Falkirk West, Dennis Canavan, was cheered by Tory MPs when he rounded on Tony Blair at Question Time in the House of Commons only minutes after the deputy Conservative leader, Peter Lilley, had led the attack over fees. The government suffered its worst defeat in the Lords since coming to power on Tuesday night when peers voted overwhelmingly to back an amendment to the Teaching and Higher Education Bill. Peers voted for the second time this year to extend the exemption granted to Scottish students from paying fees in the final year of their four-year courses to students from the rest of Britain attending university in Scotland. Mr Canavan told the Commons that UK students from outside Scotland would have to pay £1,000 more in fees than students from any other country in the European Union. Students from other EU countries are already exempted from paying fees in their fourth year. To Tory cheers, Mr Canavan said: "When we get a replay of the debate in this House, can we please have it on a free vote, in view of the fact that applications to Scottish universities are down by 4.5% and you said during the election campaign you had no plans to introduce tuition fees." But in a clear warning to other potential rebels, Mr Blair told Mr Canavan there was no question of a free vote over student fees. "Conservatives may be against reform, you may be, but it is right - and it will not be a free vote, it will be on a whipped vote because it is government policy," he said. Mr Lilley had urged Mr Blair to accept the Lords amendment. "Are you too arrogant to admit you made a mistake?" he asked. 'Unfair' Mr Lilley said it was "patently unfair" for English, Welsh and Northern Irish students at Scottish universities to pay £1,000 more in tuition fees than EU students. Mr Blair rejected Mr Lilley's claims, saying that the government's plans were fair and sensible. If the amendment was accepted, fourth year fees would have to be scrapped for all British students across the UK, costing £27 million, which he said would not be a sensible use of money. He said UK students also had maintenance grants which EU students did not. "I don't accept it's an injustice. It's a sensible provision," Mr Blair said.

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