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20 Most Recent Stories From Lord Willis of Knaresborough's recent appearances (TheyWorkForYou)Wed 28th Jul 2010: Unemployment | House of Lords | Written Answers. To ask Her Majesty's Government how many United Kingdom domiciled students graduated from UK universities in each of the past three years; and how many remained unemployed after (a) six, and (b)... Taxation: Graduates | House of Lords | Written Answers. To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will assess the impact of a graduate tax on the income of United Kingdom universities and students. Higher Education: PhDs | House of Lords | Written Answers. To ask Her Majesty's Government how many science, engineering or mathematics PhD places they will fund from Higher Education Funding Council for England or Research Council grants. Higher Education: PhDs | House of Lords | Written Answers. To ask Her Majesty's Government how many first-time PhD students were funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England or the Research Councils to study in each of the past three years;... Higher Education: PhDs | House of Lords | Written Answers. To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British citizens applied to United Kingdom universities to study for a PhD in each of the past three years; and how many were successful. Higher Education: Foundation Degrees | House of Lords | Written Answers. To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost allowed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England for a two-year foundation degree in (a) further education colleges, (b)... Health: Cancer | House of Lords | Written Answers. To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prostate cancer trials involving genomics have been approved in the past two years. Energy: Power Generation | House of Lords | Written Answers. To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure there will be sufficient graduate engineers to meet demand from new large-scale power generation facilities, including coal,... Energy: Carbon Capture and Storage - <i>Question</i> | Lords debates. My Lords, there were two significant omissions from the Energy Bill which went through both Houses before the end of the previous Session-the piping of collected carbon and the depositing of it... Mon 26th Jul 2010: Sport: Football World Cup 2018 - <i>Question</i> | Lords debates. What discussions has my noble friend had with the Premier League, to extract some of the obscene money that goes into that league rather than having to depend entirely on the taxpayer to fund a... Tue 13th Jul 2010: <i>Third Reading</i> | Academies Bill [HL] | Lords debates. First, I am extremely supportive of these amendments, but I was amused by the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, about Ofsted. I am sure he did not wish to mislead the House because that... <i>Third Reading</i> | Academies Bill [HL] | Lords debates. I apologise to the noble Lord but I am trying to get the parlance correct. It would be helpful if he would explain the funding arrangement under the previous Government when a new academy came... <i>Third Reading</i> | Academies Bill [HL] | Lords debates. I was not in the House when the Bill was presented, but I wish to raise an issue on this important amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Wilkins. Since 1979 and the Warnock report,... Fri 9th Jul 2010: <i>Second Reading</i> | Defamation Bill [HL] | Lords debates. My Lords, it is with a sense of pride and a little humility that I rise to speak in your Lordships' House for the first time. I must confess to a little trepidation at having to follow the noble... Thu 8th Apr 2010: May I echo the comments made by the hon. Member for Wealden (Charles Hendry) about the Minister and her colleagues? It is a while since I sat on a Standing Committee, but they were incredibly... I was in fact about to conclude by saying that those parts of the Bill that do remain that have the support of my excellent colleagues, and the guidance of the Minister, make the Bill worth... The hon. Gentleman is right. We have shared many such comments over the past 13 years. However, two wrongs do not make a right. From 1997 to 2005 I served on every education Bill, and there were... It is rather fitting that the Minister, who is the hon. Member for Gedling, should be speaking across the Chamber for my last appearance in the House, and perhaps-who knows-it might even be his.... Mon 29th Mar 2010: Amendment of the Law | Commons debates. It is interesting that I am following the hon. Member for West Suffolk (Mr. Spring) because, unlike him, I do not have a rosy picture of what I inherited when I first entered this House in 1997.... Amendment of the Law | Commons debates. Where will the money come from? 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