Higher Education and Research Bill: Commons stages
28 April 2017
Both the House of Commons and the House of Lords have agreed on the text of the Higher Education and Research Bill. The Bill received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017 becoming an Act of Parliament (law).
Higher Education and Research Bill 2016-17
Summary of the Bill
The Higher Education and Research Bill aims to:
- make provision about higher education and research
- make provision about alternative payments to students in higher or further education.
Keep up to date with all the proceedings and documentation, including amendment papers, on the Higher Education and Research Bill and find out how a Bill becomes an Act of Parliament.
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Higher Education and Research Bill: Commons stages
Royal Assent
The Higher Education & Research Bill received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017, becoming an Act of Parliament (law).
Consideration of Lords amendments
MPs disagreed to some Lords amendments to the Higher Education & Research Bill. The Bill then returned to the Lords for further consideration. The House of Lords agreed to the Commons amendments and the Bill received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017.
- Watch Parliament TV: consideration of Lords amendments to the Higher Education and Research Bill
- Read the Lords Amendments to the Higher Education and Research Bill
- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Higher Education
Commons remaining stages (Report stage and Third Reading)
Both the Report stage and Third Reading took place on 21 November 2016.
The Bill was amended at Report stage and passed its Third Reading following a vote (Ayes 279, Noes 214). The Bill then returned to the House of Lords for further consideration.
- Watch Parliament TV: Remaining stages of the Higher Education and Research Bill
- Read Commons Hansard: Remaining stages of the Higher Education and Research Bill
Committee stage
The Higher Education and Research Bill Public Bill Committee gathered written evidence and considered the Bill from 6 September to 18 October 2016. The Public Bill Committee then reported the Bill to the House with amendments.
Find out more about the work of the Public Bill Committee.
- Higher Education and Research Bill: Public Bill Committee membership, proceedings and written evidence
- Read Commons Hansard: Second Reading debate of the Higher Education and Research Bill
- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Higher Education
Second Reading
MPs debated the Second the Second Reading of the Bill on 19 July 2016. The Bill passed Second Reading following a vote (Ayes 294, Noes 258)
- Watch Parliament TV: Second Reading debate of the Higher Education and Research Bill
- Read Commons Hansard: Second Reading debate of the Higher Education and Research Bill
- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Higher Education
Related information
House of Commons Library analysis
The House of Commons Library produces briefing papers to inform MPs and their staff of key issues. The papers contain factual information and a range of opinions on each subject, and aim to be politically impartial.
The Library published a briefing paper for Committee stage.
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