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Mr. Craigen
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she has any indications from universities and colleges of further education that the increased tuition fees for home-based postgraduate and undergraduate students is likely to encourage these bodies to concentrate on offering the more popular and therefore economically-run courses rather than less popular but industrially orientated courses.
Mr. Oakes
It is too early to say whether increased tuition fees for home students will affect the courses offered by universities and colleges.