Mr. Willetts Share this specific contribution Share a link to this specific contribution: Share contribution 1 on Twitter Share contribution 1 on Facebook Share contribution 1 via Email Copy link to contribution 1 to clipboard Copy link To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department’s predecessor took legal advice on the decision to fix the interest rates on post-1998 student loans at zero per cent. for 2009-10. (282226) Mr. Lammy Share this specific contribution Share a link to this specific contribution: Share contribution 2 on Twitter Share contribution 2 on Facebook Share contribution 2 via Email Copy link to contribution 2 to clipboard Copy link Yes. The advice was based on the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 and the regulations made under it.