Early Day Motion·EDM 692
GRADUATE TAX
25 January 201030 Signatures
Primary sponsor
Ms Diane Abbott
Labour — Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Motion Text
That this House concurs with the National Union of Students that a graduate tax should be introduced for financing universities in place of top-up fees and that raising the £3,000 cap on fees will create further marketisation of higher education, pricing the poorest out of the system; and believes that a graduate tax would also provide a more reliable and consistent form of finance for universities and have the benefit of fostering a longer-term bond between alumni and the university.