Motion text
That this House expresses its concern about proposals to lower the threshold at which students repay their student loans; notes that the average student leaves university with £50,000 worth of debt and is currently required to start paying off their student loan when they earn £27,295 a year; further notes that under new proposals this would drop to as low as £22,000 a year; recognises that this would mean a significant increase in debt repayments for most graduates with those earning above the average salary paying up to £475 more a year; further recognises that young people are already being hit the hardest by the recent increase in National Insurance Contributions and this latest proposal will mean that university leavers pay double the amount of tax as pensioners earning double their salary; regrets that this pitches current and future students against those generations who benefited from a more affordable higher education; believes that higher education is a vital public good that benefits the whole of society and that the burden of costs should fall on the wealthiest; calls on the Government to scrap their current proposals to lower the threshold at which students start repaying their student loans and to bring forward new proposals that reduce student debts; and further calls on the Government to review the funding system for higher education and to examine the possibility of abolishing tuition fees and funding higher education through wealth and income taxes.
Signatures (31)
The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on
15 November 2021
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on
15 November 2021
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on
15 November 2021
Whittome, Nadia
Labour
Signed on
15 November 2021
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on
16 November 2021
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
16 November 2021
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on
16 November 2021
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on
16 November 2021
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on
16 November 2021
Brown, Mr Nicholas
Labour
Signed on
16 November 2021
Corbyn, Jeremy
Independent
Signed on
16 November 2021
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on
16 November 2021
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on
17 November 2021
McCabe, Steve
Labour
Signed on
17 November 2021
Sultana, Zarah
Labour
Signed on
17 November 2021
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on
17 November 2021
Vaz, Valerie
Labour
Signed on
17 November 2021
Dowd, Peter
Labour
Signed on
17 November 2021
Barker, Paula
Labour
Signed on
17 November 2021
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on
17 November 2021
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on
17 November 2021
Foy, Mary Kelly
Labour
Signed on
17 November 2021
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on
17 November 2021
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
17 November 2021
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
17 November 2021
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on
17 November 2021
Lloyd, Tony
Labour
Signed on
18 November 2021
Hayes, Helen
Labour
Signed on
22 November 2021
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on
16 December 2021
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on
5 January 2022
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on
24 January 2022
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.