§ Mr. John Denham (Southampton, Itchen)I beg leave to present a petition to the House signed by 2,000 students at Southampton university who have expressed their opposition to the cuts in student grants that will be introduced next year and in successive years. Students already live on incomes lower than those on income support and housing benefit. The proposals will leave students in great debt when they finish their courses.
The petition reads:
To the honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.The humble petitioners of Southampton students declare that we the undersigned register our opposition to the cut in student grants by 10 per cent. this year, next year and the year after.The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons should ensure that proper levels of funding are available for student grants.And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ To lie upon the Table.