§ The Lords disagreed to the amendment but proposed the following amendment in lieu—
§ 64D Clause 19, page 14, line 31, leave out subsections (6) and (7) and insert—
§ ("( ) Regulations under this section shall ensure that any arrangements for the payment of grant in respect of tuition fees for the fourth or any subsequent year of study at a higher education institution in England or Wales apply equally to a student whose parental home or normal place of residence for purposes other than attendance at that institution is in Scotland or Northern Ireland as they do to a student whose parental home or normal place of residence for purposes other than attendance at that institution is in England or Wales.").
§ The Commons disagreed to the amendment proposed by the Lords in lieu of their amendment and insisted on their amendment for the following reason:
§ 64E Because the said Lords amendment and the disagreement by the Lords to the Commons amendment involve charges on public funds, and the Commons do not offer any further reason, trusting that this reason may be deemed sufficient.
1096§ Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish rose to move, That this House do not insist on their Amendment No. 64D in lieu of Commons Amendment No. 64, to which the Commons have disagreed for their reason numbered 64E, but do propose the following amendment in lieu of the words so left out of the Bill—