HL Deb 21 December 1983 vol 446 c832WA
Baroness Vickers

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will report further on their policy towards overseas students following the Statement on 8th February 1983.

Baroness Young

Following the Statement on 8th February 1983 by the then Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary in another place. a paper was placed in the Library of the House setting out in some detail the Government's response to the Overseas Students' Trust (OST) Study. A number of important developments in these fields have taken place since then. The new shared funding and other scholarships and awards schemes and new machinery to handle these have been established; more flexibility over fixing fees has been introduced; and there has been wide consultation on the Government's policy for overseas students, culminating in the recent Round Table meeting under the chairmanship of my honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State. I am placing in the Library a further paper bringing up to date the information given in the February paper and containing the Government's response to those recommendations of the OST Study which required further examination.