§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Chancellor of the Excheque whether, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Taunton on 20 April,Official Report, columns 232–33, he has any plans to enable parents affected by the abolition of tax relief on increases in parental contributions for students to cancel existing covenants sothat the students' application for grants might be assessed in accordance with the new scale instituted after the 1988 Budget.
§ Mr. Norman LamontI have no such plans.