§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans she has to link the home fee status classification of students and the rules of eligibility that may be adopted for awards specified in the Education (Fees and Awards) Regulations 1994, as amended, to those who are settled in the United Kingdom under the immigration laws. [12262]
§ Mr. ForthFurther to the account of the outcome of the programme of work arising from the scrutiny on enforcement of the immigration laws on 24 October 1996 by the Minister of State, Home Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Maidstone (Miss Widdecombe),Official Report, column 2, I confirm that revised Education (Fees and Awards) Regulations will be laid before Parliament to add a requirement of being settled in the United Kingdom under the immigration laws to the existing criteria for establishing a "relevant connection" for the purpose of student fee classifications by institutions and to the rules of candidate eligibility for certain awards which may be adopted by education authorities and other specified bodies.