§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the involvement of British higher education in the Bologna process. [101721]
§ Margaret HodgeThe Government welcome British higher education's involvement in the deliberations and process arising from the Bologna Declaration. We have been working closely with our UK higher education partners and the devolved administrations since we signed the Declaration in 1999 to assess the impact on UK higher education and its relationship with the rest of Europe, and to influence the debate on the way forward. Representatives of the UK higher educations sector are engaged in discussions on the Bologna process, and an official from my Department represents UK interests at the twice-yearly meetings of the inter-Governmental Bologna follow-up group. This will inform the ministerial conference in Berlin in September this year.