§ Paul FarrellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his answer of 17 November 2003, reference 138562, for what reason he1470W describes his letter of 11 April to the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyne as a party political document. [140258]
§ Alan JohnsonThe reference in my previous reply to the hon. Member to a "party political document" related to the document "The Government's Higher Education Proposals Explained", of 5 November, and not to my letter to him of 11 April.
§ Paul FarrellyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will set out the basis for his statement in his letter of 11 April to the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme that he could not run a graduate tax arrangement alongside the existing loan repayment scheme.[140259]
§ Alan JohnsonI refer the hon. Member to the letter I sent him on the 12 of November, a copy of which can be found in the House of Commons Library.