WOMEN AND STUDENT DEBT

Early day motion 643, tabled 8 January 2008 by Baroness Clark of Kilwinning (Labour). Signed by 61 members.

That this House notes that according to Government projections women graduates face 16 years on average to pay off their student debt; further notes that male graduates take on average 11 years to pay off their student debt; believes that this discrepancy is due to the continuing pay gap between men and women; and calls upon the Government to look again at this issue in the run up to the 2009 review of higher education funding.

Signatures by party: Labour 35, Liberal Democrat 18, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, DUP 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Conservative 1.