Chris Skidmore corrected the Commons record on Education
The correction was made by letter from the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 9 May 2019. The correction replaced 1 figure (158,000) with 2 figures (000, 134). Altogether 9 words differ between the two versions.
The question
Does my hon. Friend agree that, generally speaking, the rule the Government should adopt, given the unfortunate decision that this country has taken to leave the European Union and in order to make our way in the world to the greatest advantage, is that we must retain a very open system to allow the brightest and the best to come and study here from all over the world at equal rates of charging, but also with a regime that allows them to stay here and work in an orderly, sensible manner that is easily enforced?
Original and corrected words
Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.
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| From the international perspective of the United Kingdom’s universities, I entirely agree that we now have the highest ever number of | From the international perspective of the United Kingdom’s universities, I entirely agree that we now have the highest ever number of applicants from foreign countries— about 134 ,000 . |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/debates/debate/495DD876-A60E-45F5-81B9-4EF4BAB2BE5C.json |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
| SHA-256 | 5659705d401f5c08dc82bc7c1d6153d5db2465e034728bf4f4ed97a998d97530 |