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Annette Brooke MP makes a pledge to voters on student fees

November 13, 2009 12:08 PM

Dorset MP Annette Brooke today signed a pledge to voters ahead of the forthcoming general election that she will vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament.

Annette signed the pledge at a National Union of Students (NUS) event in Westminster today. Hundreds of students from across the country, including representatives from Bournemouth University descended on Parliament to argue for a fair alternative to fees which will not price out poorer students.

On Monday, the Government announced the start of the long-awaited review of university funding, which will look at the impact of 2004's introduction of £3,000 'top-up fees' and will report after the next general election.

Today's NUS pledge reads:

"We will vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament, and we will put pressure on the Government to introduce a fairer alternative to variable top-up fees"

Commenting, Annette said:

'It is desperately important that the Government recognises that driving up student fees will drive away students. We need a fairly costed alternative to an increase in top up fees that means that students do not leave burdened with a lifetime of debt.'

President of the NUS Wes Streeting said: 'The vast majority of the general public is against higher fees, and although this review has been set up to report after the general election, voters deserve to know where their MP stands on this highly emotive issue.'

On Sunday, a YouGov poll commissioned by pressure group Compass revealed that only 12% of the public think the review should even consider increasing fees, while a majority believes that it should look at alternatives to fees.

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