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Question for Department for Exiting the European Union

UIN 49137, tabled on 18 October 2016

Question

Julie Elliott
Labour
Sunderland Central
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what steps he plans to take to consult representatives of the higher education sector as part of his Department's preparations for the negotiations on the UK exiting the EU.

Answer

Mr Robin Walker
Conservative
Worcester
Commons

Answered on

21 October 2016

The Department for Exiting the EU has engaged with a number of higher education institutions and groups including Universities UK. Over the next few months the department will continue to engage with key stakeholders in business and civil society, including universities, through a series of roundtables, bi-laterals and visits across the UK.

We have been clear that we want to create an environment in which the UK as a whole can continue to be a world leader in research, science and the tertiary education sector more broadly.

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