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Tuition fees

On whether the Prime Minister still thought that 9000 should still be the upper limit, the PMS said that we had set out our policies on tuition fees and we looked forward to the vote on Thursday.

Put that there was no chance of any further compromises before Thursday, the PMS replied that 9000 was an upper limit and we expected most of the fees to be around the 6000 mark.

Asked if the Prime Minister expected Government Ministers to vote in favour of the Bill, the PMS replied that the policy was in the Coalition Agreement and advised people to wait until Thursday.

Asked if a Government Minister voting against Government policy was a sackable offence, the PMS said the policy of collective responsibility remained.

On whether there was a Plan B’ if the Government lost the vote, the PMS replied that she would not speculate on the outcome of the vote.

Asked if the Prime Minister expected Government Ministers to abide by collective responsibility, the PMS responded by reading an extract from the Ministerial Code, which stated that the Ministerial Code should be read alongside the Coalition Agreement. Ministers were expected to observe the seven principles of public life and the following principles of Ministerial conduct: the principle of collective responsibility, save where it is explicitly set aside applied to all Government Ministers.’

Asked if collective responsibility was explicitly set aside in this case, the PMS replied that people should speak to her political colleagues.

On whether the Prime Minister planned to speak to David Davis, the PMS said she wouldn’t comment on that and people would need to speak to her political colleagues.

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