Committees

A statutory duty of care for higher education students

Non-inquiry session

An e-petition calling on the Government to “Create statutory legal duty of care for students in Higher Education”, has received over 128,000 signatures.

The Petitions Committee, which is responsible for considering e-petitions started on https://petition.parliament.uk/, has scheduled a debate on this petition on Monday 5 June.

Ahead of this debate, the Petitions Committee will hear from the petition creator, other affected individuals, and representatives from relevant charities and sectoral bodies.