mr. hunton. [applause] >> thank you mr. speaker. a graduate tax is completely wrong. but so is the current tuition fee system. both these expect the students to pay for the higher education. they also charge students differing amounts for the same degree. government figures show that over their lifetime graduates earn on average over 100,000 pounds more than those without degrees. they therefore pay much more tax and as a result pay the cost of their higher education. our current system leads to the post. the nyt pays nothing for the degree in scotland. and they pay $27 pounds for exactly the same degree. the nyp pays just over a total of 9,000 pounds wherever they choose to study. but the nyp pays a total of 9,000 pounds only if they chose to study in northern ireland. we are all a part of that united kingdom, but if you are english it's going to cost you. [laughter] [applause] it isn't fair and it isn't equal. so what do we do about this problem the? we must make a university degree a truly count. there are far too many people studying degrees that can't provide lit