it's going to be -- many of us believe that actually the fc is unresourced as it is, that we've beenrly cited in our interventions. some of us have a particular view of those interventions. put that to one side. the resources are going to be even more needed now as we become truly globalist as we look outward facing. not just to the eu but outside the eu. an increase in the budget of, what, 140 million pounds. you know very well, foreign secretary, is a drop in the ocean compared to what is required. how forceful are you going to be in lobbying for more funds within -- from where you sit? >> first of all, i'm grateful to the committee for the tenor of your arguments because they are most welcome to us, and clearly we want to be arguing that a global britain needs to be represented overseas. i think we can make that go a long way. very thrifty types in the foreign office. we'll make good use of that. but, clearly, we have a big network or a robust network that needs to be properly funded. >> thank you for joining us and thank you to your colleagues for coming along as well that are ex

something that strikes a chord with me all the time, because a lot of public universities are also unresourced or inequitably resourced. if you go to a more elite school, the ratio of advisors to students is much better than with 7, 800 students and the students have a myriad of problems. can i ask you just a little d diegregs. i went to a situation where my mother was an adjunct and for some reason, those were the good old days and that meant i got free tuition at that institution. >> pretty amazing. >> which is amazing, and that's a big discount. my parents didn't have a lot of college savings. but two incomes we didn't qualify for aid. >> let's be honest. we didn't qualify for aid and i decided i would just work. i was lucky enough working at a restaurant allowed me to pocket enough tips, and i was decent enough as a waitress, that i could make ends meet by working 40 hours a week and sometimes i was cocktailing and other times, burgers and pancakes, do you want syrup with that? but i was able to do that. the prices and the cost of living today are so much higher and the minimum wage is so

it's going to be -- many of us believe that actually the fc is unresources as it is. we've been poorly cited in many of our interventions. some of us have a particular view of those interventions. put that to one side. the resources are going to be even more needed now as we become truly globalist as we look outward facing. not just to the eu but outside the eu. an increase in the budget of, what, 140 million pounds. you know very well, foreign secretary, is a drop in the ocean compared to what is required. how forceful are you going to be in lobbying for more funds within -- from where you sit? >> first of all, i'm grateful to the tenor of your arguments because they are most welcome to us and, clearly, we want to be arguing that global britain needs to be properly represented overseas. i think we can make that go a long way. very thrifty types in the foreign office. we'll make good use of that. but, clearly, we have a big network, or a robust network that needs to be properly funded. >> thank you for joining us and thank you to your colleagues for coming along. >> s