Do not the Secretary of State's warm words about adult education, though welcome, fail to conceal the reality that charges are going up and courses are being axed in FE colleges throughout the land? Earlier this week, my hon. Friend Mr. Davies pointed out that his local FE college has seen a 29 per cent. increase in the number of adult learners, but only a 1 per cent. increase in the resources to pay for them—and many other colleges face the same situation. Do not most colleges, including the one mentioned by Mr. Grogan, want a return to the days when funding was not linked solely to the outcome of qualifications? Would they not be best advised to vote Conservative?