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likely to fall. More seriously, medical schools are already short of bright working-class entrants (2-5% have parents in social classes IV or V, which constitute about 30/% ofthe population'), and this financial squeeze can only act as a further disincentive. Good arguments can be produced for rethinking the whole system of student grants,2 but until that comes about the Government should think again about cutting them. We would urge it also to recognise that in equity clinical medical students should receive the same rate for their extra weeks as all students receive for the basic terms.