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Wednesday 21st January 2026 Department for Work and Pensions Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour - Life peer) Legislation - Main Chamber Subject: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - report stage (day 3) part two Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 123 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 59 Noes - 127 |
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14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 162 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 176 |
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14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 152 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 211 |
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19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 149 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 153 |
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19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 154 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 161 |
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19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 155 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 232 Noes - 160 |
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19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 156 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 235 Noes - 164 |
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19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 151 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 156 |
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21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 114 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 53 Noes - 116 |
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21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 134 Labour No votes vs 3 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 261 Noes - 150 |
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21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 140 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 159 |
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21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 139 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 65 Noes - 162 |
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14 Jan 2026, 4:04 p.m. - House of Lords ">> Yes. Yeah, I have that. >> Report of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Baroness Smith of Malvern. " Lord Coaker, The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jan 2026, 6:38 p.m. - House of Lords "Amendment 24. Baroness Baroness Smith of Malvern. The question is " Baroness Barran (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jan 2026, 6:38 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Smith of Malvern reform move. Formally, the question is that amendment 20 to 21 be taken en bloc and stand part of the bill, as " Baroness Barran (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jan 2026, 6:38 p.m. - House of Lords "this amendment be withdrawn? It is by leave withdrawn. Amendment 20 Baroness Smith of Malvern reform " Baroness Barran (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jan 2026, 5:59 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Barran not moved 14 Baroness Smith of Malvern moved " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jan 2026, 5:59 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Smith of Malvern moved formally. Moved formally. Question is that this amendment be agreed to, " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jan 2026, 6:12 p.m. - House of Lords " Baroness Smith of Malvern I rise to move amendment 18 in this group. to move amendment 18 in this group. In the name of my noble friend Baroness Smith. Group four covers " Baroness Blake of Leeds (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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19 Jan 2026, 8:59 p.m. - House of Lords ">> Report of >> Report of the >> Report of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Baroness Smith of Malvern. >> My Lords. " Lord Whitehead, Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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19 Jan 2026, 5:30 p.m. - House of Lords "eight, amendment 39, in the name of Baroness Smith of Malvern moved formally. Amendment proposed clause " Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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20 Jan 2026, 3:19 p.m. - House of Lords "the board has been listening to much of my colleague Baroness Smith of Malvern. This government is absolutely committed to driving up skills as a way of driving up our " Lord Watts (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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21 Jan 2026, 4:23 p.m. - House of Lords "Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Baroness Smith of Malvern. " Lord Timpson (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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21 Jan 2026, 4:23 p.m. - House of Lords "Bill Baroness Smith of Malvern. >> My Lords, I. >> Beg my Lords, I beg to move that " Lord Timpson (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Overseas Students: Fees and Charges
Asked by: Lord Bishop of Sheffield (Bishops - Bishops) Thursday 22nd January 2026 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 16 September 2025 (UIN HL10064), which higher education providers have been or will be consulted about the introduction of a levy on income from international students. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The department is engaging with the higher education sector to shape the design of the International Student Levy to make delivery of the levy as easy as possible for providers. The technical consultation document builds on the details which were set out at the Autumn Budget 2025, initially announced in the Immigration White Paper, and can be found here: https://consult.education.gov.uk/international-student-levy-unit/international-student-levy/supporting_documents/isl-technical-consultationpdf. As part of this, the government will be consulting a wide range of stakeholders, including those affected by the proposals and representative bodies from across the sector. The technical consultation is due to close on 18 February 2026. |
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Teachers: Pay
Asked by: Baroness Barran (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 19th January 2026 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 16 December 2025 (HL Deb col 645), whether the 6.5 per cent pay increase over three years that they recommended to the School Teachers’ Review Body will be met through existing budgets or whether cost savings will be required. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) We expect that pay awards over the next three years will be covered through a combination of the funding announced at the Spending Review and from schools making a sustained contribution using the support we are making available to maximise value from their budgets.
This is a shared endeavour. We know that the government has a role to play to tackle systemic challenges at a national level, and we have established the Maximising Value for Pupils programme to help schools and groups. The new programme will provide an expanded level of support in the form of benchmark data, toolkits, commercial offers, capability building, case studies, and investment in areas such as technology.
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Tuesday 20th January 2026
Department for Business and Trade Source Page: The UK's International Education Strategy 2026 Document: (PDF) Found: The Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern Minister of State for Skills and Women and Equalities Sir Chris |
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Friday 23rd January 2026
Department for Education Source Page: Letter dated 07/01/2026 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Storey regarding the safeguarding of children in nurseries, as discussed during the Oral Question on Preschool Children: Digital Technology. 3p. Document: Letter_from_Minister_Smith_to_Lord_Storey_OPQ.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 07/01/2026 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Storey regarding the safeguarding of children |
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Thursday 22nd January 2026
Department for Education Source Page: Letter dated 20/01/2026 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Mohammed of Tinsley regarding a point raised during a question on free school meals: funding for free school meals and how many schools are topping up provision from their teaching budget. 3p. Document: Letter_from_Minister_Smith_to_Lord_Mohammed_Free_School_Meals.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 20/01/2026 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Mohammed of Tinsley regarding a point |