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Monday 10th November 2025 Department for Work and Pensions Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour - Life peer) Statement - Main Chamber Subject: Curriculum and Assessment Review and the government response View calendar - Add to calendar |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 152 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 68 Noes - 169 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 147 Labour No votes vs 3 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 195 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 150 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 201 Noes - 238 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration 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 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 66 Noes - 175 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 153 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 193 Noes - 236 |
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11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Malvern voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 153 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 240 |
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Baroness Smith of Malvern speeches from: Curriculum and Assessment Review
Baroness Smith of Malvern contributed 13 speeches (1,930 words) Monday 10th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions |
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Thursday 13th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to the Chair relating to progress update on Skills and Machinery of Government Change, 28 October 2025 Public Accounts Committee Found: education, skills, training and careers for those aged 19 years remains with the DfE, with Baroness Smith of Malvern |
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Overseas Students: Fees and Charges
Asked by: Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 12th November 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 22 October (HL Deb col 898), what modelling of the elasticity of demand for international students they have used to inform the decision to implement the international student levy. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The technical annex to the White Paper ‘Restoring control over the immigration system’ set out the initial modelling assumptions, which used the London Economics estimates of price elasticity commissioned by the department. The department is doing further work on this and will set out further details on the levy at Autumn Budget. |
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Conditions of Employment
Asked by: Lord Kamall (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 10th November 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 16 October (HL Deb col 355) that “a statutory probation period will be introduced with light-touch standards for fair dismissal based on performance and stability”, what is the length of that statutory probation period and what are the grounds for dismissal during that period. Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) Next Steps to Make Work Pay, published in 2024, set out the Government’s preference for the statutory probation period to be nine months long. Under the Employment Rights Bill, the normal grounds for fair dismissal (under the Employment Rights Act 1996) will apply in this period, and light-touch standards will apply to dismissals for reasons of the employee’s conduct, capability, illegality, or some other substantial reason relating to the employee. The Government believes this will allow businesses to remain confident in hiring. |
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Friday 14th November 2025
Department for Education Source Page: Letter dated 10/11/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Freyberg regarding the importance of recognising skills to support creative industries and crafts, as discussed following the Oral Statement on Post-16 Education and Skills Strategy. 2p. Document: Bns_Smith_to_Lord_Freyberg.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 10/11/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Freyberg regarding the importance of recognising |
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Friday 14th November 2025
Department for Education Source Page: Letter dated 10/11/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Baroness Bull regarding data collected by the Department for Education on unlawful exclusions and its future plans, as discussed during the Oral Question on Autistic Children. 1p. Document: Bns_Smith_to_Bns_Bull.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 10/11/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Baroness Bull regarding data collected by the |