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Tuesday 17th March 2026 2:30 p.m. Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer) Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Plan 2 student loans repayments View calendar - Add to calendar |
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21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 170 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 261 Noes - 150 |
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21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 175 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 159 |
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28 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 154 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 231 Noes - 147 |
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28 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 178 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 255 Noes - 183 |
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3 Feb 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 133 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 176 Noes - 132 |
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3 Feb 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 140 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 140 |
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10 Feb 2026 - Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 165 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 188 Noes - 258 |
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10 Feb 2026 - Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 166 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 186 Noes - 251 |
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25 Feb 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 126 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 172 Noes - 148 |
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25 Feb 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 170 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 150 |
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25 Feb 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 127 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 205 Noes - 188 |
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4 Mar 2026 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context Lord Balfe voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House One of 3 Conservative Aye votes vs 135 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 145 |
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Lord Balfe speeches from: Plan 2 Student Loans: Repayment Terms
Lord Balfe contributed 1 speech (19 words) Tuesday 17th March 2026 - Lords Chamber |
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Offenders: Reading
Asked by: Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 23rd February 2026 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that those in the criminal justice system benefit from the National Year of Reading. Answered by Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) The National Year of Reading is a welcome opportunity to promote a wide range of activity to improve literacy and engagement with reading for people in custody and on probation. As part of this work we have appointed the first ever Prison Reading Laureate, the author Lee Child. He will champion the transformative power of reading across the criminal justice system, continue expansion of his successful literacy pilot programme which has been running in a number of prisons since 2025 and will bring in more authors to work with prisons across the country, promoting the benefits of reading to rehabilitation. Reading is a priority for HMPPS who work with many voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations such as the Reading Agency and National Literacy Trust. A programme of work is planned throughout this year to improve national access to books and facilitate workshops with authors. The Youth Custody Service is also launching its first ever Literacy Festival to inspire reading amongst some of the most complex children in our society. |
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Offenders: Reading
Asked by: Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 23rd February 2026 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to promote literary enrichment in the criminal justice system as part of the National Year of Reading. Answered by Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) The National Year of Reading is a welcome opportunity to promote a wide range of activity to improve literacy and engagement with reading for people in custody and on probation. As part of this work we have appointed the first ever Prison Reading Laureate, the author Lee Child. He will champion the transformative power of reading across the criminal justice system, continue expansion of his successful literacy pilot programme which has been running in a number of prisons since 2025 and will bring in more authors to work with prisons across the country, promoting the benefits of reading to rehabilitation. Reading is a priority for HMPPS who work with many voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations such as the Reading Agency and National Literacy Trust. A programme of work is planned throughout this year to improve national access to books and facilitate workshops with authors. The Youth Custody Service is also launching its first ever Literacy Festival to inspire reading amongst some of the most complex children in our society. |
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30 Jan 2026, 10:08 a.m. - House of Lords "Third Reading of the Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Lord Balfe. >> My Lords, I beg to move that " Legislation: Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill - third reading - View Video - View Transcript |
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30 Jan 2026, 4:31 p.m. - House of Lords "Finlay of Lord Balfe, and my voice " Baroness Campbell of Surbiton (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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24 Feb 2026, 2:50 p.m. - House of Lords "are about pulling the. Lord Balfe. " Lord Vallance of Balham, Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Mar 2026, 2:40 p.m. - House of Lords "on behalf of Lord Balfe. My Lords, " Oral questions: Plan 2 student loans repayments - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Mar 2026, 2:40 p.m. - House of Lords "on behalf of Lord Balfe. My Lords, I beg leave of the House to ask Lord Bell's question on his behalf. Lord Bell's question on his behalf. " Oral questions: Plan 2 student loans repayments - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Mar 2026, 6:37 p.m. - House of Lords "2025 budget, she went so far as to describe welfare spending as investment by Lord Balfe. " Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Plan 2 Student Loans: Repayment Terms
24 speeches (1,401 words) Tuesday 17th March 2026 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Balfe, and at his request, I beg leave to ask the Question - Link to Speech |