Student Loan System

Baroness Deech Excerpts

Tuesday 10th March 2026 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Deech (CB)]

My Lords, is the Minister aware that over £5 billion of student debt is owed by European Union students who went back and did not repay? What steps will the Government take to prevent this debt growing if we rejoin Erasmus, which is, after all, one-way traffic?

[Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab)]

I am sure those considerations are being taken into account as we move forward with this. I do not have an answer for the noble Baroness at this moment, but oversight of all the implications of change of policy is critical.