Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Mar 2026 Student Loans
"I beg to move,
That this House calls on the Government to set the interest rate on Plan 2 student loans at a level which ensures that balances will never rise faster than RPI inflation; further calls on the Government to stop the freeze on repayment thresholds; and also calls …..." Laura Trott - View Speech
"The hon. Gentleman is missing the fact that Labour has made it worse. Even now, the Chancellor has changed her tune—no surprise given the track record of this Government. She now says that the system is “broken”, but young people are apparently not at the “front of the queue”. I …..." Laura Trott - View Speech
"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have a chance today to create a new deal for young people. I hope that some Government Members vote for it...." Laura Trott - View Speech
"My right hon. Friend is quite right: not only did Labour mislead the public, but it then made things worse. Now, Labour Members will not vote to fix it. That is Labour all over.
We need a plan to fix the problem, but it is not enough to fiddle with …..." Laura Trott - View Speech
"I will not. When the hon. Gentleman tried to intervene on me recently, he accused me of jumping on a bandwagon about rape gangs, so he will forgive me for not taking another intervention from him.
Too often, students are receiving minimal face-to-face teaching, limited supervision and a university experience …..." Laura Trott - View Speech
"If the hon. Lady thinks the system is broken, I invite her to vote for our motion.
Every metric for young people has got worse since this Government came in. It is crystal clear that for young people, as for the rest of the country, Labour is not working...." Laura Trott - View Speech
"The Chancellor said that the system was fair and reasonable—what a joke! The Government do not recognise the scale of the problem, but we do, and we have come up with a plan to fix it. What is their plan? It does not exist...." Laura Trott - View Speech
"My hon. Friend is spot on. It is not well known that apprenticeship degrees are more oversubscribed than Oxford and Cambridge. These are things that young people want to do, and that is why we are trying to expand them. Instead of celebrating the expansion of low-value degrees, the Government …..." Laura Trott - View Speech
"I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman was listening when I covered that point. The whole point is that those degrees do not lead to jobs in the creative arts industry. It is a mis-selling scandal. They promise a glittering career in the creative arts and do not actually …..." Laura Trott - View Speech