Laura Trott

Laura Trott

Con

Shadow Secretary of State for Education

CommonsSevenoaksCurrent Member

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House: Commons

Constituency: Sevenoaks

Status: Current member

Latest Activity

Sitting day: 2026-03-18

Activity total: 11

Contributions: 11

Votes recorded: 0

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Shadow Secretary of State for Education

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Student Loans

2026-03-18 · 16:39

I just told you!

Student Loans

2026-03-18 · 16:32

Exactly. The Chancellor gave it all away when she said that young people are at the back of the queue—that tells us all that we need to know about this Government. The Government…

Student Loans

2026-03-18 · 16:32

As ever, the hon. Gentleman raises a very interesting point, and I look forward to his bringing it up with the Chancellor at questions.

Student Loans

2026-03-18 · 16:31

I am glad that the hon. Gentleman raises that point. I totally agree with him that it is something that needs to be looked into and fixed. As I have mentioned, we know that 10 tim…

Student Loans

2026-03-18 · 16:29

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…

Student Loans

2026-03-18 · 16:27

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 t…

Student Loans

2026-03-18 · 16:26

It seems like the hon. Gentleman was at university only yesterday. If we are asking young people to take on a mountain of debt, it is important for them to know that they will get…

Student Loans

2026-03-18 · 16:25

My hon. Friend is, as ever, absolutely right. Opportunity should be created for young people here, not in other countries, and that is what we want to create.

Student Loans

2026-03-18 · 16:24

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right: there is nothing progressive about letting a young person take a university degree that has negative returns for them. That is not fair o…

Student Loans

2026-03-18 · 16:18

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…

Student Loans

2026-03-18 · 16:59

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 infl…

Student Loans

2026-03-18

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 inter…