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Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 March 2026

Debate

Student Loan System

Contribution

Of course, it is always instructive to compare different systems and work out the detail of this. Tuition fees—I am deliberately looking at the Benches opposite—have always been controversial. Having stood for Parliament in a seat with a predominantly student population and not been successful, I have some personal insight into this. However, we are where we are. We have a lot to learn from the experience of the last 14 or 15 years. Let us look at it calmly and sensibly, but keep the needs of our young people at the forefront of our minds.

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