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Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 25 November 2025

Debate

Schools: Funding

Contribution

The point I was making was that the VAT on private schools is raising £1.8 billion a year, and in just one year we are investing £3.7 billion in the increase in the core schools budget. If the argument that noble Lords opposite are making is that this is a small amount of the increased investment that this Labour Government are putting into education, they are right, but it is nevertheless an important amount.

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