To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to protect consumers from the mis-selling of horses that are i) unsuitable for their advertised purpose or ii) have undisclosed medical conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to protect consumers from the mis-selling of horses that are i) unsuitable for their advertised purpose or ii) have undisclosed medical conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals, including a criminal offence, to address misappropriation of creative professionals' work and likeness by AI-generated personas on social media and subscription platforms; and what assessment she has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals, including a criminal offence, to address misappropriation of creative professionals' work and likeness by AI-generated personas on social media and subscription platforms; and what assessment she has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) AI-generated personas on social media platforms that present idealised and sexualised physical appearances while performing stolen material on users, particularly young people and men and (b) such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) AI-generated personas on social media platforms that present idealised and sexualised physical appearances while performing stolen material on users, particularly young people and men and (b) such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to protect UK creative talent, particularly comedians, from the unauthorised reproduction of their work by AI-generated accounts on social media platforms; what discussions she has had with social media platforms on the removal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to protect UK creative talent, particularly comedians, from the unauthorised reproduction of their work by AI-generated accounts on social media platforms; what discussions she has had with social media platforms on the removal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the current regulatory framework for protecting vulnerable customers in the telecommunications sector from inappropriate upselling and mis-selling of telecommunications services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the current regulatory framework for protecting vulnerable customers in the telecommunications sector from inappropriate upselling and mis-selling of telecommunications services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has considered introducing additional protections for purchasers of new-build homes where information provided by a developer on anticipated estate management charges at the point of sale is subsequently found to have been materially inaccurate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has considered introducing additional protections for purchasers of new-build homes where information provided by a developer on anticipated estate management charges at the point of sale is subsequently found to have been materially inaccurate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to strengthen the options available where a developer indicates that materially inaccurate information about an ongoing estate management charge was provided to a purchaser before completion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to strengthen the options available where a developer indicates that materially inaccurate information about an ongoing estate management charge was provided to a purchaser before completion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the redress available to new-build homeowners where inaccurate information about ongoing estate management charges was provided during the sale of their property.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the redress available to new-build homeowners where inaccurate information about ongoing estate management charges was provided during the sale of their property.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had discussions with Ofcom on the number of complaints it has received from micro and small businesses relating to the mis-selling of telecommunications contracts in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had discussions with Ofcom on the number of complaints it has received from micro and small businesses relating to the mis-selling of telecommunications contracts in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of mis-selling of telecommunications contracts to micro and small businesses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of mis-selling of telecommunications contracts to micro and small businesses.

Statement on the publication of the first special report of the Treasury Committee, Student loans: broken and unfair? Government response, (HC 622).

Statement on the publication of the first special report of the Treasury Committee, Student loans: broken and unfair? Government response, (HC 622).

I am pleased to rise to make a statement on the Government’s response to the Treasury Committee’s report on the student loans system.

It is worth laying out what our inquiry did. We took evidence from a number of people, including students and graduate representatives at the National Union of Students;...

I am pleased to rise to make a statement on the Government’s response to the Treasury Committee’s report on the student loans system.

It is worth laying out what our inquiry did. We took evidence from a number of people, including students and graduate representatives at the National Union of Students;...

I thank the hon. Lady for her clear summation of the Committee’s report. I want to press her on the repayment threshold. She says that in the Government’s response, they have not ruled out reviewing it, but given the relatively modest amount of money and the significant number of young...

I thank the hon. Lady for her clear summation of the Committee’s report. I want to press her on the repayment threshold. She says that in the Government’s response, they have not ruled out reviewing it, but given the relatively modest amount of money and the significant number of young...

I absolutely think it should be a high priority, because this generation is being so severely squeezed. The Government’s response to the Committee said:

“The Government recognises the cost-of-living challenges faced by many graduates, including those with Plan 2 student loans, and understands concerns about the impact of repayment terms on...

I absolutely think it should be a high priority, because this generation is being so severely squeezed. The Government’s response to the Committee said:

“The Government recognises the cost-of-living challenges faced by many graduates, including those with Plan 2 student loans, and understands concerns about the impact of repayment terms on...

One of the themes that comes through quite clearly in the report is the complexity of the student finance system and the difficulty that students have in understanding what they will actually pay—that is mis-selling, as I think my hon. Friend described it. Given that the Government appear to accept...

One of the themes that comes through quite clearly in the report is the complexity of the student finance system and the difficulty that students have in understanding what they will actually pay—that is mis-selling, as I think my hon. Friend described it. Given that the Government appear to accept...

One good thing is that the Government have recognised that problem in their response to us. We are dealing with mostly teenagers under the age of 18. Sometimes those going to university for the first time do not have other people around them who can advise them about the impact...

One good thing is that the Government have recognised that problem in their response to us. We are dealing with mostly teenagers under the age of 18. Sometimes those going to university for the first time do not have other people around them who can advise them about the impact...

I speak as the mother of three students, one of whom has just graduated. Two of them have a plan 2 loan, and one has a plan 5 loan. They and I were unaware that they are not allowed to start repaying their debt until they graduate, yet the interest...

I speak as the mother of three students, one of whom has just graduated. Two of them have a plan 2 loan, and one has a plan 5 loan. They and I were unaware that they are not allowed to start repaying their debt until they graduate, yet the interest...

The Committee certainly received some evidence on that issue. There is a logic to not paying back the loan until that point, because students are mostly not working, so there would be a real challenge in paying it back while someone is an undergraduate or graduate student. The hon. Lady...

The Committee certainly received some evidence on that issue. There is a logic to not paying back the loan until that point, because students are mostly not working, so there would be a real challenge in paying it back while someone is an undergraduate or graduate student. The hon. Lady...

On 27 March 2026, the Minister for Skills wrote to my hon. Friend the Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury) confirming that the Department for Education would release an equality impact assessment on student loan lifetime repayments and other borrower impacts for the plan 2 repayment threshold. Does the...

On 27 March 2026, the Minister for Skills wrote to my hon. Friend the Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury) confirming that the Department for Education would release an equality impact assessment on student loan lifetime repayments and other borrower impacts for the plan 2 repayment threshold. Does the...

In that simple question, my hon. Friend raises a raft of issues. For most students, the only way that they can go to university is by getting a loan. There has been a big drive to get people to go to university who would not have been able to do...

In that simple question, my hon. Friend raises a raft of issues. For most students, the only way that they can go to university is by getting a loan. There has been a big drive to get people to go to university who would not have been able to do...