United Kingdom parliament
Jacqui Smith
Member of the House of Lords · Labour
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House of Lords · House of Lords · 17 September 2026
Statement: Education and skills reform: curriculum, pathways and devolution
“My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their questions. I'll turn to the specific points that have been raised in a moment, but before I do so, I think it is worth briefly reiterating the context of the Secretary of…”
Watch from 1:19:52Statement: Education and skills reform: curriculum, pathways and devolution
“Well, I thank the noble Lord for that, and he's right that we are seeking ways to support kinship carers, to strengthen the opportunity for children to live with those who are close to them in those arrangements. We're also…”
Watch from 1:28:43Statement: Education and skills reform: curriculum, pathways and devolution
“Well, this is, if I'm completely frank, this is one of the big challenges of the very welcome devolution that this government under the new Prime Minister is engaged in. There are questions which we are discussing with mayors and…”
Watch from 1:32:53
House of Lords · House of Lords · 7 September 2026
Oral Question 3: Creative and performing arts funding in universities
“My Lords, decisions on the strategic priorities grant for academic year 26-27 reflect the challenging fiscal position and not the value we place on creative and performing arts courses. We recognize the important contribution that the disciplines make to our…”
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House of Lords · House of Lords · 4 September 2026
Government response on youth guarantee, skills and devolution
“My Lords, can I thank the noble Baroness Lady Manningham-Buller both for her leadership of the committee and for securing this debate, and to the committee for their careful and constructive way in which they have considered the issues that…”
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House of Lords · House of Lords · 3 September 2026
Oral question: Office for Students and academic misconduct powers
“My Lords, our world-class higher education system is built on the principle of institutional autonomy. As autonomous institutions, universities are responsible for setting and maintaining academic standards of the qualifications that they award. The Office for Students regulates these standards…”
Watch from 23:31Skills debate: HE, FE, NEETs and ministerial response
“My Lords, can I, as others rightly have done, thank my noble friend Baroness Morgan for securing this important debate, which has ranged quite rightly widely, and I will do my very best to respond to the range of points…”
Watch from 2:52:23
House of Lords · House of Lords · 2 September 2026
School mobile phones guidance: Minister’s statement
“My Lords, I beg leave to ask the question standing in my name on the order paper. My Lords, our mobile phones in schools guidance is statutory from the 1st of September, yesterday, and is clear that schools should be…”
Watch from 22:48Evidence base and timing for policy review
“Well, I'm sure the noble lady will be pleased that we're already seeing evidence that, for example, through research done as part of Teacher Tapp, that schools are strength continuing to strengthen their approach with 41% of secondary schools planning…”
Watch from 24:03Parents’ views, enforcement challenges and consultation
“Yes, of course parents need to be involved in this. They need to be involved in the development of schools' behavior policies in which the mobile phone policy should sit or alongside which it should sit. And they need to…”
Watch from 25:34
House of Lords · House of Lords · 23 July 2026
Level 3 creative qualifications, T Levels, V Levels and talent pipeline
“Um, my Lords, can I start by thanking my noble friend Baroness Keeley for bringing forward this debate today and also noble Lords around the House for congratulating me on maintaining my role. I am absolutely delighted about it, not…”
Watch from 6:11:33
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