Tories pledge foreign student-loan crackdown claiming £900m-a-year taxpayer saving
The Conservatives have pledged to restrict student-loan access for non-EU foreign nationals and claim the policy could save taxpayers around £900 million a year.
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Laura Trott
Rt Hon Laura Trott MP
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Voting record: last 30 days
A missing vote is not shown as an abstention or absence. Parliament records only divisions in which the Member has a recorded vote.
21 October 2026 · Division 103
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Voted NoAyes 345 · Noes 108
Official division record21 October 2026 · Division 102
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
Voted NoAyes 295 · Noes 111
Official division record21 October 2026 · Division 101
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Voted NoAyes 345 · Noes 108
Official division record20 October 2026 · Division 100
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
Voted NoAyes 330 · Noes 178
Official division record20 October 2026 · Division 99
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
Voted AyeAyes 184 · Noes 330
Official division record20 October 2026 · Division 98
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7
Voted AyeAyes 179 · Noes 336
Official division record20 October 2026 · Division 97
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32
Voted AyeAyes 117 · Noes 331
Official division record20 October 2026 · Division 96
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51
Voted AyeAyes 176 · Noes 329
Official division record19 October 2026 · Division 95
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21
Voted AyeAyes 167 · Noes 327
Official division record19 October 2026 · Division 94
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47
Voted AyeAyes 166 · Noes 328
Official division record19 October 2026 · Division 93
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4
Voted AyeAyes 175 · Noes 319
Official division record19 October 2026 · Division 92
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52
Voted AyeAyes 108 · Noes 327
Official division record19 October 2026 · Division 91
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23
Voted AyeAyes 169 · Noes 327
Official division record19 October 2026 · Division 90
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion
Voted NoAyes 286 · Noes 163
Official division record14 October 2026 · Division 86
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax
Voted AyeAyes 99 · Noes 291
Official division record14 October 2026 · Division 85
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants
Voted AyeAyes 113 · Noes 309
Official division record14 October 2026 · Division 84
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026
Voted NoAyes 319 · Noes 115
Official division record14 October 2026 · Division 83
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026
Voted NoAyes 326 · Noes 115
Official division record14 October 2026 · Division 82
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces
Voted NoAyes 326 · Noes 115
Official division record14 October 2026 · Division 81
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities
Voted NoAyes 328 · Noes 114
Official division recordEarly Day Motions: last 30 days
These are EDMs supported by the Member. Parliament notes that withdrawn motions may not appear in this list.
No supported EDMs were returned for the last 30 days.
Registered interests
Published from Parliament’s current register. Wording is reproduced from the official record without editorial interpretation.
1. Employment and earnings
Role, work or services: Speaking Engagement
From: 21 October 2025. Until: 22 October 2025.
Payer: Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA), First Floor (129) 40 Gracechurch Street, London EC3V 0BT
(Registered 3 November 2025)
Payment: £6,000 Speech to ACA Annual Dinner
Received on: 22 October 2025. Hours: 16 hrs.
(Registered 3 November 2025)
Role, work or services: Speaking Engagement
Payer: Coex Partners (Speaking engagement for 8 hours), 135 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3TP
(Registered 28 November 2025)
Payment: £6,000
Received on: 6 November 2025. Hours: 8 hrs Speaking Engagement.
(Registered 28 November 2025)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Lord Fink
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 (Previously published under Category 2(b) )
Donor status: individual
(Registered 11 June 2025; updated 18 June 2026)
Name of donor: Lord [Philip] Harris
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £25,000 (Previously published under Category 2(b) )
Donor status: individual
(Registered 18 July 2025; updated 18 June 2026)
Name of donor: Lord Agnew
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 (Previously published under Category 2(b) )
Donor status: individual
(Registered 28 November 2025; updated 18 June 2026)
Name of donor: Sophie Smith
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000 for staff support (Previously published under Category 2(b) )
Donor status: individual
(Registered 22 January 2026; updated 19 June 2026)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Charles Max Keyner
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
Date received: 27 March 2026
Date accepted: 27 March 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 29 March 2026)
Name of donor: The Knole Club
Address of donor: Private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000
Date received: 14 April 2026
Date accepted: 14 April 2026
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 5 May 2026)
Name of donor: Lord (Philip) Harris
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £30,000 (paid in monthly donations of £2,500)
Date received: 15 July 2026
Date accepted: 15 July 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 28 July 2026)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: National Theatre
Address of donor: Upper Ground. South Bank, London SE1 9PX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for a performance of Hamlet, value £138
Date received: 19 November 2025
Date accepted: 19 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 749504
(Registered 4 December 2025)
Name of donor: Lawn Tennis Association
Address of donor: The National Tennis Centre 100 Priory Lane Roehampton London SW15 5JQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 2 tickets to Wimbledon on Tuesday 7 July, value £510
Date received: 7 July 2026
Date accepted: 7 July 2026
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 10 July 2026)
Name of donor: National Theatre
Address of donor: Upper Ground London SE1 9PX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 2 x tickets to War Horse £92 each, value £184
Date received: 4 July 2026
Date accepted: 4 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 749504
(Registered 10 July 2026)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque Ltd
Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 6QX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Food and accommodation and transfers, value £1,119
Destination of visit: France
Dates of visit: 15 January 2025 to 17 January 2025
Purpose of visit: Franco-British Colloque 2026
(Registered 9 February 2026)
Last 30 days
21 October 2026 · Vote
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Voted No
21 October 2026 · Vote
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
Voted No
21 October 2026 · Vote
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Voted No
20 October 2026 · Vote
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
Voted No
20 October 2026 · Vote
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
Voted Aye
20 October 2026 · Vote
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7
Voted Aye
20 October 2026 · Vote
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32
Voted Aye
20 October 2026 · Vote
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51
Voted Aye
19 October 2026 · Vote
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21
Voted Aye
19 October 2026 · Vote
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47
Voted Aye
19 October 2026 · Vote
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4
Voted Aye
19 October 2026 · Vote
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52
Voted Aye
19 October 2026 · Vote
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23
Voted Aye
19 October 2026 · Vote
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion
Voted No
14 October 2026 · Vote
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax
Voted Aye
14 October 2026 · Vote
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants
Voted Aye
14 October 2026 · Vote
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026
Voted No
14 October 2026 · Vote
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026
Voted No
14 October 2026 · Vote
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces
Voted No
14 October 2026 · Vote
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities
Voted No
4 October 2026 · Article
Tories pledge foreign student-loan crackdown claiming £900m-a-year taxpayer saving
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