The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Smith of Malvern's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern. Her name is Jacqui Smith, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£0
5 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£0
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
222
218 meetings ·
0 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
4 overseas trips
· 2024-07-01 → 2026-03-31
Total overseas travel cost
£36,476
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 218
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | — | Pre-briefing stakeholders ahead of the Youth Guarantee and Growth and Skills Levy announcements on 16 March | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2026-03-13 | — | Pre-briefing stakeholders ahead of the Youth Guarantee and Growth and Skills Levy announcements on 16 March | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2026-03-13 | — | Pre-briefing stakeholders ahead of the Youth Guarantee and Growth and Skills Levy announcements on 16 March | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2026-03-13 | British Chamber of Commerce, Confederation of British Industry, Federation of Small Businesses, Institute of Directors, Make UK | Pre-briefing stakeholders ahead of the Youth Guarantee and Growth and Skills Levy announcements on 16 March | department-for-education |
| 2026-03-13 | Small Business Britain, Enterprise Nation, Family Business UK, Small Business Commissioner, Be the Business | Pre-briefing stakeholders ahead of the Youth Guarantee and Growth and Skills Levy announcements on 16 March | department-for-education |
| 2026-03-13 | Recruitment and Employment Confederation, Logistics UK, Federation of Master Builders, British Retail Consortium, Hospitality, Business in the Community, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development | Pre-briefing stakeholders ahead of the Youth Guarantee and Growth and Skills Levy announcements on 16 March | department-for-education |
| 2026-03-06 | — | Interview about announcement of new qualificatioins as part of post-16 reforms, including V Levels | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2026-03-05 | — | Ministerial updates on the construction skills package delivered to the Board meeting | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2026-03-05 | Construction Skills Mission Board | Ministerial updates on the construction skills package delivered to the Board meeting | department-for-education |
| 2026-03-04 | — | Qualification Reform Roundtable | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2026-03-04 | Association of Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges Association, Confederation of Schools Trusts, Universities UK | Qualification Reform Roundtable | department-for-education |
| 2026-03-03 | — | Pre-meet ahead of the Construction Skills Mission Board's Board Meeting | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2026-03-03 | Construction Skills Mission Board | Pre-meet ahead of the CSMB's Board Meeting | department-for-education |
| 2026-02-26 | — | To discuss qualifications reform | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2026-02-26 | — | Discussion of the Resolution Foundation's work on NEET young people (Not in Education, Employment or Training) | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2026-02-26 | Gatsby | To discuss qualifications reform | department-for-education |
| 2026-02-26 | Resolution Foundation | Discussion of the Resolution Foundation's work on NEETs | department-for-education |
| 2026-02-25 | — | Protecting public money roundtable | department-for-work-pensions |
| 2026-02-25 | Buckinghamshire New University, University of Suffolk, Leeds Trinity University, Oxford Brookes University, Anglia Ruskin University, University for the Creative Arts, University of West London, University of Northampton, London Metropolitan University, University of Greater Manchester, St Mary's University Twickenham, De Montfort University, New College Durham, Ravensbourne University London, Falmouth University, University of East London, Staffordshire University | Protecting public money roundtable | department-for-education |
| 2026-02-24 | — | Bilateral meeting to discuss UK Civil Society Women's Alliance (UKCSWA)s priorities and understand their key concerns | department-for-work-pensions |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-08 → 2026-03-11 |
New York City, New York, USA
Car, plane
|
To attend the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) as leader of the UK Envoy. | £9,824 |
| 2026-03-08 → 2026-03-11 |
New York City, New York, USA
Car, scheduled flight
|
To attend the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) as leader of the UK Envoy | £9,824 |
| 2025-10-30 → 2025-10-31 |
Johannesburg; South Africa
Scheduled flight, train, car
|
To attend the G20 Empowerment of Women Ministerial meeting | £8,771 |
| 2024-10-28 → 2024-11-02 |
Fortaleza, Brazil
Scheduled flight
|
To attend the G20 Education Conference and UNESCO 2024 Global Education Meeting | £8,058 |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
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Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-09-17
Independent Schools: Tax Changes
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, for securing this debate and for the long-standing interest he has taken in independent schools and the families they serve. It is very good to have him back on the Benches, and I wish him well.
I will re
2026-09-17
Education and Skills Reform
The noble Lord knows as well as any of us that you cannot necessarily believe everything that you read in the newspapers. As I suggested to the noble Lord, Lord Mohammed, there may well be further changes to the growth and skills levy, but we have been c
2026-09-17
Education and Skills Reform
It is precisely in order to equip children to respond to the changing needs in the labour market that we are making some of these changes, but those build, of course, on the introduction by this Government of Skills England. I hope that my noble friend w
2026-09-17
Education and Skills Reform
I have no doubt that, with the noble Lord’s skills, year 8 will thoroughly enjoy jollof rice and come out of his class with renewed enthusiasm for cooking and, I hope, a whole range of other things.
As I made clear in my first answer, we are building
2026-09-17
Education and Skills Reform
Obviously, we are still working on the details of that but no, it does not extend to the growth and skills levy provision for apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year-olds. It will cover the 16 to 19 budget as it applies, for example, to post-16 qualifications,
2026-09-17
Education and Skills Reform
An important part of our Curriculum and Assessment Review was finding time within a curriculum, that still focuses on the knowledge necessary for children to succeed, for broader opportunities to undertake music, drama and PE—some of those human skills a
2026-09-17
Education and Skills Reform
If I am completely frank, this is one of the big challenges of the very welcome devolution that this Government under the new Prime Minister are engaged in. We are discussing with mayors and others the relationship between national entitlements and the f
2026-09-17
Education and Skills Reform
Of course, we will keep the business environment under review to ensure that it provides as many opportunities as possible. I note that, in his interim review, Alan Milburn argued that it was not, for example, changes to national insurance or to the nati
2026-09-17
Education and Skills Reform
My noble friend is right. The opportunity for high-quality work experience is a very important theme in these reforms. The Government are committed to offering two weeks of work experience for every child pre-16, starting from an early age, with differen
2026-09-17
Education and Skills Reform
I thank the noble Lord. He is 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 are also taking action to support the educational outcom
2026-09-17
Education and Skills Reform
My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their questions. I will turn to the specific points that have been raised in a moment, but, before I do, it is worth briefly reiterating the context of the Secretary of State’s Statement last week. At its heart was a sim
2026-09-07
Creative and Performing Arts Teaching Grants
Yes. That was absolutely a theme in the commissioning of the Curriculum and Assessment Review. We are already making changes to the curriculum, as my noble friend says, to ensure that the breadth, enrichment and value of creative subjects are reflected b
2026-09-07
Creative and Performing Arts Teaching Grants
I understand the disappointment in this decision, but to be clear about the scale, we are talking about the removal of £130 per student for those taking some creative and arts subjects. That is roughly 1% of the contribution towards those subjects. A £6
2026-09-07
Creative and Performing Arts Teaching Grants
My Lords, decisions on the strategic priorities grant for academic year 2026-27 reflect the challenging fiscal position and not the value we place on creative and performing arts courses. We recognise the important contribution that the disciplines make
2026-09-07
Creative and Performing Arts Teaching Grants
As I have said previously, I am very glad that the noble Lord has a degree and was able to train as a teacher. I am not quite sure when that happened, but I suspect that the availability of a bursary was probably as important as his first degree. It is b
2026-09-07
Creative and Performing Arts Teaching Grants
Yes, of course. I do. Philanthropy has always been an important way in which facilities in our universities have been supported. To help that happen, as other noble Lords have commented, we have already made the creative industries part of our industria
2026-09-07
Creative and Performing Arts Teaching Grants
I am sorry that I am not completely clear about the point that my noble friend is making with respect to SPG capital, which I think is what she was referring to. I will write to her about that.
2026-09-07
Creative and Performing Arts Teaching Grants
No, because we have been clear in our pledge to recruit 6,500 more teachers that we would focus them on the areas in secondary and special schools where we are not seeing a fall in the number of pupils and where we know that there is a particular need, a
2026-09-07
Creative and Performing Arts Teaching Grants
To be clear, this is not a cut of a grant to students; this is a cut of £130 per student to the institutions that run these courses. This is partly in order to safeguard, for example, the £20 million funding that goes to Uni Connect to open up opportuni
2026-09-07
Creative and Performing Arts Teaching Grants
Absolutely I do, which is why, in the strategic priorities grant, we have focused on at least maintaining the funding that goes towards access and participation, including for students going into creative and performing arts subjects. This is why, as a G
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Manningham-Buller, for both her leadership of the committee and securing this debate. I thank the committee for the careful and constructive way in which it considered the issues about which we have talked today
My Lords, as others have rightly done, I thank my noble friend Lady Morgan for securing this important debate, which has ranged widely. I will do my very best to respond to the range of points that have been raised and to receive written representations
It is unlike the noble Baroness to make the charge that she has just made to me, and, frankly, I think it is unfair. I have been pretty clear that, in talking to Cambridge University, we have been assured and are clear that there will be an independent i
First, to reiterate what I said, it is right that institutions themselves are responsible for maintaining academic standards. It is a fundamental part of the reason for the success of our higher education system that they continue to maintain high academ
As I think I have already made clear, both I and the Secretary of State have been doing more than just keeping our eye on this. It was important for us yesterday, in our meeting with the vice-chancellor, to have the assurance that she was able to give us
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Register of Interests · 2 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Minister of State (Minister for Skills and Minister for Women and Equalities), Department for Education and Department for Work and Pensions (Minister for Women and Equalities interest ceased 21 July 2026)
registered 2024-08-01 · amended 2026-09-04
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Jacqui Smith Advisory Ltd (inactive company)
registered 2025-01-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1997-05-01 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2025-09-06 → present
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
2025-03-04 → 2026-07-21
Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)
2024-10-08 → 2025-03-04
Lords Spokesperson (Equalities)
2024-07-06 → present
Minister of State (Education)
2007-06-28 → 2009-06-05
Home Secretary
2006-05-05 → 2007-06-28
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
2005-05-10 → 2006-05-05
Minister of State (Education and Skills) (Schools and 14-19 Learners)
2003-06-13 → 2005-05-06
Minister of State (Industry and the Regions) and Deputy Minister (Women)
2001-06-11 → 2003-06-13
Minister of State (Department of Health)
1999-07-29 → 2001-06-10
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Employment)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1998-11-09 → 1999-11-29
Treasury Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
smithjq@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
5 bills
3 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2024-12-17 | |
| Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2024-10-09 | |
| Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2009-01-14 | |
| Policing and Crime | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2008-12-18 | |
| Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2008-01-24 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.