Select committee: Treasury Committee
Conclusion 21
1st Report – Student loans: Broken and unfair?
Published 7 Jul 2026
Addressed to HM Treasury
Treasury Committee Student loans and taxation of graduates All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Student Loans Company must explicitly make it clear in its “speedbumps” that the government can and does change the terms and conditions of the loans retrospectively after they are taken out. (Recommendation, Paragraph 86)
From: Treasury Committee, 1st Report – Student loans: Broken and unfair? (HC 14), 7 July 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 13 September 2026 (deadline 7 September 2026).