Baroness Featherstone

Liberal Democrat

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

featherstonel@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyCabinet OfficeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsDepartment for Energy and Climate ChangeDepartment of Health and Social Care

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)

Opposition Department

Nov 2015 - Feb 2019

Minister of State (Home Office)

Home Office

Nov 2014 - May 2015

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Development)

Department for International Development

Sept 2012 - Nov 2014

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Home Office

May 2010 - Sept 2012

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Government Equalities Office)

Government Equalities Office

May 2010 - Apr 2011

Liberal Democrat Spokeperson (Children, Schools and Families)

Opposition Department

Oct 2008 - May 2010

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)

Opposition Department

Mar 2006 - Dec 2007

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Development)

Opposition Department

Mar 2006 - Dec 2007

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Home Affairs)

Opposition Department

May 2005 - Mar 2006

Constituencies

Hornsey and Wood Green

Elected 1 time

May 2010 - Mar 2015

Hornsey and Wood Green

Elected 1 time

May 2005 - May 2010

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

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Committee Memberships

Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillCommons Administration CommitteeCommons Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance CommitteeCommons Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)Lords Backbench Business CommitteeCommons Bishop's Stortford Cemetery BillCommons Built Environment CommitteeLords Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Commons Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]: Programming sub-committeeCommons Business and Trade CommitteeCommons Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsCommons Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) BillCommons Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill Committee (Lords)Lords Childhood Vaccinations CommitteeLords City of London (Markets) BillCommons Committee of PrivilegesCommons Committee of SelectionCommons Committee of Selection (Lords)Lords Committee on StandardsCommons Committees on Arms Export ControlsCommons Commons Reference Group on Representation and InclusionCommons Communications and Digital CommitteeLords Conduct CommitteeLords Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)Joint Constitution CommitteeLords Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) BillCommons Court of RefereesCommons Courts (Remote Hearings) BillCommons Courts and Tribunals BillCommons Courts and Tribunals Bill: Programming Sub CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

77 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent of 8 June (HL446), whether eligibility for the unethical research award extends to deceased people impacted by infected blood who were not themselves inf

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 9 Jun 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what analysis supported their decision to not to award enhanced core injury awards to bereaved parents whose infected child died over the age of 18, in their response to the consultation on changes to the infected blood com

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 1 Jun 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government whether deceased people impacted by infected blood are entitled to the Unethical Research award, as set out in their response to the consultation on changes to the infected blood compensation scheme, published on 14 April.

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 1 Jun 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government how many claims for compensation via the Infected Blood Compensation Authority have been paid so far, including how many claims have been paid to (1) people who have been infected but not previously registered with a suppor

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 1 Jun 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government whether deceased people impacted by infected blood are entitled to the Level 2B award, as set out in their response to the consultation on changes to the infected blood compensation scheme, published on 14 April.

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 1 Jun 2026

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Positions Held

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)

Opposition Department

Nov 2015 - Feb 2019

Minister of State (Home Office)

Home Office

Nov 2014 - May 2015

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Development)

Department for International Development

Sept 2012 - Nov 2014

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Home Office

May 2010 - Sept 2012

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Government Equalities Office)

Government Equalities Office

May 2010 - Apr 2011

Liberal Democrat Spokeperson (Children, Schools and Families)

Opposition Department

Oct 2008 - May 2010

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)

Opposition Department

Mar 2006 - Dec 2007

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Development)

Opposition Department

Mar 2006 - Dec 2007

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Home Affairs)

Opposition Department

May 2005 - Mar 2006

Constituencies

Hornsey and Wood Green

Elected 1 time

May 2010 - Mar 2015

Hornsey and Wood Green

Elected 1 time

May 2005 - May 2010