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

No voting records found

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 Autism Act 2009 CommitteeLords 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 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

72 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for specific regulatory provisions to compensate the estates of those who died as a result of being given infected blood products for mental health injuries such as (1) suicide, (2) attempted suicide, a

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 26 Mar 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the consequences of people who died as a result of infected blood being paid less under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme than those who are still alive.

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 27 Mar 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide compensation for career damage and financial loss for victims in the infected blood scheme who were unable to complete or build on their training or qualifications.

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 27 Mar 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they gave to the treatment of estates in the consultation on the proposed changes to the infected blood compensation scheme which ended on 22 January.

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 27 Mar 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they took to consult the community of infected blood victims as part of the consultation on proposed changes to the infected blood compensation scheme which ended on 22 January.

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 27 Mar 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