Baroness Primarolo

Labour

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department for Work and PensionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTreasuryMinistry of JusticeHM Treasury

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow Minister (Children, Young People and Families)

HM Official Opposition

May 2010 - Jun 2010

Minister of State (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Children, Young People and Families)

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Jun 2009 - May 2010

Minister of State (Department of Health) (Public Health)

Department of Health

Jun 2007 - Jun 2009

Paymaster General (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury

Jan 1999 - Jun 2007

Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury

May 1997 - Jan 1999

Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury)

HM Treasury

Jun 1994 - Jun 1997

Shadow Spokesperson (Health)

Department of Health

Jun 1992 - Jun 1994

Constituencies

Bristol South

Elected 1 time

May 2010 - Mar 2015

Bristol South

Elected 3 times

May 1997 - May 2010

Bristol South

Elected 2 times

Jun 1987 - May 1997

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 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 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 Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeCommons Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and DisinformationCommons Defence CommitteeCommons Defence Sub-CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

56 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 28 July (HL9517), what assessment they have made of the current living conditions for Palestinians in Gaza.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 6 Oct 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 25 July (HL9514), what assessment they have made of the current availability and supply of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 6 Oct 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 28 July (HL9516), what further assessment they have made of the current access to healthcare for Palestinians in Gaza.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 6 Oct 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 25 July (HL9515), what further assessment they have made of reported deaths of Palestinians trying to access distribution points for humanitarian aid.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 6 Oct 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 18 September (HL Deb col 2400), whether they will approach the relevant international court to seek a determination as to whether Israel has committed genocide in

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 19 Sep 2025

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Positions Held

Shadow Minister (Children, Young People and Families)

HM Official Opposition

May 2010 - Jun 2010

Minister of State (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Children, Young People and Families)

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Jun 2009 - May 2010

Minister of State (Department of Health) (Public Health)

Department of Health

Jun 2007 - Jun 2009

Paymaster General (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury

Jan 1999 - Jun 2007

Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury

May 1997 - Jan 1999

Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury)

HM Treasury

Jun 1994 - Jun 1997

Shadow Spokesperson (Health)

Department of Health

Jun 1992 - Jun 1994

Constituencies

Bristol South

Elected 1 time

May 2010 - Mar 2015

Bristol South

Elected 3 times

May 1997 - May 2010

Bristol South

Elected 2 times

Jun 1987 - May 1997