Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Labour

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Home OfficeDepartment for Education

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Oct 2010 - Sept 2011

Minister of State (Middle East)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Jun 2003 - May 2005

Minister for Trade and Investment and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (also Department of Trade and Industry)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Jun 2001 - Jun 2003

Minister of State (Trade and Investment) Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (also FCO)

Department of Trade and Industry

Jun 2001 - Jun 2003

Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Jun 2001 - May 2005

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

4 questions on record

To ask Her Majesty's Government which Ministers, if any, were present at the presentation to the Department for Education on the threat of radicalisation in Birmingham schools given by head teacher Tim Boyes in 2010.

Answered

To: Department for Education • 12 Jun 2014

To ask Her Majesty's Government what particular projects under the Department of Health and the Department for Education will be funded in the current spending review period as a result of the allocation of £40 million for specialist domestic and sexual v

Answered

To: Home Office • 12 Jun 2014

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £40 million ring-fenced funding for specialist domestic and sexual violence services will be allocated to the Department of Health, and how much to the Department for Education.

Answered

To: Home Office • 12 Jun 2014

To ask Her Majesty's Government what projects other than refuges for women who are the victims of sexual violence will be set up by the Home Office with the £28 million for the spending review period allocated by the Home Office for specialist domestic an

Answered

To: Home Office • 12 Jun 2014

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Positions Held

Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Oct 2010 - Sept 2011

Minister of State (Middle East)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Jun 2003 - May 2005

Minister for Trade and Investment and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (also Department of Trade and Industry)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Jun 2001 - Jun 2003

Minister of State (Trade and Investment) Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (also FCO)

Department of Trade and Industry

Jun 2001 - Jun 2003

Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Jun 2001 - May 2005