Baroness Hamwee

Liberal Democrat

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Home OfficeMinistry of JusticeDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesTreasuryDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Immigration)

Opposition Department

Jun 2017 - Apr 2021

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

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Committee Memberships

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 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 Court of RefereesCommons Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeCommons Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and DisinformationCommons Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) BillCommons Defence CommitteeCommons Defence Sub-CommitteeCommons Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform CommitteeLords Domestic Abuse Act 2021 CommitteeLords

Recent Questions

173 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that non-EU citizens with digital-only eVisas, lawfully resident in, and with permission to enter, the UK are recognised as having adequate documentation and are not denied boarding.

Answered

To: Home Office • 7 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government for what reason the testing and analysis of Facial Age Estimation technology did not begin on 2 February as anticipated in the tender for the relevant contract.

Answered

To: Home Office • 13 Apr 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have awarded a contract for facial age estimation technology for assessing the age of asylum seekers; and if so, which company that contract has been awarded to.

Answered

To: Home Office • 27 Mar 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 20 October 2025, what recent progress they have made in the testing of facial age estimation technology for assessing the age of asylum seekers.

Answered

To: Home Office • 27 Mar 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what impact they expect the recently-announced package of changes to the Immigration Rules to have on organisations supporting refugees and asylum seekers.

Answered

To: Home Office • 5 Mar 2026

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