Baroness Morris of Yardley

Labour

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

morrise@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department for EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareLeader of the House of Lords

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Arts)

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Jun 2003 - May 2005

Secretary of State for Education and Skills

Department for Education and Skills

Jun 2001 - Oct 2002

Minister of State (Department for Education and Employment) (School Standards)

Department for Education and Employment

Jul 1998 - Jun 2001

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Employment)

Department for Education and Employment

May 1997 - Jul 1998

Constituencies

Birmingham, Yardley

Elected 2 times

May 1997 - May 2005

Birmingham, Yardley

Elected 1 time

Apr 1992 - 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

21 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they are developing to create a barcoded stock management system for medicines, akin to the EU's falsified medicines directive.

Answered

To: Department of Health and Social Care • 11 Nov 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made on where medicine shortage sits on the Department for Health and Social Care risk register, and what is its corresponding 'RAG' rating.

Answered

To: Department of Health and Social Care • 11 Nov 2025

To ask the Leader of the House when she expects His Majesty's Government to provide a response to the report of the Public Services Committee Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people (1st Report, HL Paper 12) which

Answered

To: Leader of the House of Lords • 6 May 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken by NHS England to ensure that supplies of wigs contracted by the NHS offer a full range, including those appropriate for people of colour.

Answered

To: Department of Health and Social Care • 22 Jan 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (1) the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access, and (2) the alternative statutory scheme, on the cost of homecare medicines services to the NHS.

Answered

To: Department of Health and Social Care • 24 Jul 2023

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Positions Held

Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Arts)

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Jun 2003 - May 2005

Secretary of State for Education and Skills

Department for Education and Skills

Jun 2001 - Oct 2002

Minister of State (Department for Education and Employment) (School Standards)

Department for Education and Employment

Jul 1998 - Jun 2001

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Employment)

Department for Education and Employment

May 1997 - Jul 1998

Constituencies

Birmingham, Yardley

Elected 2 times

May 1997 - May 2005

Birmingham, Yardley

Elected 1 time

Apr 1992 - May 1997