Baroness Buscombe

Conservative

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Home OfficeDepartment for Work and PensionsMinistry of JusticeTreasuryMinistry of Defence

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

Department for Work and Pensions

Jun 2017 - Jul 2019

Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

HM Household

Dec 2016 - Jun 2017

Shadow Minister (Education)

Department for Education

May 2005 - Jan 2007

Shadow Minister (Home, Constitutional and Legal Affairs)

Home Office

Feb 2003 - Nov 2004

Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Nov 2002 - Jun 2005

Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)

Cabinet Office

Dec 1999 - Feb 2001

Shadow Minister (Home, Constitutional and Legal Affairs)

Home Office

Nov 1999 - Nov 2002

Shadow Spokesperson (Social Security)

Department of Social Security

Jun 1999 - Jun 2000

Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry)

Department of Trade and Industry

Jun 1999 - Oct 2000

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

58 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government whether there are trials in any prisons in the north of England regarding preventing prisoners from accessing vapes; and, if so, when they expect the evaluation of those trials to be published.

Answered

To: Ministry of Justice • 22 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to trial the removal of vapes in prisons.

Answered

To: Ministry of Justice • 22 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of fire risk presented in prisons by (1) vapes, and (2) other ignition sources; and what steps they are taking to limit access to vapes and other ignition sources.

Answered

To: Ministry of Justice • 22 Jul 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government how many foreign national offenders released from HMP Huntercombe upon completion of their sentence have, in each of the past two years, not been deported in accordance with their sentence and have subsequently become unacc

Answered

To: Home Office • 10 Jun 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what powers are available to Police Community Support Officers to address serious and organised crime, beyond those relating to intelligence gathering.

Answered

To: Home Office • 10 Jun 2026

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Positions Held

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

Department for Work and Pensions

Jun 2017 - Jul 2019

Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

HM Household

Dec 2016 - Jun 2017

Shadow Minister (Education)

Department for Education

May 2005 - Jan 2007

Shadow Minister (Home, Constitutional and Legal Affairs)

Home Office

Feb 2003 - Nov 2004

Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Nov 2002 - Jun 2005

Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)

Cabinet Office

Dec 1999 - Feb 2001

Shadow Minister (Home, Constitutional and Legal Affairs)

Home Office

Nov 1999 - Nov 2002

Shadow Spokesperson (Social Security)

Department of Social Security

Jun 1999 - Jun 2000

Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry)

Department of Trade and Industry

Jun 1999 - Oct 2000