Lord Cotter

Liberal Democrat

MP for Life peer

Top Focus Areas

Department of HealthDepartment for EducationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsDepartment for International TradeDepartment for Business, Innovation and Skills

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow Spokesperson

Opposition Department

Jan 1999 - May 2010

Shadow Spokesperson

Opposition Department

May 1997 - Jan 1999

Constituencies

Weston-Super-Mare

Elected 2 times

May 1997 - May 2005

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

No voting records found

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

10 questions on record

Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in establishing a network of trade commissioners to highlight the importance of UK exports and to assist UK companies in exporting their products.

Answered

To: Department for International Trade • 6 Jul 2017

Her Majesty's Government what action they are planning to deal with issues around mental health in schools.

Answered

To: Department for Education • 6 Jul 2017

Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that each school in the UK employs a member of staff with specific experience to address mental health issues.

Answered

To: Department for Education • 6 Jul 2017

Her Majesty's Government what action they will take in response to claims that hospital patients are paying 50p a minute to make telephone calls.

Answered

To: Department of Health • 6 Jul 2017

Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which parity of esteem between the treatment of mental health and physical health is applied across the NHS.

Answered

To: Department of Health • 6 Jul 2017

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