Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

Labour

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyDepartment of Health and Social CareDepartment for Education

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Jul 2024 - Sept 2025

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Department for Business and Trade

Jul 2024 - Sept 2025

Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

HM Household

Jul 2024 - Sept 2025

Shadow Spokesperson (Science, Innovation and Technology)

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Oct 2023 - Jul 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sept 2015 - Jul 2022

Shadow Spokesperson (Education)

Department for Education

Oct 2011 - Sept 2015

Shadow Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Oct 2010 - Oct 2014

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Whips Office (Lords)

Oct 2010 - Sept 2011

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

612 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of the population they estimate will be digitally literate by 2030.

Answered

To: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology • 24 Apr 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for reviewing the social tariff for broadband subscriptions, given Ofcom’s report of the low update of the current scheme.

Answered

To: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology • 24 Apr 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to update the Digital skills and inclusion policy published on 5 April 2017, and when they plan to publish an updated version.

Answered

To: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology • 24 Apr 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government how the AI Safety Institute, launched in November 2023, will report its findings, risk analysis and recommendations to Parliament.

Answered

To: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology • 24 Apr 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to draft new legislation to regulate the growth of artificial intelligence applications.

Answered

To: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology • 17 Apr 2024

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Positions Held

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Jul 2024 - Sept 2025

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Department for Business and Trade

Jul 2024 - Sept 2025

Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

HM Household

Jul 2024 - Sept 2025

Shadow Spokesperson (Science, Innovation and Technology)

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Oct 2023 - Jul 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sept 2015 - Jul 2022

Shadow Spokesperson (Education)

Department for Education

Oct 2011 - Sept 2015

Shadow Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Oct 2010 - Oct 2014

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Whips Office (Lords)

Oct 2010 - Sept 2011