Baroness Coussins

Crossbench

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department for EducationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeHome OfficeMinistry of JusticeDepartment of Health and Social Care

Parliamentary Career

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Registered Interests

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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 Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) BillCommons 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 Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) BillCommons Court of RefereesCommons Courts (Remote Hearings) BillCommons Courts and Tribunals BillCommons Courts and Tribunals Bill: Programming Sub CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

328 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether higher education institutions are making adequate impact assessments of higher education institutions' proposals to cut and restructure languages provision with due regard to higher

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To: Department for Education • 23 Mar 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have carried out impact assessments of the closures and restructuring of university language departments, including assessments of (1) the impact of regional 'cold spots' on their ambitions for equal opportunit

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To: Department for Education • 23 Mar 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of recent departmental closures and restructuring announcements from the Universities of Leicester, Nottingham, Heriot-Watt and Essex, what plans they have to ensure the short-term and long-term sustainability

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To: Department for Education • 23 Mar 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to further their commitment in the UK Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan 2023-2027 to support and champion women human rights defenders.

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 23 Feb 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to promote the protection of women human rights defenders in Colombia, especially those supporting victims of sexual- and gender-based violence.

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 23 Feb 2026

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