Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

Labour

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department of Health and Social CareMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentCabinet OfficeDepartment for TransportForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Charities)

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Apr 2020 - May 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Wales)

Wales Office

Apr 2020 - May 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office, Constitutional and Devolved issues)

Cabinet Office

Apr 2020 - Oct 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues)

Government Equalities Office

Apr 2020 - Sept 2020

Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

Cabinet Office

Sept 2019 - Oct 2021

Shadow Minister (Exiting the European Union)

Department for Exiting the European Union

Sept 2019 - Jan 2020

Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Labour)

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Sept 2019 - Oct 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

Cabinet Office

Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Jun 2017 - Oct 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Jul 2016 - Jul 2019

Shadow Spokesperson (Exiting the European Union)

Department for Exiting the European Union

Jul 2016 - Jul 2019

Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues)

Government Equalities Office

Sept 2015 - Jan 2017

Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills)

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Sept 2012 - Jul 2016

Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

Cabinet Office

Sept 2012 - Jun 2017

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Whips Office (Lords)

Oct 2011 - Sept 2015

Registered Interests

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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, Innovation, Science and Trade CommitteeCommons Business, Innovation, Science 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 Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) BillCommons Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill: Programming Sub CommitteeCommons 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 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

Recent Questions

550 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to respond to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee report, Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill, published on 27 May 2026.

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 17 Sep 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the single construction regulator as a potential regulator of property managers.

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 17 Sep 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to include an independent regulator of managing agents in the forthcoming Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill.

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 17 Sep 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to Written Statement by the Minister of State for Housing and Planning on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244), what criteria they would use to define the necessary qualifications; which bodies could award these qualificatio

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 17 Sep 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to regulate any part of the property management sector.

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 17 Sep 2026

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Positions Held

Shadow Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Charities)

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Apr 2020 - May 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Wales)

Wales Office

Apr 2020 - May 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office, Constitutional and Devolved issues)

Cabinet Office

Apr 2020 - Oct 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues)

Government Equalities Office

Apr 2020 - Sept 2020

Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

Cabinet Office

Sept 2019 - Oct 2021

Shadow Minister (Exiting the European Union)

Department for Exiting the European Union

Sept 2019 - Jan 2020

Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Labour)

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Sept 2019 - Oct 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

Cabinet Office

Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Jun 2017 - Oct 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Jul 2016 - Jul 2019

Shadow Spokesperson (Exiting the European Union)

Department for Exiting the European Union

Jul 2016 - Jul 2019

Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues)

Government Equalities Office

Sept 2015 - Jan 2017

Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills)

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Sept 2012 - Jul 2016

Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

Cabinet Office

Sept 2012 - Jun 2017

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Whips Office (Lords)

Oct 2011 - Sept 2015