Baroness Stedman-Scott

Conservative

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department for Work and PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTreasuryWomen and EqualitiesCabinet Office

Current Roles

Shadow Minister (Women and Equalities)
Opposition Whip (Lords)
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow Minister (Women and Equalities)

Government Equalities Office

Nov 2024 - Present

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Whips Office (Lords)

Nov 2024 - Present

Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

Department for Work and Pensions

Sept 2024 - Present

Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Cabinet Office

Sept 2022 - Oct 2022

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sept 2021 - Sept 2022

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

Department for Work and Pensions

Jul 2019 - Dec 2022

Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

HM Household

Oct 2017 - Jul 2019

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 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 Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeCommons Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and DisinformationCommons

Recent Questions

69 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the feasibility study conducted by the University of Birmingham in 2023–24 on the possibility of developing prevalence estimates for female genital mutilation and forced marriage.

Answered

To: Home Office • 15 Jan 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support high street retailers facing rising cost pressures, including increases in employer National Insurance contributions and the National Living Wage; and what assessment they have made of

Answered

To: Department for Business and Trade • 7 Jan 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cumulative impact of business rates, employer National Insurance contributions, and wage regulation on the competitiveness of bricks-and-mortar retailers compared with online-only retai

Answered

To: Department for Business and Trade • 7 Jan 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of jobs lost in the retail sector as a result of high street store closures; and what proportion of those losses they attribute to recent increases in employer National Insurance c

Answered

To: Department for Business and Trade • 7 Jan 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they expect the rate of high street store closures and retail job losses to increase or decrease over the next two years; and on what evidence or modelling that assessment is based.

Answered

To: Department for Business and Trade • 7 Jan 2026

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Positions Held

Shadow Minister (Women and Equalities)

Government Equalities Office

Nov 2024 - Present

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Whips Office (Lords)

Nov 2024 - Present

Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

Department for Work and Pensions

Sept 2024 - Present

Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Cabinet Office

Sept 2022 - Oct 2022

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sept 2021 - Sept 2022

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

Department for Work and Pensions

Jul 2019 - Dec 2022

Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

HM Household

Oct 2017 - Jul 2019