Lord Shipley

Liberal Democrat

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentDepartment of Health and Social CareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsDepartment for TransportDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Housing)

Opposition Department

Jul 2017 - Jul 2019

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Communities, Decentralisation and the Northern Powerhouse)

Opposition Department

Jun 2015 - Dec 2015

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

114 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of their formula funding of student accommodation to support local authorities in the absence of council tax or business rate income, and of whether this formula should be updated to reflect t

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To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 10 Jun 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their timetable for agreeing changes to the Port of Sunderland Byelaws 1978.

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To: Department for Transport • 10 Jun 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government why they removed the requirement for the adult social care precept to be shown on council tax demand notices sent out by local authorities.

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To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 24 Mar 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Fairer Schools Index developed at the University of Bristol, and its suggestion that the Progress 8 measure understates school achievements in deprived parts of England.

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To: Department for Education • 26 Nov 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to require London North Eastern Railway to run direct services between Sunderland and London King's Cross beyond December 2024.

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To: Department for Transport • 29 Oct 2024

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