Lord Collins of Highbury

Labour

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeForeign and Commonwealth OfficeDepartment for International DevelopmentHome OfficeDepartment for Business and Trade

Current Roles

Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Lords Spokesperson (Equalities)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

HM Household

Sept 2025 - Present

Lords Spokesperson (Equalities)

Government Equalities Office

Oct 2024 - Present

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

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jul 2024 - Present

Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Jul 2024 - Present

Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

HM Household

Jul 2024 - Dec 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues)

Government Equalities Office

Feb 2023 - Jul 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

Cabinet Office

Feb 2023 - Oct 2023

Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Oct 2021 - Jul 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and International Development)

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sept 2020 - Jul 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues)

Government Equalities Office

Apr 2020 - Sept 2020

Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sept 2015 - Sept 2020

Shadow Spokesperson (International Development)

Department for International Development

Mar 2013 - Sept 2020

Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)

Department for Work and Pensions

Sept 2012 - Mar 2013

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Whips Office (Lords)

Oct 2011 - Jul 2024

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

71 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the right to take industrial action in the UK, as set out by Convention 87 of the International Labour Organization, is protected.

Answered

To: Department for Business and Trade • 21 May 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government what, if any, representations they have made in relation to the International Court of Justice case relating to the right to take industrial action under the International Labour Organization’s Convention 87.

Answered

To: Department for Business and Trade • 21 May 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding (1) the closure of the village of al-Mughayyir for three weeks, and (2) the arrest of 50 of al-Mughayyir’s residents.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 20 Jul 2023

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking following the adoption of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2669 on the situation in Myanmar.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 6 Feb 2023

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase their provision of humanitarian aid to the government of Myanmar; and what assessment they have made of the change in the needs of the population of that country since the military took cont

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 6 Feb 2023

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Positions Held

Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

HM Household

Sept 2025 - Present

Lords Spokesperson (Equalities)

Government Equalities Office

Oct 2024 - Present

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

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jul 2024 - Present

Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Jul 2024 - Present

Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

HM Household

Jul 2024 - Dec 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues)

Government Equalities Office

Feb 2023 - Jul 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

Cabinet Office

Feb 2023 - Oct 2023

Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Office of the Leader of the House of Lords

Oct 2021 - Jul 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and International Development)

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sept 2020 - Jul 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues)

Government Equalities Office

Apr 2020 - Sept 2020

Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sept 2015 - Sept 2020

Shadow Spokesperson (International Development)

Department for International Development

Mar 2013 - Sept 2020

Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)

Department for Work and Pensions

Sept 2012 - Mar 2013

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Whips Office (Lords)

Oct 2011 - Jul 2024