Baroness Thornhill

Liberal Democrat

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentDepartment of Health and Social CareDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesTreasuryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Current Role

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Housing)

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Housing)

Opposition Department

Sept 2021 - Present

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)

Opposition Department

Dec 2015 - May 2016

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

113 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government how many homes for social rent, affordable rent and shared ownership were promised to planning authorities in England as part of section 106 agreements, but not delivered following viability assessments in each financial ye

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 27 Nov 2025

To ask the Leader of the House when she expects a Written Answer to be given to the question asked by Baroness Thornhill on 3 July (HL9096).

Answered

To: Leader of the House of Lords • 24 Jul 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 19 March (HL5631), whether the Collection of Client Level Adult Social Care Data (No 3) Directions 2023 will be revised to mandate collection of data on sex and not gende

Answered

To: Department of Health and Social Care • 3 Jul 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent a two-tier market for shared ownership properties, where new properties have a peppercorn ground rent, lower rent increases, longer leases and protection from repair costs for 10 years

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

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for using the Social and Affordable Homes Programme budget to fund buybacks of unmortgageable flats from shared owners and convert those flats to social rent or other affordab

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

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