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 Work and Pensions

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 Courts and Tribunals BillCommons Courts and Tribunals Bill: Programming Sub CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

122 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 24 March (HL Deb col 1357), what data they hold on the caseload of the First-tier Tribunal regarding rent appeals specifically; and what plans they have to make it pu

Answered

To: Ministry of Justice • 25 Mar 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) landlords, and (2) letting agents are currently listed on the database of rogue landlords and property agents.

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 4 Mar 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of civil penalties issued by local authorities to private landlords over each of the past three years were uncollected.

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 4 Mar 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil penalties were issued to private landlords in each of the past three years; and what the total value of these fines were.

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 4 Mar 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of local authority staff in England available to enforce the Renters’ Rights Act.

Answered

To: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government • 4 Mar 2026

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