Baroness Hughes of Stretford

Labour

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeDepartment for Transport

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow Spokesperson (Education)

Department for Education

Oct 2010 - Jul 2014

Minister of State (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Children and Youth Justice) (and Minister for the North West)

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Jun 2007 - Jun 2009

Minister of State (Education and Skills) (Children, Young People and Families)

Department for Education and Skills

May 2005 - Jun 2007

Minister of State (Home Office) (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism)

Home Office

May 2002 - Apr 2004

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Home Office

Jun 2001 - May 2002

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions)

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Jul 1999 - Jun 2001

Constituencies

Stretford and Urmston

Elected 3 times

May 1997 - May 2010

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

No voting records found

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

2 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Iran regarding the planned executions of, among others, Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 12 Mar 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of additional runway capacity at (1) Heathrow Airport and (2) Gatwick Airport on regional economic inequalities between the North West and the South East of England.

Answered

To: Department for Transport • 12 Mar 2025

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Positions Held

Shadow Spokesperson (Education)

Department for Education

Oct 2010 - Jul 2014

Minister of State (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Children and Youth Justice) (and Minister for the North West)

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Jun 2007 - Jun 2009

Minister of State (Education and Skills) (Children, Young People and Families)

Department for Education and Skills

May 2005 - Jun 2007

Minister of State (Home Office) (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism)

Home Office

May 2002 - Apr 2004

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Home Office

Jun 2001 - May 2002

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions)

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Jul 1999 - Jun 2001

Constituencies

Stretford and Urmston

Elected 3 times

May 1997 - May 2010