Baroness Blake of Leeds

Labour

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Area

Department for Education

Current Role

Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

HM Household

Jul 2024 - Present

Shadow Spokesperson (Energy and Net Zero)

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Feb 2023 - Jul 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Business and Trade)

Department for Business and Trade

Feb 2023 - Jul 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and International Trade)

Department for International Trade

Dec 2021 - Feb 2023

Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Housing)

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Whips Office (Lords)

May 2021 - Oct 2023

Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

May 2021 - Sept 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Housing)

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

May 2021 - Sept 2021

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

3 questions on record

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide an update on the progress made towards improving children’s social workers’ ability to identify and respond to child sexual abuse as part of the Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy, publishe

Answered

To: Department for Education • 24 Jun 2021

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide an update on their work with the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse to support Designated Safeguarding Leads in schools to identify and respond to child sexual abuse.

Answered

To: Department for Education • 24 Jun 2021

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the knowledge and understanding school Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) have of child sexual abuse; and what training DSLs receive to help them to respond appropriately.

Answered

To: Department for Education • 24 Jun 2021

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Positions Held

Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

HM Household

Jul 2024 - Present

Shadow Spokesperson (Energy and Net Zero)

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Feb 2023 - Jul 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Business and Trade)

Department for Business and Trade

Feb 2023 - Jul 2024

Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and International Trade)

Department for International Trade

Dec 2021 - Feb 2023

Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Housing)

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Whips Office (Lords)

May 2021 - Oct 2023

Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

May 2021 - Sept 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Housing)

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

May 2021 - Sept 2021