Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

Liberal Democrat

MP for Life peer

Top Focus Areas

Department for Work and PensionsDepartment for Communities and Local GovernmentDepartment for EducationDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)

Opposition Department

Oct 2017 - Sept 2020

Liberal Democrat Chief Whip

HM Treasury

Jan 1992 - Dec 1997

Constituencies

Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Elected 2 times

May 1997 - May 2005

Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Elected 3 times

Jun 1983 - May 1997

Party History

Liberal Democrat

Mar 1988 - Sept 2020

Liberal

Jun 1983 - Mar 1988

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

58 questions on record

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the effectiveness of (1) the process for applying for, and (2) the application of the policy for, temporary absences from home on medical grounds for (a) Housing Benefit, and (b) Universal Cre

Answered

To: Department for Work and Pensions • 15 Jul 2020

To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance is given to those making decisions on applications by Universal Credit claimants for a temporary absence from home on medical grounds during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Answered

To: Department for Work and Pensions • 15 Jul 2020

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Housing Benefit claimants who (1) are currently self-isolating or shielding from COVID-19, and (2) are temporarily absent from their main dwelling within the UK and who intend to return when medically safe to do so

Answered

To: Department for Work and Pensions • 15 Jul 2020

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Department for Work and Pensions assessors are currently tasked with carrying out telephone assessments for eligibility to disability benefits.

Answered

To: Department for Work and Pensions • 24 Mar 2020

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to redeploying those health professionals currently under contract to the Department for Work and Pensions and employed by the assessment provider companies Maximus, Capita and Atos to rol

Answered

To: Department for Work and Pensions • 24 Mar 2020

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