Baroness Fookes

Conservative

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsDepartment for EducationMinistry of DefenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

Parliamentary Career

Constituencies

Plymouth, Drake

Elected 3 times

Jun 1983 - May 1997

Plymouth, Drake

Elected 3 times

Feb 1974 - Jun 1983

Merton and Morden

Elected 1 time

Jun 1970 - Feb 1974

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 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 Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill Committee (Lords)Lords 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

41 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of value added tax paid on costs associated with the repair of church buildings in the financial years (1) 2024–25, (2) 2025–26, and (3) 2026–27; and whether the cost of value adde

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To: Department for Culture, Media and Sport • 8 Jun 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ban the import of any poultry, eggs or other poultry by-products that were produced using any type of cage system for the keeping of poultry.

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To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 13 May 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce legislation to ban the keeping of laying hens, pullets and breeder layers in cages.

Answered

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 13 May 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to protect hares and their young during breeding season by establishing a legally enforceable close season for them.

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To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 1 May 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will take account of the role played by environmental horticulture in their definition of green jobs.

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To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 17 Dec 2024

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