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Lords Spokespersons have the same constitutional position as departmental ministers. Their role in the House of Lords is to be the Government’s representative. A Lords Spokesperson has an active role at the despatch box promoting and defending departmental policy which...
Lords spokesperson on equalities.
The Prime Minister spoke to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, shortly after taking office this afternoon.
Jocelyn Waller is the UK Government’s Arabic Spokesperson for the Middle East and North Africa region, based in the UK’s Arabic Media Hub in Dubai. Jocelyn’s previous roles include: Head of the Economic and Recovery team in the UK’s Embassy...
Baroness Northover was appointed to the role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development on 4 November 2014. She was previously Lead Government Spokesperson in the House of Lords for DFID from September 2011 to...
Lord Wallace was appointed as a Lord in Waiting in 2010. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 2012. He is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. Spokesperson in the Lords for the Cabinet Office and Whip...
Dave Pares was the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesperson from February 2024 to October 2025.
Lord Collins of Highbury was appointed Deputy Leader of the House of Lords on 8 October 2024 and UK Special Envoy for LGBT+ Rights on 29 June 2026. He was additionally appointed jointly Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities)...
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