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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.
With all complex clinical trials, MHRA’s top priority is the safety and wellbeing of the trial participants
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...
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...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE was Minister of State at the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero from 9 July 2024 to 22 May 2025. Education Lord Hunt studied at Leeds University. Political career Lord Hunt was Deputy...
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...
Lord Young of Cookham was a Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) from 25 July 2016 to 29 August 2019. In January 2017 he was appointed Lords Spokesperson for the Cabinet Office and Lord in Waiting (Government Whip) He was re-appointed...
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