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The Baroness Hamwee

Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Hamwee's full title is The Baroness Hamwee. Her name is Sally Rachel Hamwee, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.

Allowance claims · 2026

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Party history

1991-06-06present
Liberal Democrat current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2017-06-172021-04-14
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Immigration)

Committee memberships

1991-11-111994-11-03
Refreshment Sub Committee
1994-11-221997-05-07
House of Lords Offices Committee
2009-11-252014-05-14
Procedure and Privileges Committee
1997-06-092001-05-11
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2008-12-152010-04-08
Economic Affairs Committee
2010-06-092015-03-30
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2010-07-272011-04-26
Leader's Group on Working Practices
2012-05-292013-02-26
Adoption Legislation Committee
2013-05-162014-02-26
Inquiries Act 2005 Committee
2013-10-282013-12-16
Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Bill [HL]
2014-06-122015-02-25
Extradition Law
2026-03-03present
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2017-07-192019-07-01
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2015-07-162017-04-27
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2019-07-012021-03-31
European Union Committee
2019-07-022020-04-23
EU Justice Sub-Committee
2020-04-232021-03-31
EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee
2021-04-142024-01-31
Justice and Home Affairs Committee Chair +£15,928/yr
2024-01-242025-03-28
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
2025-01-30present
Constitution Committee
2026-01-27present
Numeracy for Life Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
hamwees@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 7 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Immigration Detention
Subject Group
Officer Medical Justice 4 2027-04-02
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Showing 11 of 11 tabled 11 answered(100.0%) 1 departments
2026-04-13
Home Office
Asylum: Age Assurance
Answered
2026-03-27
Home Office
Asylum: Age Assurance
Answered
2026-03-27
Home Office
Asylum: Age Assurance
Answered
2026-03-06
Home Office
Refugees: Sponsorship
Answered
2026-03-05
Home Office
Visas: Overseas Students
Answered
2026-03-05
Home Office
Refugees: Families
Answered
2026-03-05
Home Office
Immigration: Refugees
Answered
2026-03-05
Home Office
Immigration: Refugees
Answered
2026-03-05
Home Office
Asylum: Applications
Answered
2026-03-05
Home Office
Immigration: Asylum
Answered
2026-02-24
Home Office
Migrant Workers: Domestic Service
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking member has a register entry it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full question and the department's answer.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are members of either House who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

5 bills 4 as lead sponsor 1 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL] Sponsored Committee stage 2024-09-02
Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2020-01-09
Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2017-06-27
Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017 Supported Royal Assent 2017-01-11
Missing Persons Guardianship Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2016-06-14
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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