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Official portrait of The Baroness Watkins of Tavistock

The Baroness Watkins of Tavistock

Crossbench Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Watkins of Tavistock's full title is The Baroness Watkins of Tavistock. Her name is Mary Jane Watkins, 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

2015-11-02present
Crossbench current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2016-05-252017-04-04
Licensing Act 2003 Committee
2019-07-012023-01-31
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2017-06-272018-05-15
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2018-05-152018-07-27
Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill (Joint Committee)
2018-09-042019-04-30
SLSC Sub-Committee B
2024-01-242024-11-14
Preterm Birth Committee
2025-01-302025-10-27
Home-based Working Committee
2026-01-27present
Public Services Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
watkinsm@parliament.uk
020 7219 5459 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Personal assistant
hedgesr@parliament.uk
PA: Rebecca Hedges, Kings Building, 16 Smith Square, LONDON, SW1P 3HQ

APPGs (2026) · 4 active officership(s) · 4 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Harm
Subject Group
Vice Chair Alcohol Change UK 8 2024-04-17
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health
Subject Group
Vice Chair 8 2024-05-14
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Intensive Care
Subject Group
Vice Chair 4 2025-03-16
All-Party Parliamentary Health Group
Subject Group
Officer Policy Connect 4 2027-02-15
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

No written questions tabled in 2026.

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)

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
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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