The Rt Hon. the Baroness Featherstone
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Featherstone's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Featherstone. Her name is Lynne Choona Featherstone, 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
2005-05-05 → present
Liberal Democrat
current
Government posts
2014-11-04 → 2015-05-08
Minister of State (Home Office)
2012-09-06 → 2014-11-04
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Development)
2010-05-17 → 2012-09-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
2010-05-12 → 2011-04-26
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Government Equalities Office)
Opposition posts
2015-11-30 → 2019-02-08
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)
2008-10-07 → 2010-05-06
Liberal Democrat Spokeperson (Children, Schools and Families)
2006-03-03 → 2007-12-20
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)
2006-03-03 → 2007-12-20
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Development)
2005-05-10 → 2006-03-03
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Home Affairs)
Committee memberships
2005-07-12 → 2006-05-22
Environmental Audit Committee
2021-01-28 → 2024-01-31
Communications and Digital Committee
2025-01-30 → 2025-10-27
Home-based Working Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
featherstonel@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | The Haemophilia Society | 4 | 2027-04-17 |
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
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11
of 11 tabled
11 answered(100.0%)
2
departments
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)
2 bills
2 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Emission Reductions Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-18 | |
| Carbon Emission Reductions Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2016-06-15 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.