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The Baroness Hoey

Non-affiliated Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Hoey's full title is The Baroness Hoey. Her name is Catharine Letitia Hoey, 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

2020-09-14present
Non-affiliated current
1989-06-152019-11-06
Labour

Government posts

1999-07-292001-06-07
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of National Heritage) (Sport)
1998-07-281999-07-29
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Opposition posts

1992-06-011993-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Women)

Committee memberships

1994-06-271997-03-21
Social Security
2004-03-012005-07-17
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
2017-09-112019-11-06
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2015-07-062017-05-03
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2007-11-092015-03-30
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2015-07-062017-05-03
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
2017-10-302019-11-06
European Scrutiny Committee
2015-07-152017-05-03
European Scrutiny Committee

Contact

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

APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 4 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Heritage
Subject Group
Vice Chair Royal Society of St George 4 2026-11-30
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 16 of 16 tabled 16 answered(100.0%) 5 departments
2026-04-21
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Indian Ocean Territory: Politics and Government
Answered
2026-04-21
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Answered
2026-04-21
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory: Finance
Answered
2026-04-21
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory
Answered
2026-04-21
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory: Powers
Answered
2026-04-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Humanitarian Aid
Answered
2026-04-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Humanitarian Aid
Answered
2026-04-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Mauritius
Answered
2026-03-25
Northern Ireland Office
Civil Proceedings: Northern Ireland
Answered
2026-03-25
Northern Ireland Office
European Convention on Human Rights: Northern Ireland
Answered
2026-02-23
Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Marketing
Answered
2026-01-28
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: USA
Answered
2026-01-14
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Somaliland: Recognition of States
Answered
2026-01-14
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Somaliland: Recognition of States
Answered
2026-01-13
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Playing Fields: Planning Permission
Answered
2026-01-06
Department of Health and Social Care
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
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)

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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