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The Baroness Stedman-Scott OBE

Conservative Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Stedman-Scott's full title is The Baroness Stedman-Scott OBE. Her name is Deborah Stedman-Scott, 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

2010-07-12present
Conservative current

Government posts

2022-09-222022-10-29
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
2021-09-172022-09-22
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
2019-07-292022-12-31
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
2017-10-272019-07-29
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Opposition posts

2024-11-11present
Shadow Minister (Women and Equalities)
2024-11-11present
Opposition Whip (Lords)
2024-09-01present
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

Committee memberships

2010-06-222015-03-30
Information Committee (Lords)
2013-01-092013-06-18
Parliamentary Privilege (Joint Committee)
2015-06-112016-03-16
Social Mobility Committee
2016-05-252017-03-26
Select Committee on Charities
2017-06-292017-10-27
Citizenship and Civic Engagement Committee
2023-01-312025-01-30
Public Services Committee
2024-01-31present
Services Committee

Contact

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

APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Parents
Subject Group
Officer Parentkind 4 2027-03-12
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 13 of 13 tabled 13 answered(100.0%) 5 departments
2026-03-25
Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Parents
Answered
2026-03-25
Department for Education
Childcare
Answered
2026-03-24
Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Funds
Answered
2026-03-24
Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Funds
Answered
2026-03-24
Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Funds
Answered
2026-03-24
Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Funds
Answered
2026-03-24
Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Funds
Answered
2026-01-15
Home Office
Female Genital Mutilation and Forced Marriage
Answered
2026-01-07
Department for Business and Trade
Retail Trade: Redundancy
Answered
2026-01-07
Department for Business and Trade
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
Answered
2026-01-07
Department for Business and Trade
Retail Trade: Closures
Answered
2026-01-07
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
Answered
2026-01-07
Department for Business and Trade
Retail Trade: Competition
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 2 as lead sponsor 3 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Social Security (Additional Payments) Act 2022 Supported Royal Assent 2022-06-15
Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Act 2021 Supported Royal Assent 2021-09-08
Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Act 2020 Supported Royal Assent 2020-09-23
Pension Schemes Act 2021 Sponsored Royal Assent 2020-01-07
Pension Schemes Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2019-10-15
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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