Laura Farris
Conservative
Newbury
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Laura Farris is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Newbury, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£0
/ £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
13
13 meetings ·
0 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
0 overseas trips
· 2024-01-01 → 2024-06-30
Recent meetings
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-22 | Director, End Violence Against Women Coalition, Director Centre for Woman's Justice, CEO Welsh Women's Aid, CEO, Respect, Director Latin American Women's Right Service, Director Southall Black Sisters, CEO Women's Aid Federation of England, Director Rights of Women, CEO Rape Crisis England & Wales, CEO Refuge, Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Victims Commissioner, Co-Executive Director Imkaan, Chief Executive SignHealth, Suzy Lamplugh Trust, Surviving Economic Abuse, Galop | Violence against women roundtable | home-office |
| 2024-04-30 | Director of the Salvation Army | Anti Trafficking and Modern Slavery | home-office |
| 2024-04-16 | CEO - Suzy Lamplugh trust | National Stalking Awareness Week | home-office |
| 2024-03-26 | Women's Aid | Domestic Abuse Flee Fund, Funding, Operation Soteria, DA Matter Training, Protective Orders | home-office |
| 2024-03-26 | Safelives | Introduction into their Charity and to discuss their Domestic Abuse training programme for Multi Agencies | home-office |
| 2024-03-25 | Katy Balls - Political Editor - Spectator | Podcast - Women with Balls | home-office |
| 2024-03-12 | Hourglass | Abuse of Older people and Supporting Safer Ageing | home-office |
| 2024-03-04 | Safeguarding Alliance | To discuss registered sex offender name changes | home-office |
| 2024-02-29 | CWJ - Centre for Women's Justice | Discussion to call for a change in the Law and Practices- increasing investment into Women and Girls specialist services | home-office |
| 2024-02-28 | Victim Support | Introduction with an Independent Charity providing a range of support to victims - Domestic abuse and Hate crime | home-office |
| 2024-02-08 | SEA - Surviving Domestic Abuse | Introduction and to raise awareness of Economic Abuse | home-office |
| 2024-02-08 | AAFDA - Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse - CEO | Introduction and to Discuss Domestic Homicide and Domestic Violence | home-office |
| 2024-01-08 | Refuge | Introduction Meeting to discuss their work and to meet victims of Domestic Abuse | home-office |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Constituencies represented
2019-12-12 → 2024-05-30
Newbury
Party history
2019-12-12 → 2024-05-30
Conservative
Government posts
2023-11-14 → 2024-07-05
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2020-03-02 → 2022-03-15
Home Affairs Committee
2021-06-08 → 2022-11-29
Justice Committee
2022-03-14 → 2022-10-11
Committee on Standards
2022-03-14 → 2022-10-11
Committee of Privileges
2022-10-19 → 2024-05-30
Speaker's Conference (2022)
2022-10-26 → 2022-11-02
Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill
2023-02-08 → 2023-02-22
Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill
2023-02-22 → 2023-03-01
Child Support (Enforcement) Bill
2023-12-06 → 2024-01-30
Criminal Justice Bill
2024-05-08 → 2024-05-13
Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 13 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Public Legal Education and Pro Bono
Subject Group
|
Chair & Registered Contact | LawWorks | 4 | 2024-01-08 |
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.
Commons votes · 2026
No Commons votes recorded for 2026.
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
MPs who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexually-motivated Manslaughter (Sentencing) Bill | Sponsored | Withdrawn | 2022-06-20 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.