Baroness Sherlock

Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)

Labour Peer

Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 5 July 2010

Currently held offices

  • Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (since 8 Oct 2013)

Other offices held in the past

  • Shadow Spokesperson (Education) (18 May 2021 to 10 May 2022)
  • Opposition Senior Whip (Lords) (27 May 2015 to 15 Apr 2020)
  • Opposition Whip (Lords) (18 Mar 2013 to 27 May 2015)

Recent appearances

  • Women’s State Pension Age - Statement 26 Mar 2024

    My Lords, I am sure the House will join me in thanking the ombudsman and his staff for all their hard work on this report over a number of years. The product is a serious report that requires serious consideration. The ombudsman has rightly said that it is for the Government to respond but that Parliament should also consider its findings. As my honourable friend Liz Kendall said in the other...
  • Child Poverty - Question 26 Mar 2024

    My Lords, the Minister challenged my noble friend and cited statistics on absolute poverty, which, as we know, is the Government’s favourite measure. The last time we discussed this, on 28 February, the Minister told me that the Government prefer absolute poverty rather than relative poverty as a measure. He said: “The absolute poverty line is fixed in real terms, so it will only ever...
  • Christians: Persecution - Question for Short Debate 25 Mar 2024

    My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Foster, for securing this debate and introducing it so comprehensibly, and to all noble Lords who have spoken. We on these Benches are absolutely committed to the importance of promoting and protecting freedom of religion or belief for all. Since that was questioned as a framework for this debate, it is worth returning to Article 18 of the...

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