Baroness Pinnock

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Levelling Up, Communities and Local Government)

Liberal Democrat Peer

Recent appearances

  • West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 - Motion to Approve: Amendment to the Motion 13 Mar 2024

    My Lords, I am very pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Bach, has again brought the attention of this House to this difficult issue. I want to emphasise just three points. First, in this country, we have a noble approach to policing, which is policing by consent. It seems to me that policing by consent should also include policing by consent of our elected local representatives. In this case,...
  • Pollution in Rivers and Regulation of Private Water Companies - Motion to Take Note 29 Feb 2024

    My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville for tabling this very important topic for debate. She has described the consequences for our rivers of discharging raw sewage from storm overflows; the health problems that follow can be very serious, but I will start with some history. Nearly 170 years ago, sewage was discharged into the rivers that served our great...
  • Housing Benefit: Temporary Accommodation - Question 28 Feb 2024

    My Lords, I have relevant interests in this issue. Does the noble Lord agree that it is not just the excessive cost of temporary accommodation that we should be thinking about but the huge disruption to family life and children’s education when they have to move into temporary housing? At the heart of it is the huge loss of social housing; in my own council, there are 20,000 fewer houses...

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Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 27 October 2014

Currently held offices

  • Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Levelling Up, Communities and Local Government) (since 19 Sep 2021)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Public Services Committee (13 Feb 2020 to 31 Jan 2023)
  • Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government) (28 Oct 2016 to 18 Sep 2021)
  • Member, EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee (12 Jun 2015 to 2 Jul 2019)

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