Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 14 August 2024

Previously MP for Barking until 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

Entered the House of Commons on 19 June 1994 — unknown

Also represented Barking

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @margarethodge
• https://facebook.com/MargaretHodgeBarking

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Baroness Hodge of Barking campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Treasury
• Home Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• HM Treasury
• British Overseas Territories: Companies
• Companies: Ownership
• Money Laundering
• Foreign Companies: Registration
• National Crime Agency

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill Committee (17 Apr 2024 to 24 Apr 2024)
• Member, Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee ( 1 Feb 2023 to 8 Feb 2023)
• Member, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill Committee (19 Oct 2022 to 29 Nov 2022)
• Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee ( 2 Nov 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee ( 2 Nov 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion Committee (15 Nov 2016 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (19 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Public Accounts Commission (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (10 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Public Accounts Committee (10 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Culture and Tourism) (12 May 2010 to 10 Jun 2010)
• Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Culture and Tourism) (22 Sep 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism) (29 Jun 2007 to 5 Oct 2008)
• Minister of State (Industry and the Regions) ( 5 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Work) (10 May 2005 to 5 May 2006)
• Minister of State (Education and Skills) (Children) (13 Jun 2003 to 10 May 2005)
• Minister of State (Education and Skills) (Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education) (11 Jun 2001 to 13 Jun 2003)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Employment) (Employment and Equal Opportunities) (28 Jul 1998 to 10 Jun 2001)
• Chair, Education Sub-committee (23 Jul 1997 to 9 Nov 1998)
• Member, Employment Sub-committee (23 Jul 1997 to 9 Nov 1998)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (14 Jul 1997 to 16 Nov 1998)
• Chair, Education & Employment Committee (21 Mar 1997 to 9 Nov 1998)
• Chair, Education & Employment Committee (21 Mar 1997 to 9 Nov 1998)
• Member, Deregulation Committee (26 Feb 1996 to 21 Mar 1997)
• Member, Education & Employment Committee (15 Nov 1995 to 21 Mar 1997)
• Member, Education Sub-committee (15 Nov 1995 to 23 Jul 1997)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill Committee (18 out of 19)
• Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Company Law Reform Bill Committee (22 out of 22)
• Children Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill Committee (6 out of 7)

Recent appearances

• Political Donations: Cap - Question 5 Dec 2024

  My Lords, does the Minister agree that it is vital that the new Government take every step to clean up our politics—on political donations and beyond? Does he agree that, as well as a cap, we need greater transparency in respect of political donations? For example, for all donations over £200, we should know the identity of the donor. Does he also agree that we need to ban all foreign...

• Civil Service: Politicisation - Motion to Take Note 28 Nov 2024

  My Lords, my congratulations go to the noble Lord, Lord Butler, on securing this important debate. I join him in affirming the constitutional importance of an impartial Civil Service, recruited on the basis of merit, whose job is to provide honest, objective and impartial advice delivered with integrity: advice that speaks truth to power and enables the democratically elected Ministers to...

• Higher Education Reform - Statement 5 Nov 2024

  My Lords, I refer noble Lords to my interests in the register. I welcome the Statement. It is high time the Government recognised the financial challenges that face the higher education sector, which were, I am afraid, ignored and swept under the carpet by the previous Government. However, responding to these challenges by raising fees risks making it even more difficult for young people who...

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