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Former Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1999

Left the House of Lords on 10 January 2019

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Social Mobility Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 16 Mar 2016)
• Member, Works of Art Committee (Lords) (25 Nov 2009 to 14 May 2014)
• Member, Constitution Committee (28 Jun 2001 to 18 Nov 2004)

Recent appearances

• Universal Credit - Motion to Take Note 16 Nov 2017

  My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Hollis. We met in the corridor and, within 10 minutes, I found myself putting my name down to speak—something I had had no intention of doing when I started my journey. When I began to read and to receive information on this subject, I realised that I was living in cloud-cuckoo-land. It was devastating for me, who thought that I cared about people. So...

• Race Disparity Audit - Statement 10 Oct 2017

  My Lords, I did not intend to say anything on race, because I have spoken for 60 years in this country. There have been many changes, but we are not talking about black people—this is about white people, and the Aryan myth of white superiority. I would be very grateful if somebody did some sort of exercise to bring forth that myth of white superiority. We forget that education came from...

• International Women’s Day - Motion to Take Note 9 Mar 2017

  My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Shields, for initiating this debate and for her generous introduction to it. I think that we all enjoyed it and learned from it. It seems only yesterday that I had the privilege to stand before your Lordships in this very Chamber to mark the 100th anniversary of the International Women’s Day movement. Today, I begin with a quote from the esteemed...

More of Baroness Howells of St Davids’s recent appearances