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Government Spokespersons


Government departments and their Ministers, Spokespersons and Whips in the House of Lords:

Leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Rt Hon. the Lord Hill of Oareford

Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Rt Hon. the Lord McNally

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Minister: Viscount Younger of Leckie
Minister: Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint (Trade and Investment)
Spokesperson (Higher Education): Baroness Garden of Frognal
Whip: Lord Popat

Cabinet Office
Spokesperson: Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Whip: Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Department for Communities and Local Government
Minister: Baroness Hanham
Minister: Rt Hon. the Baroness Warsi (Faith and Communities)
Whip: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Spokesperson: Lord Gardiner of Kimble
Spokesperson: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Women and Equalities)
Whip: Baroness Northover (Culture, Media and Sport - except broadcasting - and Women and Equalities)
Whip: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Broadcasting only)

Ministry of Defence
Minister: Lord Astor of Hever
Whip: Baroness Garden of Frognal

Department for Education
Minister: Lord Nash
Whip: Baroness Garden of Frognal

Department of Energy and Climate Change
Minister: Baroness Verma
Whip: Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Minister: Lord de Mauley
Whip: Baroness Northover

Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Minister: Rt Hon. the Baroness Warsi
Minister: Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint (Trade and Investment)
Whip: Lord Wallace of Saltaire

Department of Health
Minister: Rt Hon. the Earl Howe
Whip: Baroness Northover

Home Office
Minister: Lord Taylor of Holbeach
Whip: Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Whip: Earl Attlee (Immigration)

Department for International Development
Spokesperson: Baroness Northover
Whip: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Ministry of Justice
Minister: Rt Hon Lord McNally
Whip: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Law Officers
Advocate General for Scotland: Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC
Whip: Earl Attlee

Northern Ireland Office
Spokesperson: Baroness Randerson
Whip: Earl Attlee

Scotland Office
Spokesperson: Rt Hon. the Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC
Whip: Earl Attlee

Department for Transport
Spokesperson: Earl Attlee
Whip: Lord Popat

HM Treasury
Minister (Commercial Secretary): Lord Deighton KBE
Spokesperson and Whip: Lord Newby OBE

Wales Office
Minister: Baroness Randerson
Whip: Earl Attlee

Department for Work and Pensions
Minister: Lord Freud
Spokesperson and Whip: Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE

House of Lords Government Whips:

Government Chief Whip and Captain of the Gentleman at Arms
Rt Hon. the Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE

Government Deputy Chief Whip and Captain of The Queen's Bodyguard of the
Yeomen of the Guard

The Lord Newby OBE

Whips (Baronesses and Lords in Waiting)
The Baroness Garden of Frognal
The Baroness Northover
The Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE
The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The Earl Attlee
The Lord Gardiner of Kimble
The Lord Popat
The Lord Wallace of Saltaire

 
   
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