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The Baroness Falkner of Margravine

Crossbench Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Falkner of Margravine's full title is The Baroness Falkner of Margravine. Her name is Kishwer Falkner, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.

Allowance claims · 2026

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Party history

2020-09-03present
Crossbench current
2019-07-252020-09-02
Non-affiliated
2004-06-022019-07-24
Liberal Democrat

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2004-11-302010-05-06
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2006-05-232006-07-25
Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee)
2007-11-152008-07-07
Intergovernmental Organisations Committee
2010-06-222015-03-30
Constitution Committee
2015-12-032017-04-27
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2014-06-122015-03-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2015-06-082019-07-15
European Union Committee
2015-06-122019-07-02
EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee Chair +£15,025/yr
2026-01-27present
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2019-07-012019-10-29
Procedure and Privileges Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
falknerk@parliament.uk
020 7219 2809 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
External or private office
chairandceo@equalityhumanrights.com
020 7219 2809 · House of Lords, Room 4:19, 2 Millbank, LONDON, SW1P 3JU

APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 2 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation
Subject Group
Vice Chair British American Security Information Council 8 2024-05-30
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Showing 36 of 36 tabled 36 answered(100.0%) 8 flagged: member has interest 9 departments
2026-04-16
Women and Equalities
Equality and Human Rights Commission: Codes of Practice
Answered
2026-04-15
Women and Equalities
Equality and Human Rights Commission: Codes of Practice
Answered
2026-03-12
Home Office
Crime: Statistics
Answered
2026-03-09
Home Office
Sexual Harassment
Answered
2026-03-05
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Voting Rights: Commonwealth
Answered
2026-03-05
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Angus Lapsley
Answered
2026-02-27
Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Arms Length Bodies
Answered
2026-02-27
Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Arms Length Bodies
Answered
2026-02-27
Department for Education
Department for Education: Arms Length Bodies
Answered
2026-02-27
Home Office
Home Office: Arms Length Bodies
Answered
2026-02-27
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Arms Length Bodies
Answered
2026-02-27
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Arms Length Bodies
Answered
2026-02-12
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Conditions of Employment
Answered
2026-02-12
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Angus Lapsley
Answered
2026-02-12
Women and Equalities
Equality: Codes of Practice interest
Answered
2026-02-12
Cabinet Office
Arms Length Bodies: Codes of Practice
Answered
2026-01-30
Women and Equalities
Equality and Human Rights Commission: Codes of Practice
Answered
2026-01-22
Women and Equalities
Equality: Codes of Practice interest
Answered
2026-01-22
Women and Equalities
Equality: Codes of Practice interest
Answered
2026-01-22
The Senior Deputy Speaker
House of Lords: Costs
Answered
2026-01-21
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group
Answered
2026-01-21
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group
Answered
2026-01-20
Women and Equalities
Equality: Codes of Practice interest
Answered
2026-01-20
Women and Equalities
Equality: Codes of Practice interest
Answered
2026-01-20
Women and Equalities
Equality: Codes of Practice interest
Answered
2026-01-20
Women and Equalities
Equality: Codes of Practice interest
Answered
2026-01-20
Cabinet Office
Equality: Codes of Practice
Answered
2026-01-20
Women and Equalities
Equality: Codes of Practice interest
Answered
2026-01-15
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Islamophobia
Answered
2026-01-15
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Islamophobia
Answered
2026-01-15
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Islamophobia
Answered
2026-01-15
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Islamophobia
Answered
2026-01-09
Home Office
Bash Back
Answered
2026-01-09
Home Office
Bash Back
Answered
2026-01-09
Home Office
Bash Back
Answered
2026-01-09
Home Office
Bash Back: Convictions
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking member has a register entry it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full question and the department's answer.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are members of either House who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

3 bills 3 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Armed Forces Deployment (Royal Prerogative) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2016-05-24
Armed Forces Deployment (Royal Prerogative) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2015-06-09
Armed Forces Deployment (Royal Prerogative) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2014-06-10
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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