The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch's full title is The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch. Her name is Margaret Beryl Jones, 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.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
119
115 meetings ·
0 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
4 overseas trips
· 2024-07-01 → 2025-09-30
Total overseas travel cost
£8,125
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 115
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | Information Commissioner's Office; techUK; Data and Marketing Association; UK Finance; Centre for Information Policy Leadership; Advertising Association; Startup Coalition; Professional Publishers Association | To discuss the Data (Use and Access) Bill. | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-09-02 | Katja Faber | To discuss dating apps and violent criminals | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-07-28 | PlayStation and Sony | To discuss new parental controls, artificial intelligence, and creative industry skills development | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-07-24 | VictimFocus - Dr Jessica Taylor | To discuss online safety | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-07-23 | TechUK, UK Finance, Victim Support, National Trading Standards, British Retail Consortium, Google, Youtube, Meta, Communciations Crime Strategy Group | To discuss tackling fraud | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-07-17 | British Chambers of Commerce | To discuss the Employment Rights Bill | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2025-07-16 | Rail and Maritime Trade Union | To discuss the Employment Rights Bill | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2025-07-15 | Centre for Countering Digital Hate Panel (MP for Southport, Met Police Counter Terrorism Unit, Ofcom, CCDH) | To discuss the role of social media in the Southport disorder and steps that have been taken to address this | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-07-14 | Zelda Perkins | To discuss the Employment Rights Bill | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2025-07-08 | AI for Good UK Reception - Attendees included governments, industry and civil society | To bring together experts to accelerate international collaboration to shape the future of AI | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-07-03 | Haleon | To celebrate the groundbreaking on their Global Oral Health Innovation Centre in Weybridge | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-07-02 | Sophie Huskisson, Political Correspondent, The Mirror and Steph Spyro, Deputy Political Editor, The Express | To discuss online safety | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-06-30 | Phil Smith | To discuss the digital skills council | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-06-27 | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers | To discuss domain names and the internet. | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-06-26 | International Chamber of Commerce | To discuss the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-06-26 | Internet Engineering Task Force | To discuss internet standards. | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-06-23 | Founders Forum | To discuss the industrial strategy | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-06-23 | Manchester Digital | To discuss the industrial strategy | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-06-17 | Airlines UK | To discuss the Employment Rights Bill | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2025-06-12 | Manchester Digital, Tramshed Tech, TechEast, TechSpark, Sussex Innovation, Sunderland Software City, Sheffield Digital | To discuss regional tech ecosystems | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-08 → 2025-07-10 |
Geneva, Switzerland
Scheduled flight
|
To attend the UN AI for Good Summit and the World Summit on the Information Society | £775 |
| 2025-06-25 → 2025-06-27 |
Lillestrom, Norway
Scheduled Flight
|
To attend the UN IGF conference | £1,070 |
| 2025-05-25 → 2025-05-30 |
Sentosa Island, Singapore
Scheduled Flight
|
To attend Asia Tech Week | £5,978 |
| 2024-11-20 → 2024-11-22 |
Geneva, Switzerland
Scheduled flight
|
To make a keynote speech at the WTO AI Conference and meet key stakeholders. | £302 |
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Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
4 Content(2.5%)
147 Not-Content(90.7%)
11 didn't vote(6.8%)
2026-04-27
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Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-05-20
King’s Speech
My Lords, I am pleased to speak in this debate on the gracious Speech and to welcome the focus on public sector reform and delivery. This is my first intervention since I was appointed the chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. As n
2026-03-09
British Business Bank
To ask His Majesty’s Government what criteria are used by the British Business Bank when investing in UK businesses.
2026-03-09
British Business Bank
I thank my noble friend for that. The additional funding that has been given to the British Business Bank is welcome, but will it be encouraged to take higher risk stakes in some of our more innovative companies? Can we be assured that it has the expert
2026-02-25
AI: Labour Market Changes
My Lords, the launch of the AI and the Future of Work Unit is of course very welcome, but how will it account for the varied AI growth opportunities around the country, which might be very different from place to place? It is important that we ensure tha
2026-02-24
Quantum Technology
My Lords, given the worrying flow of some UK quantum companies taking money from or moving abroad, particularly to the US, in search of additional funding, is my noble friend the Minister confident that we are doing enough to map where in the UK the expe
2026-01-27
Best Start Family Hubs
My Lords, the evidence on the impact of early years investment is compelling, as my noble friend the Minister has outlined. It matters for health, growth, skills and employment—almost every outcome we can imagine is improved by early intervention. What s
2026-01-27
Best Start Family Hubs
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the expected impact of the new Best Start Family Hubs in England.
2026-01-22
Retail and Hospitality Sector
My Lords, it gives me great pleasure to welcome my noble friend Lord John and thank him for his excellent maiden speech, which was both entertaining and wise, as befits a barrister of over 25 years’ standing. I am sure we were all impressed by his knowle
2026-01-20
Parental Leave and Pay Review
My noble friend has described all the action being taken already on this issue, which was a very important part of our debate on the Employment Rights Bill. We heard some compelling arguments then about the importance of making progress on this issue. In
2026-01-08
New Homes: Target
My Lords, there are more than 250,000 empty homes in this country, and that number is rising. What are the Government doing to tackle that scourge of empty properties, as surely it is the quickest way of tackling some of the housing crisis that we face?
2025-12-15
Technology Adoption Review
My Lords, among its many findings, the review identified that there is a proliferation of different business support schemes designed to improve technology adoption and productivity. Many of these are short lived, their impact is variable and they are ha
2025-12-15
Technology Adoption Review
To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in implementing the recommendations of the Technology Adoption Review.
My Lords, it is becoming increasingly apparent that overseas, in different countries, there are huge numbers of almost industrial-scale scams going on. Will the new fraud strategy include a way of tackling some of the international problems that we have?
My Lords, on the assumption that we get approval on 27 December, will my noble friend the Minister move quickly to make sure, as per the economic reset with the EU, that we reduce trade barriers and boost economic growth, which has been held back in thi
My Lords, while it is of course important that platforms maintain the standards Ofcom has set for them, does my noble friend the Minister also agree that parents have an important role to play in all of this to make sure that the parental controls on dev
2025-11-17
Artificial Intelligence Legislation
My Lords, given the concerns that exist about the misuse of AI by pernicious actors, can my noble friend the Minister reassure the House that the Government are regularly stress-testing these threats, that we are preparing robust answers to them and that
2025-11-03
AI: Workforce Training
My Lords, it is a real challenge to get the workforce in the 5 million or so SMEs to embrace the advantages of AI while obviously understanding the pitfalls as well. What are the Government doing to make sure that SMEs do not get left behind in the techn
2025-09-11
Merck Research Site
My Lords, although this news is very disappointing, can my noble friend say something about the bigger picture? My understanding is that a number of other companies are continuing to invest here and that our dedicated life sciences action plan is being w
2025-09-04
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
My Lords, I have not seen that piece of advice. I assure noble Lords that, as those discussions continue, we will continue to keep Parliament updated, no doubt in your Lordships’ Chamber as well as through our standing parliamentary committees.
2025-09-04
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
My Lords, as I have said, the discussions are only just beginning, and we will set out more details, including with respect to our other trade obligations. I assure the noble Lord that we will do everything we can to remove a lot of the red tape that was
2025-09-04
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
That issue will be discussed as part of these agreements; it is not specific to the discussions that we are having at the moment. I remind noble Lords that we see ourselves as a global trading partner: the fact that we already have deals with India and t
2025-09-04
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
We will maintain our SPS standards, as I have consistently said. I remind noble Lords that the EU remains the UK’s largest trading partner for agri-food and vice versa, so there are huge benefits in maintaining or re-establishing a lot of those European
2025-09-04
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
The answer to that is no.
2025-09-04
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
My Lords, these issues are, as ever, discussed at the CPTPP ministerial meetings. We have assured all those partners that we will maintain our existing agricultural standards, as I have confirmed.
2025-09-04
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
My Lords, we remain committed to our high agriculture and food standards. As the Trade and Agriculture Commission report has confirmed, all food and drink products imported into the UK will still have to meet our existing import, food safety and biosecur
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Register of Interests · 2 entries on file
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Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Chair, Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas)
registered 2026-04-01
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Business and Trade, and Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) (interest ceased 7 September 2025)
registered 2024-07-12 · amended 2025-09-08
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Party history
2006-06-05 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-07-09 → 2025-09-07
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
2024-07-09 → 2025-09-07
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
2024-07-09 → 2025-09-07
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
2023-10-27 → 2024-07-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Science, Innovation and Technology)
2015-09-18 → 2022-07-21
Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
2011-10-17 → 2015-09-18
Shadow Spokesperson (Education)
2010-10-13 → 2014-10-13
Shadow Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)
2010-10-08 → 2011-09-05
Opposition Whip (Lords)
Committee memberships
2007-11-14 → 2010-05-06
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2008-05-13 → 2008-07-22
Draft Marine Bill (Joint Committee)
2023-01-31 → 2024-01-31
Environment and Climate Change Committee
2023-01-31 → 2023-10-26
Horticultural Sector Committee
2026-01-27 → present
Science and Technology Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
jonesmag@parliament.uk
020 7219 8272 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 4 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for National Parks
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 6 | 2024-07-02 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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date.
Historic bills (all-time)
3 bills
1 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act | Supported | Royal Assent | 2025-04-12 | |
| Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2024-10-23 | |
| Shark Fins Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2022-06-15 |
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introduction. Sorted newest first.