Baroness Amos

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
amosv@parliament.uk

Biography

Lords career

Government Whip 1998-2001; Government Spokesperson for: Social Security 1998-2001, International Development 1998-2007, Women's Issues 1998-2001; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2001-03; Secretary of State for International Development 2003; Government Spokesperson for Northern Ireland Office 2003-05; Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council 2003-07; On leave of absence

Councils, public bodies

Council member, Institute of Employment Studies 1993-98; Chair, board of governors, Royal College of Nursing Institute 1994-98

Countries of interest

Sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean, China, India

Name, style and title

Raised to the peerage as Baroness Amos, of Brondesbury in the London Borough of Brent 1997

Register of Interests

Nil

On leave of absence; exempt from registration