Baroness Blower
Labour - Life peer
Joined House of Lords: 15th October 2019
6 APPG Officer Positions (as of 29 Jun 2026)
Airport Communities, Food and Drink, Future Generations, Global Education, Literacy, School Food7 APPG Memberships
Commonwealth, Miscarriages of Justice, Autism, Internet, Communications and Technology, Occupational Safety and Health, Schools, Learning and Assessment, Theatre10 Former APPG Officer Positions
Art, Craft and Design in Education, Family Separation, Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria, Kurds, Oracy, Parental Participation in Education, Pedagogy, Curriculum and Accountability, Race Equality in Education, Showing Racism the Red Card, Teaching ProfessionDivision Voting information
Baroness Blower voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 14 Labour Aye votes vs 88 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 47 Noes - 136
Baroness Blower voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 3 Labour Aye votes vs 147 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 195
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
(18 debate interactions)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
(16 debate interactions)
(14 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(15 debate contributions)
(14 debate contributions)
(11 debate contributions)
(11 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(505 words contributed)
(456 words contributed)
(410 words contributed)
(368 words contributed)
Lords initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Baroness Blower, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
2 Bills introduced by Baroness Blower
A Bill to prohibit state-funded schools from admitting students wholly or partially on the basis of criteria relating to ability or aptitude; and for connected purposes
Friday 2nd December 2022
A bill to make provision to ensure the mental health needs of individuals sentenced to detention and imprisonment for public protection are met; and for connected purposes.
Monday 15th June 2026
Baroness Blower has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 3 Written Questions
(View all written questions)The department recognises that the delay in delivering exam results is unacceptable and has created additional work, uncertainty and frustration for schools at an already busy time of year. Pupils, parents and staff rightly expect the system to work effectively. Pearson are fully responsible and have apologised for their failure to deliver the key stage 2 results on time and for the impact this has had on schools, pupils and parents.
The former Secretary of State for Education listened to feedback from schools about the original revised deadline of 24 July for applications for marking and clerical reviews of pupils' scripts, in which schools made clear the practical difficulties this would create where summer holidays had already commenced, or would shortly begin after results were returned. In response, the former Secretary of State for Education approved an extension to the review application deadline until 7 September 2026. This will provide schools with more time to consider results, and submit any review requests, where appropriate, during term time.
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme, although aimed at those children in receipt of benefits-related free school meals (FSM), is not exclusively for them. As set out in the HAF guidance, while the majority of funding that local authorities receive should be used for holiday club places for children in receipt of FSM, local authorities have discretion to use up to 15% of their funding to provide free or subsidised holiday club places for children who are not in receipt of benefits-related FSM, but who the local authority believe could benefit from HAF provision.
Many holiday clubs provide a mixture of HAF and paid-for places for children. Where this is the case, children funded through HAF must be provided with the same food and treated equally.
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
As part of our intensive diplomatic engagement with international partners, and in discussions with the interim Syrian authorities, we have consistently advocated for an inclusive political transition and underlined the importance of protecting the rights of religious and ethnic minorities. The Foreign Secretary raised this most recently with interim Foreign Minister Al Shaybani at the International Contact Group for Syria in Riyadh on 12 January. We want to see a political transition process which leads to an inclusive, non-sectarian and representative government. We will continue to work with our international partners in support of this.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)