Emily Thornberry
Labour - Islington South and Finsbury
First elected: 5th May 2005
Shadow Attorney General
(since November 2021)1 APPG membership (as of 8 Apr 2024)
Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK2 Former APPG memberships
Rule of Law, Sexual and Reproductive HealthDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2019 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
(46 debate interactions)
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
(20 debate interactions)
(15 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(104 debate contributions)
(23 debate contributions)
(19 debate contributions)
(7 debate contributions)
Islington South and Finsbury Petitions
e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
of 11,390 signatures (1.29%)
of 11,745 signatures (1.12%)
of 103,633 signatures (0.59%)
of 268,848 signatures (0.56%)
of 45,537 signatures (0.37%)
of 268,848 signatures (0.56%)
of 103,633 signatures (0.59%)
of 198,790 signatures (0.11%)
of 74,403 signatures (0.25%)
of 45,537 signatures (0.37%)
Latest EDMs signed by Emily Thornberry
Fire and rehire
Tabled by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)That this House notes with alarm the growing number of employers who are dismissing and re-engaging staff on worse pay and terms and conditions, a practice commonly known as fire and rehire; agrees with the Government that such tactics represent an unacceptable abuse of power by rogue bosses, many of …
(Most recent: 21 Oct 2021)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 35
Independent: 5
Plaid Cymru: 3
Alba Party: 2
Liberal Democrat: 2
Alliance: 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Green Party: 1
Scottish National Party: 1
SIMEON ANDREWS
Tabled by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)That this House is shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Simeon Andrews, whose advice and assistance has proved invaluable to so many Labour movement comrades and Parliamentary colleagues; pays tribute to his success in creating and co-ordinating several union parliamentary groups and cross-party groups; notes his earlier achievements …
(Most recent: 16 May 2018)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 39
Scottish National Party: 7
Independent: 4
Plaid Cymru: 1
Conservative: 1
Non-affiliated: 1
Green Party: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Emily Thornberry, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
1 Urgent Question tabled by Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
1 Bill introduced by Emily Thornberry
A Bill to amend the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 in relation to grants to persons ceasing to hold ministerial and other offices; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 27th February 2024
1 Bill co-sponsored by Emily Thornberry
Fur Trade (Prohibition) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Taiwo Owatemi (Lab)
Latest 50 Written Questions
(View all written questions)11 Other Department Questions
Officials, advisers and ministers from my department have had no such discussions.
Any purchase of a football club is a matter for the owners and potential purchasers to resolve, including meeting any relevant requirement of the league in which they compete.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
As of 1 February, 4 ministerial folders bearing the inscription ‘Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’ were in use by the Department. The cost of each folder was £495 (including a £15 delivery fee).
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The 12 main questions, 28 sub-questions and associated answer options that the Equality Hub have included in the 2022 British Social Attitudes Survey are in the attached document.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The 27.5 items relate to 12 main questions, 28 sub-questions and associated answer options that the Equality Hub have included in the 2022 British Social Attitudes Survey. They provide useful information on public attitudes on equalities issues including over long-term trends. The questions cover areas of gender, sexuality, disability and social mobility.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This information is not held centrally. Proceedings under the Equality Act 2010 are brought against individual Government departments, or the employing public sector body.
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The tender exercise for Expert Advisers on the Social Mobility Commission's Policy and Evidence Advisory Panel has concluded. The outcome can be found on the Contracts Finder website: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/aa001085-f74f-4840-a39f-c93c3d1be71a?origin=SearchResults&p=1.
We are unable to publish the names of private individuals contracted at this stage for reasons of data protection. While individual names have been redacted, seven of the Policy & Evidence Advisory Panel members applied through their respective organisations or companies and these details are available on the Contracts Finder website cited above.
President of the Board of Trade
Under the UK G7 Presidency, the Prime Minister has reconvened the Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC). I am delighted to act as Ministerial Lead working with the independent Council and building on the foundations laid by the Canadian and French G7 presidencies, and to champion the core principles of freedom, opportunity, individual humanity and dignity for women around the world.
The Government remains deeply committed to tackling global poverty and helping to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Despite the economic challenges we face, the UK will remain a major donor spending 0.5 per cent of GNI on Overseas Development Aid (ODA).
The Foreign Secretary’s Strategic Framework for UK ODA announced in the House on 26 November 2020 will see us focus on global challenges where the UK can make the most impact: on climate change and biodiversity; girls’ education; COVID and global health security; on open societies, conflict resolution, humanitarian crises and trade and economic development.
FCDO supports a range of programmes that promote the importance of data to inform policy-making and programme delivery focused on the needs of the most vulnerable. Having joined the Inclusive Data Charter last year, we will produce an Action Plan on improving the quality, quantity, financing, and availability of inclusive and disaggregated data, as well as the capacity and capability to produce and use it.
The Prime Minister has made absolutely clear our continued commitment to stand up for the right of every girl to 12 years of quality education. ODA spending is only one of our tools in achieving our ambitions; this year we will be co-hosting the Global Partnership for Education Replenishment with Kenya and using our G7 Presidency to rally the international community to step up support to girls’ education.
This Government is fully committed to fulfilling our obligations under international agreements, and remains steadfast in its commitment to advance gender equality and women and girls’ rights.
Our landmark Domestic Abuse Bill is on track to achieve Royal Assent by the end of April 2021 and represents our determination to tackle this abhorrent crime. We remain determined to better protect and support the victims of abuse and their children and bring perpetrators to justice.
Importantly, provision within this Bill brings us even closer to compliance with the Istanbul Convention and this Government’s commitment to ratifying it, as set out in the most recent annual report on progress towards ratification published by the Home Office in October 2020.
President of the Board of Trade
This Government is committed to delivering an international LGBT conference that will bring together governments from around the world, international civil society, businesses and Parliamentarians to address the safety of LGBT people at home and abroad.
Safe To Be Me: A Global Equality Conference was planned to take place in London between 27 and 29 May 2020.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Conference had to be postponed. We are considering a variety of alternative options on how we can address this commitment in a way that is fit-for-purpose and safe for our delegates. We will be announcing the rescheduled dates shortly, followed by the programme and invitations in due course.
President of the Board of Trade
In line with normal Government Legal Department charging arrangements, any costs in relation to this matter have been or will be borne by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
I cannot answer your question as to do so would be in breach of the Law Officers’ Convention.
Paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code clearly states that the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.
Attorney General
I responded to your questions 6773 and 6774 on 24 January 2024. Please accept my apologies for the delay.
Attorney General
The Government Legal Department will publish its gender pay gap report for the financial year 2022-23 by 30 March 2024.
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
I would like to thank the Rt Hon Member for bringing this matter to our attention. Due to an oversight in the administrative process by officials, these three payments were not disclosed in the 2022-23 HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor Annual Report and Accounts. The payments will be properly reflected in the 2023-24 HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor Annual Report and Accounts, in line with prevailing guidance on departmental accounts.
In the interests of transparency, I can confirm that in the 2022-23 period, the following payments were made:
My right hon. Friend the Member for Cheltenham (Alex Chalk) - £14,490 (August 2022)
My hon. Friend the Member for Eddisbury (Edward Timpson) - £14,490 (October 2022)
My right hon. Friend the Member for Northampton North (Sir Michael Ellis) - £23,612 (November 2022)
All three severance payments were made under the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, which provides for severance payments to Ministers who cease to hold office and are not reappointed to the government within 3 weeks. This reflects the lack of any notice period when Ministers leave government.
I would note that such statutory provisions have existed across governments of all political colours.
Attorney General
Apart from the severance payment made to the Rt Hon. Member for Torridge and West Devon, the Attorney General’s Office has made three other severance payments since 2015.
Attorney General
Purchasing non-cash vouchers as reward and recognition bonuses for staff is standard practice across Government.
The Government Legal Department spent £240,605 on purchasing non-cash vouchers for staff as reward and recognition bonuses in 2022-23.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) does not disclose the costs associated with its cases as this risks prejudicing the administration of justice and is against the public interest. Information on how the SFO uses resources is published in aggregate in its Annual Report and Accounts.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
Planned outages
There were two planned outages on working days, namely 25th April and 27th June.
Further, there was a planned outage on the weekend of Saturday 19th August to Sunday 20th August, which included an outage during the CPS core working hours of Saturday morning.
Unplanned outages
There were three unplanned outages, namely on the 4th August, 16th August, and 17th August.
Further, there were two periods on the 20th June and 15th August of degraded service. During these periods some users were not able to log in to the system.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
Planned outages are normally scheduled outside the CPS core working hours (Mon-Fri 7am to 7pm and Saturday 8am – 1pm) to minimise impact.
The table below sets out:
a) Days and dates when the case management system (CMS) experienced its ten longest outages;
b) The number of hours the case management system could not be used on each date; and
c) whether each outage was planned or unplanned.
Outage Start | Outage End | Duration (Hrs/Mins) | Planned / Unplanned |
Sunday 23/04/2023 08:00 | 23/04/2023 13:00 | 05:00 | Planned |
Tuesday 25/04/2023 19:15 | 25/04/2023 23:30 | 04:15 | Planned |
Thursday 11/05/2023 19:00 | 11/05/2023 20:00 | 01:00 | Unplanned |
Wednesday 07/06/2023 19:15 | 07/06/2023 20:45 | 01:30 | Planned |
Tuesday 27/06/2023 17:30 | 27/06/2023 21:30 | 04:00 | Planned |
Tuesday 11/07/2023 19:15 | 12/07/2023 00:15 | 05:00 | Planned |
Friday 04/08/2023 17:36 | 04/08/2023 20:28 | 02:52 | Unplanned |
Sunday 06/08/2023 08:00 | 06/08/2023 13:30 | 05:30 | Planned |
Wednesday 16/08/2023 13:00 | 16/08/2023 15:11 | 02:11 | Unplanned |
Saturday 19/08/2023 14:00 | 20/08/2023 19:00 | 29:00 | Planned |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record of the number of victim personal statements made, updated or where a victim declined to provide one.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record of the number of victim personal statements made, updated or where a victim declined to provide one.
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
As at 30 June 2023, there were (a) 113 Asscociate Prosecutors and (b) 235 Crown Prosecutors employed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). In total, there were 3304 people employed by the CPS as proseuctors on 30 June 2023, with 3040 in post for at least 12 months. The CPS manages its workforce data systems separately from its prosecution casework and the response would require disproportionate and significant manual input. *Data extracted is accurate at point of enquiry on 18 July 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
As at 30 June 2023, there were (a) 113 Asscociate Prosecutors and (b) 235 Crown Prosecutors employed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). In total, there were 3304 people employed by the CPS as proseuctors on 30 June 2023, with 3040 in post for at least 12 months. The CPS manages its workforce data systems separately from its prosecution casework and the response would require disproportionate and significant manual input. *Data extracted is accurate at point of enquiry on 18 July 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The data for the financial year 2022/23 will be available from 20 July 2023 on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) website in line with CPS quarterly data publications. |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
Training on the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) and other elements of equality law is provided to GLD staff in a range of formats, including live training sessions and on demand video content and e-learning modules.
The table below provides the total number of individuals recorded as having engaged with all formats of training during the time periods in question.
Time period | Number of individuals |
13 February 2020 to 2 August 2022 | 637 |
3 August 2022 to 6 September 2022 | 6 |
7 September 2022 to 15 May 2023 | 178 |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) do not undertake Leesman surveys. Any such office surveys are completed by the Government Property Agency (GPA). The Government Legal Department (GLD) holds no data on this. At the time of the last survey, none of the core GLD buildings were managed by the GPA. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) scored 52.7 out of 100 on the latest Leesman Office survey. |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The total of 2,800 in the answer to question 90844 includes 414 prosecutors (including managers) employed in CPS Direct and CPS Central Casework Divisions. |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The total 3,025 in answer to question 90844 includes 436 prosecutors (including managers) employed in CPS Direct and CPS Central Casework Divisions |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The total of 3,118 in the answer to question 90844 includes 438 prosecutors (including managers) employed in CPS Direct and CPS Central Casework Divisions. The figures were not from the same date. As stated in answer to question 90844, the data was correct as of 30 November 2021. As stated in answer to question 16370, the data was correct as of 31 December 2021. |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
They are not equivalent figures. As stated in answer to Question 163750, the grand total was 2,703. Whereas the table in answer to Question 139145 gave a breakdown and not a grand total. In addition to the 2,389 prosecutors in that table are Crown Advocates; Associate Prosecutors; and qualified and experienced prosecutors in corporate roles such as legal trainers. Further, as stated in answer to Question 163750, consequential changes to data input may mean that the data will change at some point in the future. |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The responses to parliamentary questions 163738-163750 have been grouped. The data provided includes all staff grades full time equivalent posts and has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database. It is accurate at point of enquiry on 20 March 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. Data is unavailable for 2010 and 2012 as we do not retain detailed data such as business unit specific information for more than 6 years. Due to the size of the data available, it is presented on a separate document. |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The responses to parliamentary questions 163738-163750 have been grouped. The data provided includes all staff grades full time equivalent posts and has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database. It is accurate at point of enquiry on 20 March 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. Data is unavailable for 2010 and 2012 as we do not retain detailed data such as business unit specific information for more than 6 years. Due to the size of the data available, it is presented on a separate document. |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The responses to parliamentary questions 163738-163750 have been grouped. The data provided includes all staff grades full time equivalent posts and has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database. It is accurate at point of enquiry on 20 March 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. Data is unavailable for 2010 and 2012 as we do not retain detailed data such as business unit specific information for more than 6 years. Due to the size of the data available, it is presented on a separate document. |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The responses to parliamentary questions 163738-163750 have been grouped. The data provided includes all staff grades full time equivalent posts and has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database. It is accurate at point of enquiry on 20 March 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. Data is unavailable for 2010 and 2012 as we do not retain detailed data such as business unit specific information for more than 6 years. Due to the size of the data available, it is presented on a separate document. |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The responses to parliamentary questions 163738-163750 have been grouped. The data provided includes all staff grades full time equivalent posts and has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database. It is accurate at point of enquiry on 20 March 2023. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future. Data is unavailable for 2010 and 2012 as we do not retain detailed data such as business unit specific information for more than 6 years. Due to the size of the data available, it is presented on a separate document. |
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)