Baroness Teather
Liberal Democrat - Brent Central
Joined House of Lords: 27th January 2026
Sarah Teather was elected as an MP between 2003 and 2015. She served as Minister of State (Department for Education) (Children and Families) between 2010 and 2012
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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2 Bills introduced by Baroness Teather
A Bill to protect tenants against retaliatory eviction; to amend the law on notices requiring possession relating to assured shorthold tenancies; and for connected purposes.
Friday 28th November 2014
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to amend the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to require the Secretary of State to review levels of asylum support annually; to require him to lay before Parliament a draft up-rating order to increase levels of asylum support in line with changes made to mainstream benefits in years when the general level of prices has increased during the previous 12 month period; to replace support provided by the voucher system under subsections (10) and (11) of section 4 of the Act with a single, cash-based support system; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Baroness Teather has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 1 Written Question
(View all written questions)1 Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Questions
(View all Baroness Teather's DSIT questions)The Government Office for Science commissioned an evidence review by an external academic group to synthesise the latest published literature on misinformation. It is a pre-registered study looking at the existing published evidence and is not therefore seeking direct contributions from organisations. The review will be published in due course. The findings from this desktop exercise will inform government's thinking on identifying and tackling harmful misinformation.
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)