Baroness Lindsay Northover was appointed as the new Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on Tuesday 4 November 2014. She is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.
Baroness Northover has been the Coalition Government’s Lead Spokesperson for DFID in the House of Lords since September 2011. She has a deep and long-standing commitment to international development, and has a particular concern that women and girls remain central to development.
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