Christine Jardine
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
16,470 (31.4%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 8th June 2017
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Women and Equalities)
(since July 2022)Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
(since July 2022)Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland)
(since July 2022)2 APPG memberships (as of 28 Aug 2024)
Antisemitism, Switzerland and Liechtenstein33 Former APPG memberships
Belt and Road Initiative and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, China, Choice at the End of Life, Cyprus, East Coast Main Line, Eating Disorders, Ethnic Minority Business Owners, Fairer Financial Services, Holocaust Memorial, Hong Kong, Hospitality and Tourism, Hydrogen, Immigration Detention, Korea, Malawi, Marine Energy, Media, Medical Cannabis under Prescription, Motor Neurone Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, One Belt One Road and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse, Personal Banking and Fairer Financial Services, Role of the House of Lords, Small and Micro Business, State Pension Inequality for Women, Sustainable Aviation, Terminal Illness, Textiles and Fashion, Union, United Nations Women, Unpaid Work Trials, Women in ParliamentDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Sparring Partners
(3 debate interactions)
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
(2 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(4 debate contributions)
(3 debate contributions)
(2 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(51 words contributed)
Latest EDMs signed by Christine Jardine
50th anniversary of the Federation of Small Businesses
Tabled by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)That this House congratulates the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), formerly known as the National Federation of Self Employed (NFSE) on its 50th birthday; remembers that in 1974, one small business owner, Captain Norman Small, wrote to the press to begin a small business movement; recalls that Small invited small …
(Most recent: 12 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 8
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Independent: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
Conservative: 1
Penguins at Sea Life London Aquarium
Tabled by: Danny Chambers (Liberal Democrat - Winchester)That this House expresses grave concern regarding the welfare of 15 Gentoo penguins currently being kept in a windowless basement at the London Sea Life Aquarium; notes that these penguins, native to the Antarctic Circle, are confined to a pitifully small enclosure with only six to seven feet of water …
(Most recent: 12 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 8
Labour: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Christine Jardine, 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.
Christine Jardine has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Christine Jardine has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
15 Bills introduced by Christine Jardine
A Bill to require an assessment of the impact on women’s safety to be published as a condition of planning approval for major developments.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to grant indefinite leave to remain to health and social care staff; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require Ministers of the Crown to disclose their tax residency status and that of members of their household, and to disclose whether they and members of their household are beneficiaries of trusts held abroad; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require United Kingdom clean air targets to comply with World Health Organization guidelines; to require the Secretary of State to report annually to Parliament on that compliance; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to make provision for a right to consular assistance for British citizens abroad in cases where there has been, or where there is a risk of, a breach of human rights, denial of access to legal representation, or torture or other human rights abuses; and for connected purposes.
Monday 11th December 2023
A Bill to require specified organisations and public bodies to inform children and young people of local, national and online support services available to them following a bereavement; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 12th March 2024
A Bill to require social media companies to publish reports setting out the action they have taken to address online abuse against women and girls, and other groups of people who share a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 7th March 2023
A Bill to make provision about the appointment by Parliament of an Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 15th November 2022
A Bill to prohibit the differential pricing of products and services that are substantially similar other than being intended for, or marketed to, a particular gender; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 12th March 2020
A Bill to guarantee the immigration rights of EU, EEA EFTA and Swiss citizens resident in the United Kingdom; to require the Government to provide such persons with physical proof of those rights; and for connected purposes.
Wednesday 26th February 2020
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to make non-gender-specific passports available to non-gendered, non-binary and other people who do not identify as, or exclusively as, male or female.
Tuesday 14th July 2020
A Bill to grant indefinite leave to remain to health and social care staff; and for connected purposes.
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 make provision for certain asylum seekers to be granted permission to work; and for connected purposes.
Thursday 10th January 2019
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 prohibit the differential pricing of products and services that are substantially similar other than being intended for, or marketed to, a particular gender; and for connected purposes.
Tuesday 5th March 2019
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 provide for the renaming of the House of Lords as the House of Peers.
Thursday 8th March 2018
29 Bills co-sponsored by Christine Jardine
Scottish Law Officers (Devolution) Bill 2023-24
Sponsor - Joanna Cherry (SNP)
Fertility Treatment (Transparency) Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
Clean Air Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Geraint Davies (Ind)
Carers and Care Workers Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Helen Morgan (LD)
Motor Vehicle Tests (Diesel Particulate Filters) Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Barry Sheerman (LAB)
Fire and Building Safety (Public Inquiry) Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Daisy Cooper (LD)
Flexible Working Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Recognition of Armenian Genocide Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Tim Loughton (Con)
Sewage Discharges Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Tim Farron (LD)
Co-operatives (Employee Company Ownership) Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Christina Rees (LAB)
Tibet (Reciprocal Access) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Tim Loughton (Con)
School Toilets (Access During Lessons) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Layla Moran (LD)
Environment (Regulation) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Tim Farron (LD)
Company Transparency (Carbon in Supply Chains) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Karen Bradley (Con)
Equal Pay (Information and Claims) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Stella Creasy (LAB)
International Development (Women’s Sanitary Products) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Tibet (Reciprocal Access) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Tim Loughton (Con)
Gambling (Industry Levy Review and Protections for Vulnerable People) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Richard Graham (Con)
Prime Minister (Confidence) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Tom Brake (LD)
Parental Leave and Pay Arrangements (Publication) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Jo Swinson (LD)
Hereditary Titles (Female Succession) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Philip Davies (Con)
Immigration (Time Limit on Detention) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
European Union Withdrawal (Evaluation of Effects on Health and Social Care Sectors) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Supervised Drug Consumption Facilities Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Alison Thewliss (SNP)
Pets (Theft) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Ross Thomson (Con)
Abortion Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Diana Johnson (Lab)
Vagrancy (Repeal) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Layla Moran (LD)
Voyeurism (Offences) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Wera Hobhouse (LD)
Unpaid Trial Work Periods (Prohibition) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Stewart Malcolm McDonald (SNP)
Latest 3 Written Questions
(View all written questions)1 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Christine Jardine's Defra questions)Britain’s nature is in crisis. Nearly half of our bird species and a quarter of our mammal species are at risk of national extinction. Biodiversity has been declining at an unprecedented rate since 1970.
That is why this Government has wasted no time in announcing a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan, to be completed by the end of the year, to make sure it is fit for purpose.
We will introduce a new, statutory plan to protect and restore our natural environment, delivering on our legally binding target to halt the decline in species abundance by 2030.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This Government is committed to restoring ODA spending at the level of 0.7 per cent of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. The Government will set out its approach to the House in due course.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) and the accompanying PACE codes of practice establish the powers of the police to combat crimes while protecting the rights of the public. PACE Code H focuses on detention, treatment and questioning by the police under terrorism legislation.
PACE Code H 2023 can be accessed via Gov.uk and details a person’s right to communication with ‘one named person’. The code sets out the following:
While held in custody at a police station or other premises the detainee may, on request, have one named person who is a friend, relative or a person known to them who is likely to take an interest in their welfare informed by the custody officer that they have been detained. They may also request a phone call or other form of communication with the ‘named person’.
At the custody officer’s discretion and subject to the detainee’s consent, visits should be allowed, when possible, subject to sufficient personnel being available to supervise a visit and any possible hindrance to the investigation.
However, in limited circumstances the nature of an investigation might mean that such requests (for visits, phone-calls or other form of communication) cannot be met. This is risk assessed on an individual basis, and in accordance with the considerations set out in Annex B to the Code. In this situation consideration is given to increasing the frequency of visits from independent visitor schemes, such as by the Independent Custody Visitors Association.
Any delay or denial of these rights should be proportionate and should last no longer than necessary.
Minister of State (Home Office)