Speaker

Baroness Lynne Featherstone is a politician, businesswoman, and Liberal Democrat peer in the House of Lords. Previously, Lynne was a Home Office minister in the 2010-2015 coalition government, where she launched the consultation by the UK Government on introducing same-sex marriage and was the first politician to take part in the Out4Marriage campaign. Lynne was nominated for the Stonewall Politician of the Year Award in both 2009 and 2012 for her work to support equality for lesbian, gay and bisexual people. She is the author of the book, Equal Ever After: The Fight for Same-Sex Marriage.