Peta Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe

The Baroness Buscombe
Official portrait, 2022
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office
11 June 2017 – 30 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byThe Lord Henley
Succeeded byThe Baroness Stedman-Scott
Baroness-in-Waiting
Government Whip
In office
21 December 2016 – 11 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byThe Baroness Mobarik
Succeeded byThe Baroness Sugg
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
28 July 1998
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1954-03-12) 12 March 1954 (age 70)
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Philip Buscombe
(m. 1980)
Children3
Alma materRosebery Grammar School
Inns of Court School of Law

Peta Jane Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe (née O'Flynn,[1] born 12 March 1954) is an English barrister, regulator and politician. She is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Lady Buscombe was Chief Executive of the Advertising Association from 2007 to 2009. She served as Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission[2] from April 2009[3] until 16 October 2011.

  1. ^ "Forthcoming Marriages", The Times, 21 March 1980
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Bell, Matthew (22 November 2009). "The Tory peer who wants to convince us the PCC has teeth". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2009.