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Digital boss Martha Lane Fox joins House of Lords | Digital boss Martha Lane Fox joins House of Lords |
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Martha Lane Fox - one of the pioneers of online commerce and the government's "digital champion" - has joined the House of Lords. | Martha Lane Fox - one of the pioneers of online commerce and the government's "digital champion" - has joined the House of Lords. |
The co-founder of the lastminute.com website will sit as a "crossbencher" who is not party political. | |
She will take the title Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho in the City of Westminster - her surname had to be hyphenated under Lords rules. | She will take the title Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho in the City of Westminster - her surname had to be hyphenated under Lords rules. |
Aged 40, she becomes the youngest female member of the Lords. | |
Lady Lane-Fox was flanked by Labour's Baroness King of Bow and Conservative Lord Chadlington as she took her oath of allegiance to the Queen. | Lady Lane-Fox was flanked by Labour's Baroness King of Bow and Conservative Lord Chadlington as she took her oath of allegiance to the Queen. |
Composer Michael Berkeley, the presenter of BBC Radio 3's Private Passions, was also introduced to the Lords. | Composer Michael Berkeley, the presenter of BBC Radio 3's Private Passions, was also introduced to the Lords. |
Taking the title Lord Berkeley of Knighton, he was flanked by Labour's Lord Williams of Elvel and fellow crossbencher Lord Burns as he took the oath. | Taking the title Lord Berkeley of Knighton, he was flanked by Labour's Lord Williams of Elvel and fellow crossbencher Lord Burns as he took the oath. |