Elizabeth Jenny Rosemary Sanderson, Baroness Sanderson of Welton (born 24 May 1971) is a British

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, life peer, and former journalist. As a journalist, she worked at the ''

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'' for 17 years. She was a special adviser and Head of Features to Prime Minister (formerly Home Secretary)

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from 2014 to 2019. In September 2019, it was announced that she would be made a Conservative Party life peer in the

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. On 8 October 2019, she was made Baroness Sanderson of Welton, of Welton in the

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. She was introduced to the

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on 22 October 2019. She made her

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on 31 October 2019 during the Lords consideration of the Phase 1 Report of the

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. In September 2022, she was appointed by the Government as the independent chair of an advisory panel to help develop a new strategy for public libraries.

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