In opposition, she spoke in the House of Lords on the environment between 1979 and 1986, and on arts, libraries, heritage and broadcasting between 1986 and 1993.
[1] She was a member of the Fabian Society and the Howard League for Penal Reform.
[2] She married Ellis Birk, a solicitor and director of the Daily Mirror Group, on 24 December 1939.
[2] Their granddaughter, Rebecca Birk, is Rabbi of Finchley Progressive Synagogue.
[6] She was chair of Redbridge Jewish Youth Centre between 1970 and 1996 and on the executive of the Council of Christians and Jews between 1971 and 1977.