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The Baroness Hoey

Non-affiliated Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Hoey's full title is The Baroness Hoey. Her name is Catharine Letitia Hoey, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.

Allowance claims · 2026

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Lords votes · 2026

162 divisions 33 Content(20.4%) 4 Not-Content(2.5%) 125 didn't vote(77.2%)
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Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the figure above conflates absence with abstention.

Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25

2026-06-09 Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Household Tumble Dryers) Regulations 2026
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that extensive response. I do not think that everyone in the Chamber will agree with his views on the question of costs. There is a dispute about that, but there is no dispute that these dryers cost more at the moment t
2026-06-09 Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Household Tumble Dryers) Regulations 2026
What assessment have the Government made of the environmental impact of people having to start heating garages and sheds during the winter? This is a ridiculous way of dealing with an important issue. We get one hour now on a statutory instrument and
2026-06-09 Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Household Tumble Dryers) Regulations 2026
My Lords—
2026-06-09 Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Household Tumble Dryers) Regulations 2026
My Lords, before I move my Motion, I have just returned from Northern Ireland and want to say how shocked people are in Northern Ireland at the terrible atrocity that took place last night. This is not the time to discuss it, but we do need answers and t
2026-06-09 Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Household Tumble Dryers) Regulations 2026
That this House regrets the process that led to the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Household Tumble Dryers) Regulations 2026, because (1) the alignment with Northern Ireland the regulations seek to achieve requires the U
2026-05-18 King’s Speech
My Lords, I share the pleasure that “Chagos” did not appear in the gracious Speech, and hope that this is the end of the matter. In the gracious Speech there was a great deal of talk about commitment to the strength and integrity of the union of the U
2026-04-20 Security Vetting
My Lords, is the noble Baroness aware of whether the Foreign Office has turned down red flag security briefings on ambassadors before? How many times has this happened before? If it has, what is the point of spending money on security services if nobody
2026-04-15 Zimbabwe: Constitution
I thank the Minister for that response, but does he realise that the constitutional changes proposed will mean that the people of Zimbabwe will no longer elect their president, the electoral commission will be abolished, judicial appointments will become
2026-04-15 Zimbabwe: Constitution
To ask His Majesty’s Government what discussions they have held with the government of Zimbabwe regarding the proposed change to the constitution which would allow President Mnangagwa to stand for a third term.
2026-04-14 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
I very much welcome the Minister, because he answers very directly. Can he have a word with the Minister in the other place, who said that noble Lords were “game-playing”? Because of the campaigns and work we have done in this House, the public now under
2026-04-14 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
My Lords—
2026-04-14 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
My Lords—
2026-04-13 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
But surely the market value depends on what is going to be done with the particular playing field?
2026-04-13 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
My Lords, I will speak briefly to my Amendments 263A and 263B. I also support Amendment 263ZB on the consultation with Sport England, which I think is very important. We must not remove Sport England as a consultee. I declare an interest as the honorary
2026-03-18 Trail-hunting
My Lords, the Minister knows the countryside well, and she must know that huge numbers of jobs will be lost if trail-hunting is banned. What is the justification for this when so few people have been prosecuted for illegal hunting? If a couple of Peers b
2026-03-17 Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address Motion
My Lords, the Minister quite rightly referred to Epstein as a despicable person, as did the Prime Minister and other members of the Government. However, was he not a despicable person the first time he was put in jail for the appalling abuse of young wom
2026-03-12 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
My Lords, at the beginning of this debate, when I was being nice to the Minister and thanked him for the meeting he asked for with me, I said that I did not want to spoil his career prospects and that I thought that, if it had been his decision, he might
2026-03-12 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
The noble Lord almost pre-empts what I was about to say, so I thank him. As if this is not enough to give politics a bad name, the events of last week, I am afraid, leave a nasty taste in the mouth. The Northern Ireland Assembly’s DAERA scrutiny committe
2026-03-12 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
I thank the Minister for his remarks and for his kindness in reaching out to me asking for a meeting when I tabled the amendment. Without wanting to in any way ruin his career prospects, I suggest to noble Lords that if this particular Minister had been
2026-03-12 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Leave out all the words after “that” and insert “this House declines to approve the draft Order laid before the House on 13 January because while the Scottish Islands are protected from the Order, Northern Ireland, which is already marginalised from
2026-03-03 Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2026-03-03 Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I thank the Minister. We had this discussion a few times in Committee. I tabled these amendments to make sure that all noble Lords are fully aware that no matter how much time we spend on the Bill, and whatever happens, it could end up in the E
2026-03-03 Tobacco and Vapes Bill
I thank the noble Lord for his view on that. Could he explain why Denmark and Ireland were not allowed to go ahead, and why seven countries feel so differently from what he has just said?
2026-03-03 Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, in moving this amendment in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Dodds of Duncairn, I will speak also to Amendments 120, 201 and 216, in my name, to which the noble Lords, Lord Dodds and Lord Naseby, have added their names. I should say at
2026-02-26 Duty Relief Exemption: Small Parcels
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that. Responding recently to two questions from me and the noble Lord, Lord Empey, he said that we would continue to engage with the EU. Now that the regulations have been published just two weeks ago—written in the nor
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.

Register of Interests · 1 entries on file

Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.

Nil

  • No registrable interests
    registered 2025-04-09
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Party history

2020-09-14present
Non-affiliated current
1989-06-152019-11-06
Labour

Government posts

1999-07-292001-06-07
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of National Heritage) (Sport)
1998-07-281999-07-29
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Opposition posts

1992-06-011993-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Women)

Committee memberships

1994-06-271997-03-21
Social Security
2004-03-012005-07-17
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
2017-09-112019-11-06
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2015-07-062017-05-03
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2007-11-092015-03-30
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
2015-07-062017-05-03
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
2017-10-302019-11-06
European Scrutiny Committee
2015-07-152017-05-03
European Scrutiny Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 4 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Heritage
Subject Group
Vice Chair Royal Society of St George 4 2026-11-30
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Showing 22 of 22 tabled 19 answered(86.4%) 9 departments
2026-06-11
Department for Education
Pending
2026-06-11
Department for Education
Pending
2026-06-10
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Livestock: Exports
Pending
2026-05-18
Home Office
Jamie Bryson
Answered
2026-05-18
Home Office
Jamie Bryson
Answered
2026-05-13
Attorney General's Office
Attorney General: Conflict of Interests
Answered
2026-04-21
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Indian Ocean Territory: Politics and Government
Answered
2026-04-21
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
Answered
2026-04-21
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory: Finance
Answered
2026-04-21
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory
Answered
2026-04-21
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory: Powers
Answered
2026-04-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Humanitarian Aid
Answered
2026-04-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Humanitarian Aid
Answered
2026-04-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Mauritius
Answered
2026-03-25
Northern Ireland Office
Civil Proceedings: Northern Ireland
Answered
2026-03-25
Northern Ireland Office
European Convention on Human Rights: Northern Ireland
Answered
2026-02-23
Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Marketing
Answered
2026-01-28
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: USA
Answered
2026-01-14
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Somaliland: Recognition of States
Answered
2026-01-14
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Somaliland: Recognition of States
Answered
2026-01-13
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Playing Fields: Planning Permission
Answered
2026-01-06
Department of Health and Social Care
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are members of either House who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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