The Rt Hon. the Baroness Primarolo
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Primarolo's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Primarolo. Her name is Dawn Primarolo, 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
1 Content(0.6%)
38 Not-Content(23.5%)
123 didn't vote(75.9%)
2026-04-23
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152–207
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2026-04-13
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65–173
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2026-04-13
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178–231
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-26
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115–197
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2026-03-26
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64–140
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2026-03-25
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95–137
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2026-03-24
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70–132
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2026-03-24
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80–166
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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
2026-04-23
Home Ownership: First-Time Buyers
My Lords, I will follow up the important points that the noble Lord made. Home ownership makes up 62% of housing tenure, and getting first-time buyers to their first house is crucial, but social housing also plays a really important part in helping peopl
2026-04-15
Masculinity and Misogyny in Schools
My Lords, unfortunately, girls are not always able to feel safe in calling out sexist or abusive behaviour that they experience from other pupils in schools. What more can be done in schools, and after school, to give girls the confidence to speak out an
2026-03-26
Middle East: Economic Update
My Lords, I am grateful for my noble friend the Minister’s Statement, for the steps the Government are taking, and that they will keep under review the impact on families and businesses, particularly small businesses. I return to the question of energy s
2025-11-03
Gaza and Hamas
My Lords, notwithstanding the fragility of the ceasefire and every effort the Government are making to support it, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are starving now. What more can the Government do to open up the access routes the Minister has refer
2025-09-12
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I am very grateful to the hundreds of people who have written to me about their views on this Bill, both for and against. Many of the letters made for very difficult reading—goodness knows how difficult they were to write. We all have personal
2025-03-18
Welfare Reform
My Lords, I would like to ask the Minister a question on the right to try, which I am sure we would all agree is a principle that is crucially important. How can we make sure that people can take the risk to try paid employment, without the fear that is
2024-05-22
Infected Blood Inquiry: Compensation Scheme
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. As a former Minister for Public Health, I offer my apologies to the victims of this health tragedy—I am very sorry indeed. Can the Minister clarify the Statement he made yesterday and explain what steps the G
2024-05-22
Infected Blood Inquiry: Compensation Scheme
To ask His Majesty’s Government when the compensation scheme recommended by the Infected Blood Inquiry will be established.
I do not wish to detain the House but, frankly, that is not the question I was asking. I was asking the Minister about something that she has confirmed: 20% of the 100% that the NHS gets comes from the national insurance fund and it is equated to a cash
My Lords, I will make a short intervention in this debate to ask the Minister a few questions about the allocation from the National Insurance Fund to the NHS following the introductions of the measures in the Bill.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies es
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, on her comprehensive introduction to these regulations. I will make a short contribution to this debate, specifically on the question of citizenship and the charges that are being imposed. The Gov
2023-07-24
Advanced Artificial Intelligence
My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, on securing this debate. Frankly, the breadth of the contributions thus far shows the urgent need for Parliament to be actively involved and to make sure that those technologies are held acco
My Lords, I will make a small contribution to this debate as a member of the committee but, first, I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee. She steered our committee through complex and, at times, contradictory evidence to try to make sense of w
2022-10-20
Cost of Living: Public Well-being
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Drake on initiating this very timely debate, given the challenges that our communities face. Many of the speeches today have been very detailed and, with great eloquence, have explained the cause at the heart
2022-05-16
Sri Lanka
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his answer on the work that is being done bilaterally with Sri Lanka, but he will be aware of the issues surrounding human rights in Sri Lanka. In his answer, he touched on allowing all voices to be heard, so can he det
2021-11-30
Domestic Abuse: Older People
Will the Minister consider providing some special short-term funding to organisations that can tailor both the advice that they give and the support that they provide to elderly victims of domestic abuse, so that we can have a better understanding of exa
2021-11-16
NHS England: Waiting Lists
Will the Minister agree? Yes or no?
2021-11-16
NHS England: Waiting Lists
My Lords, returning to my noble friend Lady Thornton’s point about social care workers, does the Minister agree that it is unacceptable that social care workers are leaving the sector to work in hospitality, supermarkets and other sectors because they ar
2021-11-03
Benefit Cap: Review
My Lords, the number of households that have had their income limited by the benefit cap soared more than 137% during the pandemic. Those are the Government’s figures. Those numbers are still going up. Almost all the capped households include children: 4
2021-07-13
Universal Credit
Will the Minister please explain how cutting £20 per week from universal credit for 6 million of the poorest households, many of whom are already in work, and pushing below the poverty line another 420,000 children who will therefore go hungry, can possi
2021-07-01
Covid-19: Education Attendance
My Lords, on Monday, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care told the House of Commons that we are going to have to “learn to live with” the virus. Can the Minister tell us what this means for schools? Where is the plan for improved ventilation
2021-03-10
Domestic Abuse Bill
My Lords, like the other speakers this afternoon, I welcome the Government’s amendments. However, I remain concerned about two matters, to which I will speak briefly; I will also ask the Minister to try to assure the House on them.
Many speakers have
2021-03-02
Covid-19: Universal Credit
My Lords, does the Minister agree that the £20 uplift for universal credit should be extended to include claimants receiving legacy and related benefits, the majority of whom are disabled or carers, or have a long-term illness? These people are suffering
My Lords, I support the regret Motion that my noble friend Lady Sherlock has tabled. I congratulate her on a brilliant introduction to what is a very complex area.
The brutal consequences of the pandemic, added to the trend of increasing levels of pov
2021-02-08
Domestic Abuse Bill
My Lords, I will speak only briefly on Amendment 162. I too thank those organisations that have provided a briefing for this debate, particularly Refuge, which has been excellent throughout. Like other noble Lords, I commend its report, The Naked Threat.
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Non-executive Director and Chair, Thompson's Solicitors, London WC1
registered 2016-05-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1987-06-11 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2009-06-09 → 2010-05-06
Minister of State (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Children, Young People and Families)
2007-06-29 → 2009-06-08
Minister of State (Department of Health) (Public Health)
1999-01-04 → 2007-06-28
Paymaster General (HM Treasury)
1997-05-06 → 1999-01-03
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
2010-05-13 → 2010-06-08
Shadow Minister (Children, Young People and Families)
1994-06-01 → 1997-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury)
1992-06-01 → 1994-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Health)
Committee memberships
1997-10-30 → 1999-01-12
Public Accounts Committee
2002-12-02 → 2004-12-20
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
2010-06-08 → 2015-03-30
Panel of Chairs
2016-05-25 → 2017-03-25
Financial Exclusion Committee
2018-05-17 → 2019-03-04
Bribery Act 2010 Committee
2019-07-01 → 2021-03-31
European Union Committee
2019-07-02 → 2020-04-23
EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee
2019-11-04 → 2019-12-02
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31
EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee
2021-04-14 → 2023-01-31
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
2024-01-31 → 2024-10-09
Communications and Digital Committee
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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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)
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance Act 2007 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2007-03-27 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.