The Baroness Barker
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Barker's full title is The Baroness Barker. Her name is Elizabeth Jean Barker, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£7,420
20 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£7,420
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
89 Content(47.1%)
26 Not-Content(13.8%)
74 didn't vote(39.2%)
2026-07-22
Not-Content
64–95
Not-Content
2026-07-21
Not-Content
173–234
Not-Content
2026-07-13
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158–239
Not-Content
2026-06-09
Not-Content
13–66
Not-Content
2026-04-23
Not-Content
152–207
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
115–197
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
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2026-03-05
Content
198–139
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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2026-01-05
Not-Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
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210–131
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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
2026-09-09
Funeral Directors: Regulatory Regime
My Lords, I too want to register our condolences to the people in Hull who were affected so badly. Scotland, as of 2025, has a fully searchable database of registered funeral directors. One can work out who the owners are, read reports and have details
2026-09-08
Integrated Care Boards: Access to Services
My Lords, in some places, the relationship between community nurses and acute hospitals is good and patients receive what they think is a care pathway. In other places, the relationship between district nurses and GPs is incredibly problematic, and inste
2026-07-23
Charities: Banking Services
My Lords, charities are subject to accountability to a range of regulatory bodies—the Charity Commission, the Fundraising Regulator and HMRC. In view of that, does the Minister agree that it is wrong that banks can unilaterally withdraw banking services
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin, is hoping to take part remotely, but he has been having audio problems. It appears that the problems have not been resolved, therefore I call the noble Lord, Lord Pack.
2026-06-24
PATHWAYS Study: Puberty Suppression
My Lords, this Statement takes place in the context of a relentless campaign against trans people that started among right-wing politicians in the United States of America but has been seized on here: the bandwagon has been jumped upon by politicians in
2026-06-22
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
I have to advise noble Lords that if Amendment 31 is agreed, I cannot call Amendments 32 or 33 because of pre-emption.
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I remind the Committee that the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Lord to reply to the debate.
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I am the first speaker from these Benches. For us, this is a matter of conscience. My noble friend Lady Smith of Newnham has not had the opportunity to speak. She disagrees with me. She is supportive of the other side. She wished for me to ment
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords—
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I do have an amendment, Amendment 423A, which other noble Lords have signed. It is to ask that prosecutions cease and desist. The reason for it is that we have uncovered over these past few months that different police forces are taking entirel
2026-03-09
Independent Commission on Adult Social Care
My Lords, last summer, local authorities came under pressure from the Department of Health to make people and their families go through assessments for continuing healthcare. From the speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, on 4 March, we now know that
2026-02-02
Crime and Policing Bill
I do not think that it is a false comparison. What we are saying is that, instead of having a system that is democratically decided openly and in Parliament, we will leave it to regulation and officials. I think that is wrong.
The other thing that my
2026-02-02
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I listened to the noble Lord, Lord Weir of Ballyholme, and what he said sounds eminently sensible, but the problem is this: the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, has set out the level of detail that is already gathered. The noble Lord, among other
2026-02-02
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for setting out the context behind this debate, which takes place against a backdrop in this country of large-scale funding by anti-abortion groups across the piece and almos
2026-02-02
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I think my case has been made. These are a set of amendments which are designed to be unworkable. They are wrecking amendments, and I hope that we will not pass them.
2025-12-18
Puberty Suppressants Trial
My Lords, the backdrop to this research is an extensive international religious nationalist campaign against women’s rights and LGBT rights. Since this research has been designed according to standard research protocols, has been approved by the NHS ethi
2025-12-01
AIDS
My Lords, the decision of the United States Government to end, almost without notice, funding to many multilateral programmes for HIV and AIDS has destroyed medical and scientific research networks across the world, particularly in Africa, and they canno
2025-11-12
Telemedical Abortions
We on these Benches would like to note that the dedication of the noble Baroness, Lady Newlove, to sticking up for victims applied no matter who was in government at the time, and that was a very laudable thing to witness in this House.
Does the Minis
2025-07-04
Still-Birth (Definition) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak very briefly in the gap, just to make one point. I have always been very supportive of the work of my noble friend on baby loss certificates. I have supported, for many years, the rights of people who have suffered baby loss, and s
2025-06-18
Care Workers: Foreign Worker Visas
My Lords, the spending review promised £4 billion for social care, but not until 2028-29, and it is being carved out of the NHS. Until then, there is nothing in the spending review, so all that is going to happen is that social care employers will have b
2025-06-16
Adult Social Care
My Lords, the spending review announced £4 billion for social care, but that £4 billion will come from the NHS and not until 2028. Can the Minister confirm that there was nothing in the spending review about the two intervening years, in which local auth
2025-06-10
Employment Rights Bill
I advise noble Lords that if Amendment 216YC is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 216YD because of pre-emption.
My Lords, I, too, spoke at Second Reading and I welcome the opportunity to speak again to set in context what the Bill is part of and is all about. I, too, have to disagree fundamentally with the noble Lord, Lord Weir of Ballyholme, though not on the ne
2025-05-22
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I advise noble Lords that, if Amendment 50 were agreed to, Amendments 51 to 64 could not be called because of pre-emption.
2025-05-20
Healthy Life Expectancy
Through the work of people such as Professor Michael Marmot, the Government know about the different incidences of ill health across the country. Retailers, particularly food retailers and high street pharmacies, know about the incidence of ill health wa
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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.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Self-employed Management Consultant, trading name: Third Sector Business (income received from the member's work in this connection is paid to Third Sector Business)
registered 2010-05-05 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1999-07-31 → present
Liberal Democrat
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2015-09-07 → present
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Voluntary Sector)
2015-06-01 → 2015-09-07
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Voluntary Sector and Social Enterprise)
Committee memberships
2003-07-11 → 2003-11-17
Draft Mental Incapacity Bill (Joint Committee)
2004-07-22 → 2005-07-11
Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee)
2013-05-16 → 2014-02-25
Mental Capacity Act 2005 Committee
2014-11-10 → 2015-02-03
Draft Protection of Charities Bill (Joint Committee)
2016-05-25 → 2017-03-26
Select Committee on Charities
2017-06-29 → 2018-03-28
Citizenship and Civic Engagement Committee
2019-02-25 → 2019-07-18
Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill (Joint Committee)
2021-07-22 → 2021-11-18
Charities Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2022-01-19 → 2022-11-21
Adult Social Care Committee
2022-07-19 → 2024-05-30
Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee)
2023-01-31 → 2023-11-27
Integration of Primary and Community Care Committee
2024-01-24 → 2025-03-28
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
2026-01-27 → 2026-03-03
Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 6 active officership(s) · 11 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Albania
Country Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2025-06-05 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Social Enterprise
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Social Enterprise UK | 9 | 2024-05-20 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and AIDS
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | Elton John AIDS Foundation · Gilead · IAVI · STOPAIDS | 16 | 2024-05-14 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | British Association Sexual Health and HIV · British HIV Association · STOPAIDS | 4 | 2027-02-09 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (formerly the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare) | 4 | 2026-02-28 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Surrogacy
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 5 | 2024-06-12 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
7
of 7 tabled
7 answered(100.0%)
3
departments
2026-04-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
HIV Infection: Medical Treatments
Answered
2026-04-13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
HIV Infection: Medical Treatments
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)
2 bills
2 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abortion Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-15 | |
| Gender Recognition Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-10-31 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.