The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Finlay of Llandaff's full title is The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff. Her name is Ilora Gillian Finlay, 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
176 divisions
69 Content(39.2%)
14 Not-Content(8.0%)
93 didn't vote(52.8%)
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41–118
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2026-03-25
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208–142
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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
My Lords, we must thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for her introduction to this amendment. Like others, I have had some desperately sad correspondence from widows whose husbands died relatively early after infection. Infection denied them children
2026-07-22
Pensions Commission
My Lords, in welcoming the Minister back to her seat, with her in-depth knowledge of all these topics, can I ask whether the Pensions Commission will explore how access to the state pension for terminally ill people of working age who are too ill to cont
My Lords, I also thank the Minister, in particular for the exemplary way he has engaged with those of us who are Back-Benchers and on the Cross Benches over specific issues, and how he has facilitated moving forwards. If I may inform him, I have managed
My Lords, the report highlights that, for almost two-thirds of these patients, there was no assessment of mental capacity. However, when people are ill and frightened, mental capacity is incredibly important for being able to communicate with people, to
My Lords, I remind the House that I am president of the CO Research Trust. Cabin air quality is a critical issue. I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Empey for the way he introduced this group, and for co-signing my amendment.
My Amendment 37 would
2026-07-08
Unpaid Carers
My Lords, some employers are now adhering to the principles of Hugh’s law when there is a seriously or critically ill child and those unpaid carers are particularly severely affected. Will the consultation cover the issue of children who are very serious
2026-07-02
Higher Education: Affordability and Quality
My Lords, we are resuming at 3.35 pm. That means that the debate was adjourned for 34 minutes. We will add injury time to the end time, so the new end time is 6.01 pm. The right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leicester has some time left. We will resume
2026-07-02
Higher Education: Affordability and Quality
My Lords, my noble friend Lady Deech is to be congratulated on securing this crucial debate. As a current pro-chancellor at Cardiff University and a previous chair of council at Cardiff Metropolitan, I suggest that this debate should not be framed as a c
Do the Government recognise that, as the report said, school staff often see the antecedents of mental health? Two areas where there is strong evidence are parental alcoholism, with a threefold increase in children considering suicide and a fivefold incr
2026-07-01
Drink-Driving
My Lords, given that somebody with a blood level of 50 to 80 milligrams of alcohol has a six times greater chance of dying in a road accident and, on top of that, of killing other people, when will the Government finally implement a lowering of the limit
The Government’s review is much to be welcomed, because of the disparity. Given that 33% of working-age people with children who are terminally ill are recognised as dying in poverty, will the Government also look at the ability of people who withdraw th
2026-06-25
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
My Lords, the Government’s initiatives on alcohol prevention in pregnancy are to be welcomed and are very impressive, but can the Minister assure us that the industry itself will not be involved in consultations and in designing public health programmes?
2026-06-24
Clergy Conduct Measure
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Baroness to speak.
2026-06-16
Compassionate Use Medicine Schemes: VAT
My Lords, do the Government recognise that it has been estimated that, for each pound invested in research, there is an approximate 25p return on that in perpetuity. Therefore, we should avoid anything which disincentivises research investment in this co
2026-06-16
Children: Physical Punishment
My Lords, do the Government recognise that this report shows quite clearly the link between a failure to protect children from abuse and poor outcomes for those children? If parents who are not coping with parenting are to access family hubs and all the
I declare that I am president of the CO Research Trust and a member of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. The Minister has already referred to our report. I am also one of those people who responds when there is a call for a doctor on
My Lords, I am absolutely delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, who has really put his finger on summarising all these amendments incredibly well. As you go through, you can look at each one as an individual case. Amendment 12 is about vulnera
2026-06-15
Rare Cancers: Diagnosis and Treatment
I am grateful to the Minister for outlining what are laudable aims, but the reality is that, every year, about 67,000 people die from rare cancers. About 10,500 of those have brain tumours, and, of all those patients, many are children or young people. S
2026-06-15
Rare Cancers: Diagnosis and Treatment
To ask His Majesty’s Government what incentives they are creating to encourage pharmaceutical and medical technology industries to innovate in the diagnosis and treatment of rare cancers.
2026-06-08
Health-related Benefits Assessments
How many long-term claimants with severe long-term disabilities, who will never have a life devoid of dependence on disability benefits, has it been agreed will not be recalled to assessment—assessments which proved to be futile and quite damaging to the
My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Alton of Liverpool for never having stopped keeping up the pressure on enhancing our awareness of human rights, often at great personal expense to himself and his family. I am also grateful to the nobl
2026-06-04
Declining Birth Rates
My Lords, I am most grateful to my colleague, the noble Baroness, Lady Nargund, for having secured this debate, and to the noble Baroness, Lady O’Grady, for having introduced the business of intergenerational solidarity. I want to concentrate on the othe
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My noble friend Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield has been a fine mentor to the whole House. That was evident today. As we proceed without him, we must not let him down. Laws send social messages. Candour and individual accountability must improve in all secto
2026-04-21
Cancer Outcomes in the UK
My Lords, like others I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Patel for securing this debate today, which is acute myeloid leukaemia day—so it seems very appropriate. I declare my interests as a professor of palliative medicine at Cardiff University a
If I may add to the list of questions, I think it might be helpful for the Minister to explain how the decisions over the size relate to the Purple Guide that the Health and Safety Executive produced, because I understand from page 114 of volume 2 of th
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Register of Interests · 4 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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Consultant Physician in palliative care, Velindre NHS Trust, Cardiff
registered 2010-04-14 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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House in London W2 (no rental income received)
registered 2026-07-07
Category 4: Sponsorship
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The member receives research assistance from a scholar on the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Parliamentary Scholar Programme
registered 2026-01-26
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The member receives part-time research support from an employee of Living and Dying Well
registered 2023-11-23 · amended 2026-03-23
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Party history
2001-06-28 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2002-11-13 → 2007-10-30
Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I
2002-11-19 → 2007-10-30
Science and Technology Committee
2004-07-22 → 2005-07-11
Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee)
2004-11-30 → 2005-04-07
Committee on the Assisted Dying for the terminally ill Bill
2012-05-29 → 2013-03-05
Public Service and Demographic Change Committee
2015-06-11 → 2016-02-11
National Policy for the Built Environment Committee
2019-07-01 → 2023-01-31
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2022-02-22 → present
Standing Orders (Private Bills) Committee (Lords)
2023-01-31 → 2023-11-27
Integration of Primary and Community Care Committee
2024-01-31 → present
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2025-10-14 → 2025-11-05
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
finlayi@parliament.uk
020 7219 6693 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 6693 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 17 active officership(s) · 18 historic
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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of 16 tabled
16 answered(100.0%)
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departments
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Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Cancers: Medical Treatments
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Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Cancers: Medical Treatments
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Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Cancers: Health Services
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Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Cancers: Medical Treatments
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Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Cancers: Medical Treatments
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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)
10 bills
8 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFCOM (Duty regarding Prevention of Serious Self-harm and Suicide) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 3rd reading | 2022-06-06 | |
| Access to Palliative Care and Treatment of Children Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2020-01-09 | |
| Access to Palliative Care and Treatment of Children Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-10-24 | |
| Access to Palliative Care Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-05 | |
| Access to Palliative Care Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2016-06-09 | |
| Access to Palliative Care Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 3rd reading | 2015-06-01 | |
| Health Service Commissioner for England (Complaint Handling) Act 2015 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2014-07-02 | |
| Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2009-12-16 | |
| Kidney Transplant Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2007-11-28 | |
| Palliative Care Bill [HL] | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2006-11-16 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.