The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford's full title is The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford. Her name is Nicola Claire Blackwood, 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.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
132
125 meetings ·
1 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
6 overseas trips
· 2019-01-01 → 2020-03-31
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 125
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-12 | — | Meeting to discuss research and clinical trials | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2020-02-04 | — | Roundtable meeting to discuss Life Sciences and EU Exit. | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2020-02-03 | — | Roundtable meeting to disucss Patient access to Medicines Partnership | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2020-01-30 | — | Meeting to discuss access to medicines | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2020-01-28 | — | Meeting to discuss Innovation in digital health | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2020-01-23 | — | Meeting to discuss regulatory challenges to innovation and paticularly how they impact the Apple Watch (PJ) | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2020-01-21 | — | To discuss Professor John Bell role as government life sciences champion | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2020-01-15 | — | Introductory meeting with the new Chief Executive to discuss EU Exit and working together. | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2020-01-08 | — | EU Relationship Group (EURG) roundtable meeting to discuss Life Sciences and EU Exit. | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2020-01-07 | — | Meeting to discuss EU Relationship Group | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2019-11-04 | — | Meeting to discuss research and global health | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2019-10-31 | — | Meeting to disuss the NHS Commercial Framework | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2019-10-31 | — | Meeting to discuss AI and how it can support clinicans in diagnosis of cardiovascular issues. | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2019-10-30 | — | Introductory meeting to discuss products in the Janssen and J&J medicines product pipeline and medicines pricing regulation. | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2019-10-30 | — | To discuss Closed Loop Medicine's products and the regulation of innovative medicines and medical devices. | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2019-10-30 | — | To discuss the UK's exit from the European Union, including plans for a potential No Deal Exit, as well as plans for Future Partnership negotiations. | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2019-10-28 | — | To discuss innovation in the NHS, and how to support the uptake of new technologies such as genomics in the NHS. | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2019-10-24 | — | To discuss the current rare diseases framework and how it has impacted the care of patients with rare diseases | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2019-10-14 | — | To discuss Life Sciences and the important role European companies play in the NHS innovation ecosystem. | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2019-10-14 | — | To discuss about the impact of EU Exit on the life sciences and pharmaceutical industry and continuity of supply of medicines. | department-of-health-and-social-care |
Recent hospitality
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-03 | — | Breakfast | — |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| — |
Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Scheduled flight
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To attend the British Irish Council Summit UKG Delegation | — |
| — |
Okayama, Japan
Scheduled flight
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To attend the G20 summit | — |
| — |
Helsinki, Finland
Scheduled flight
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To attend the EU Finnish Presidency on the Economy of Wellbeing Conference | — |
| — |
Amsterdam
Scheduled flight
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Representing the UK at a global AMR Ministerial Meeting. | — |
| — |
Luxembourg
Scheduled flight
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Representing the UK at the EU Health Council (EPSCO) | — |
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Geneva
Scheduled flight
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Representing the UK at Commonwealth Health Ministers meeting and the World Health Assembly | — |
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HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
13 Content(8.0%)
0 Not-Content(0.0%)
149 didn't vote(92.0%)
2026-01-05
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131–127
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194–130
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168–178
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210–131
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132–124
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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
2026-06-17
Integrated Care Boards: Budgets
My Lords, virtual wards are an aspect of community transformation that has been scaling fast. Safety and outcomes will be maintained only with an appropriate workforce plan to meet that demand. Can the Minister say what plans are in place to address that
2025-11-26
Visas: Highly Skilled People
My Lords—
2025-11-26
Visas: Highly Skilled People
My Lords—
2025-11-26
Visas: Highly Skilled People
My Lords—
2025-11-13
Goodmayes Hospital Mental Health Facility
My Lords, I am sure the whole House will join in sending condolences. I am pleased that the Minister identified improving the performance at the CQC as an important step in preventing these tragedies from happening in the first place. She will know that
2025-09-04
European Framework Programme 10
My Lords, there have been a number of calls from research and university representatives for the programme to take a balanced approach to research security but also to reduce bureaucracy. Can the Minister please say how he will evaluate and negotiate on
2025-07-22
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Givinostat
My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of Genomics England and Oxford University Innovation. This product is a classic example of one that should be eligible for the innovative medicines fund. However, concerns have been raised about the clarity of ent
2025-07-22
Independent Commission on Adult Social Care
My Lords—
2025-05-21
Improving Cyber Resilience
My Lords, when Richard Horne spoke at the CYBERUK conference this month, he stated that Britain has suffered double the number of serious cyberattacks in recent months compared with the same period last year. Nevertheless, only 35,000 SMEs have been issu
My Lords, I declare my interest as a former trustee of the Alan Turing Institute. Bearing in mind the outline that the Minister gave of the Turing 2.0 strategy, does he agree that the Turing could have a pivotal role in readying our public servants, but
My Lords, what assessment has the department made of the benefits and risks of the growing trend that is being reported of those who are unable to access affordable mental health care therefore turning to AI platforms such as Grok and ChatGPT, which are
2025-03-25
Strategic Priorities Statement: Defence
My Lords, for the National Wealth Fund to crowd in capital at the scale envisaged, it must be empowered to deploy capital against higher levels of risk appetite and against a wide range of products and financial investments. Moreover, it will need to ope
2025-02-12
Health Research
My Lords, as my ally the noble Lord, Lord Patel, rightly says, uncertainties in the United States with health funding presents an opportunity for the United Kingdom. The research funded by the MRC alone led to spin-out companies which created value of m
2025-02-04
Women’s Health Strategy
My Lords, the history of health policy through successive Governments has been one of too many priorities and targets which are not delivered, so I support the Government in this analysis. It has also been one of poorer outcomes for women and minorities.
Given the global financial and AI sector impacts of DeepSeek, what discussions were had about IP exfiltration as part of the national security discussions that the Minister has mentioned?
2024-12-18
Independent Office for Police Conduct
My Lords, a situation has arisen in Devon and Cornwall where not one but two chief constables have been suspended on full pay, pending investigation. I understand that the police and crime commissioner has made an application for a special grant in order
2024-12-17
United Front Work Department
My Lords, I have heard that the Government intend to take a pragmatic approach on this, but the issue regarding FIRS extends to a number of other legislative vehicles, such as the National Security and Investment Act and the forthcoming cyber resilience
My Lords, as the Minister pointed out, SSRIs can be the right choice for some patients, but for there to be patient choice, there has to be the capacity for those therapeutic options. In April 2024, around 1 million people were recorded as waiting for me
2024-11-26
Drug-related Deaths in England and Wales
My Lords, the two-year review of the LGA’s 10-year drugs plan has made a number of recommendations to improve the response. On the question of synthetic drugs, it recommended the implementation of early-warning systems so that changes at street level can
2024-11-14
BBC World Service
My Lords, we have already heard today of the importance of the BBC World Service as a voice for accurate reporting in many conflict states and politically restricted states, but just this week we had a Question about the risks journalists face in order t
2024-10-08
Public Procurement: Data Offshoring
My Lords, the heart of this Question is the safety of public data and the resilience of services. As we saw with the ransomware attack on Synnovis in the summer, cyberattacks of these sorts on supply chains can cause significant disruption to public serv
2024-09-10
Pharmacies: Rural Areas
My Lords, the Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee pharmacy inquiry found that, while most medicines are in good supply, medicines shortages have doubled since 2021. This means that pharmacists spend time dealing with medicines shortages every
2024-09-09
Local Bus Sector
My Lords, for many of those dependent on buses, whether they are travelling to work or to hospital appointments, lateness can have a real impact. Can the Minister say what actions he will take to improve real-time tracking of buses?
My Lords, I declare my interest as former chair of the Human Tissue Authority. I understand that this alert was in part triggered by the cyberattack, and that Synnovis has largely stabilised the system for wider testing, but can the Minister say when th
2024-07-24
European Investment Bank
I declare my interest as chair of Oxford University Innovation. At the heart of this question is the need to have more scale-up capital invested in UK innovations. Australian pensions invest more than 10 times the amount of capital than we do in private
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Register of Interests · 11 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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Chair, Health Data Research Service
registered 2025-11-27
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Senior Independent Non-executive Director, RTW Biotech Opportunities Ltd (life sciences fund)
registered 2024-07-22 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Supervisory Board, BioNTech SE (biotechnology)
registered 2023-05-26 · amended 2025-04-05
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Adviser, Advanced Research Clusters Management Ltd (network of science and innovation clusters)
registered 2023-04-27 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chair, Advisory Board, Thriva (blood testing service) (interest ceased 30 October 2025)
registered 2022-12-22 · amended 2025-11-27
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Member, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Expert Advisory Group (interest ceased 30 October 2025)
registered 2022-10-17 · amended 2025-11-27
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Equity Partner, Recode Health Ventures (health venture capital company)
registered 2022-07-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chair, Oxford University Innovations (technology transfer)
registered 2021-11-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chair, Genomics England
registered 2020-05-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Blackwood Intelligence Limited (personal service company) (all clients are listed below)
registered 2019-05-07 · amended 2025-04-07
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Blackwood Intelligence Limited (personal service company)
registered 2019-05-07 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2010-05-06 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2019-01-14 → 2020-02-13
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
2016-07-17 → 2017-05-03
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2010-07-12 → 2015-03-30
Home Affairs Committee
2015-06-18 → 2016-07-19
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2015-09-10 → 2016-07-19
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2020-04-21 → 2023-01-31
Science and Technology Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
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)
4 bills
1 as lead sponsor
3 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NHS Funding Act 2020 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2020-01-15 | |
| Health Service Safety Investigations Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-10-15 | |
| Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2018-10-26 | |
| Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2018-07-03 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.