The Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice's full title is The Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice. Her name is Hilary Camilla Cavendish, 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%)
0 Not-Content(0.0%)
161 didn't vote(99.4%)
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 19
2025-01-28
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on a barnstorming speech.
Many of the points that I wanted to make have already been made by others, so I will be brief. I declare my interest as a rights holder. I am slightly worried that this is beginning to
2024-04-23
Care Worker Visa Regime
My Lords, the charity Unseen and the union UNISON have compiled substantial evidence of the exploitation of some of these workers, who now find themselves in limbo because they have been hired by agencies that do not have enough hours for them and they a
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Laming, said that the state had a poor record as a substitute parent and often fell short. Every contribution that we have heard today has agreed with that. They agreed with the principle that, if possible, families should
2024-04-18
NHS: Long-term Sustainability
My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, his tireless work for the NHS and, as the noble Lord, Lord Carter, called it, his Olympian view across the system that he shared earlier. I too will focus on only one or two things. I am very glad th
2022-01-17
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Let us be honest here about some of the underlying drivers of the Government’s policy. People in this country generally did not like the fact that Insulate Britain was obstructing ambulances on major roads, or that Extinction Rebellion was in one case—w
I am very grateful to the Minister for making the time and giving such a thoughtful response. I will use the few minutes I saved from earlier to make a few remarks, if that is all right.
I am very glad to hear that serious consideration is being given
My Lords, this is a debate about power and the damage done to ordinary people and democracy when the workings of power are hidden. In this country, laws which affect people’s lives are increasingly being made through delegated powers, secondary legislati
That this House takes note of the increasing numbers of skeleton bills and the associated use of delegated powers within them.
2021-12-07
Health and Care Bill
My Lords, I welcome much in this Bill, especially the provisions on childhood obesity, and I welcome the end to the 2012 Act clauses which obstructed collaboration between primary and secondary care and community services. I congratulate the noble Lord,
2021-10-22
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]
My Lords, like many others in this Chamber I have been overwhelmed by the number of letters I have received from the public on this issue, not just now but over many years as a journalist. We all know that this is an issue of huge importance to the publi
2021-07-01
Deprived Areas
Michael Marmot has demonstrated once again the totally unacceptable chasm in healthy life expectancy in different parts of the country. I welcome the Government’s commitment to the obesity strategy, even if it is five years late, and to the smoking cessa
2021-06-24
Social Care and the Role of Carers
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Jolly, on securing this important debate. I think all the speakers know what all the issues are. I shall not try to tackle the whole issue of social care in three minutes, but I shall make two points.
2018-05-14
Data Protection Bill [HL]
My Lords, I do not think anybody can listen to that description without being worried about the state of the press. There is no point pretending that everything is perfect. As a former and current practising journalist, I would not. I welcome the narrowi
2018-05-14
Data Protection Bill [HL]
My Lords, I have one question that builds on the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson. I note that the Minister said that organisations that refuse to hand over information will be in contempt of court. Can he confirm whether there will be a publ
2017-12-13
Data Protection Bill [HL]
My Lords, I want to briefly bring us back to Amendment 50A of the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins. I declare an interest; I have been a journalist for about 15 years and have won several prizes for investigative journalism. One of my campaigns, which expose
My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak in this important debate. I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Agnew, who has such a long-standing commitment to education. I hope he will be able to move this forward.
As the noble Lord, Lord Soley, said, there
2017-11-16
Older Persons: Human Rights and Care
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, for securing this very important debate with its enormous number of issues.
I do not feel I can follow that powerful argument by the noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, without addressing it, because he has an enor
2017-06-27
Queen’s Speech
My Lords, there are many aspects of the gracious Speech that I would have liked to speak on, but I decided to choose Islamist extremism, which many other noble Lords have already addressed. I worked on this in the Policy Unit in Downing Street and I hope
2016-12-01
Social Care
My Lords, I am proud to stand here today as a Member of this House and make my maiden speech. I would like to thank noble Lords on all sides of the House for so warmly welcoming me and the staff for being so magnificently kind and helpful.
Being here i
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Register of Interests · 8 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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In receipt of advance payment for book royalties from Penguin
registered 2025-06-26
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Columnist, The Financial Times
registered 2025-06-02 · amended 2025-06-26
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Non-executive Director, Department of Health and Social Care
registered 2025-02-04 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Extra Time Partners Limited (member's own company owned 100 per cent by member providing writing, speaking and strategic advice)
registered 2021-05-10 · amended 2025-04-05
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Broadcasting work for BBC
registered 2017-01-30 · amended 2025-06-26
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Extra Time Partners Limited (company owned 100 per cent by member providing strategic advice)
registered 2021-05-10 · amended 2025-06-26
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Morgan Stanley (financial services)
registered 2016-10-14 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Flat in Wandsworth, London, from which rental income is received
registered 2016-10-14 · amended 2025-07-01
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Party history
2019-10-24 → present
Crossbench
current
2016-12-14 → 2019-10-23
Non-affiliated
2016-09-06 → 2016-12-13
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
None recorded.
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 1 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 1 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
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)
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.