The Baroness Fairhead CBE

Crossbench Member of the House of Lords F

Baroness Fairhead's full title is The Baroness Fairhead CBE. Her name is Rona Alison Fairhead, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.

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2026-03-17 Spring Forecast Statement

My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord St John of Bletso, on his long, stylish and meaningful service to this House. I wish him well in the future, be he in Africa or anywhere else in the world. I stand before your Lordships as a member of

2024-05-09 Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Aberdare on securing this important debate and on his truly excellent opening speech. I also congratulate the noble Lords, Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell and Lord Marks of Hale, on their optimistic maiden speech

2024-01-29 Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

My Lords, we do need to stop the abhorrent practices of the criminal gangs and save people dying at sea, and we do need to control our borders. I therefore commend the actions that the Government have implemented, as described by the Minister in his open

2024-01-18 Biosecurity and Infectious Diseases

My Lords, I warmly welcome the Minister and join the House in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Trees, on securing this debate. I draw the attention of the House to my role at the Oracle Corporation. I also apologise in advance to the medical professi

2020-10-08 Trade Bill

My Lords, before I turn to the amendments, I will begin by welcoming my noble friend the Minister to the House most warmly, as this is the first time that I have spoken on the Trade Bill since he assumed his role. As I have been participating both remote

2019-07-11 Economic Environment: Growth and Jobs

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe on raising this important issue and thank her for her many contributions to UK business over her impressive career. In terms of being a good place for business, we perform well internationall

2019-07-04 NHS: Future UK Trade Deals

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe, for tabling this debate as it raises two topics that sit at the heart of our country’s identity and of our future—the National Health Service and our future trading relationships. I hope that this debat

2019-05-01 Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation

My understanding is that there were conversations at official level. After the debate in this House, we made a change and shared the full text of the agreement. For all agreements in place from 20 March, they will get the full text of the treaty. Prior t

2019-05-01 Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation

I am happy to deal with that. I was given the wrong information that I had two minutes left in which to sum up. I apologise: I rushed through, rather. We share the text when it is in a stable form; it goes to the devolved Administrations at the same t

2019-05-01 Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for drawing the House’s attention to the UK-Switzerland continuity trade agreement. I add my thanks to him and the committee for their work. Just to read a synopsis of the report shows how much work has gone