The Baroness Fleet CBE
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Fleet's full title is The Baroness Fleet CBE. Her name is Veronica Judith Colleton Wadley, 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
55 Content(34.0%)
1 Not-Content(0.6%)
106 didn't vote(65.4%)
2026-03-25
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95–137
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193–143
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194–140
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208–142
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214–142
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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
My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Healy, and I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, on her leadership in producing this report by the Communications and Digital Committee, on which I serve. I declare my interest as a l
2025-07-22
Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025
My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Udny-Lister, who is an old friend and old colleague. I declare my interest as former editor of the Evening Standard¸ deputy editor of the Telegraph and the Daily Mail and independent director of Ti
2025-06-24
Music Education: State Schools
My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, and I pay tribute to her for securing this debate. I declare my interest as chair and co-founder of the London Music Fund, and former chair of the model music curriculum and the nationa
2025-06-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, I strongly support the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Verdirame, who presented them with compelling logic. I also congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, on her leadership on this Bill and her brilliant speeches.
We have
2025-05-20
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I speak to the intended purpose of the Bill, which includes improving the well-being of children, as given in subsection (1)(a) of the proposed new clause, and removing barriers to opportunity, as given in subsection (2)(c) of the proposed new
2025-05-15
Artificial Intelligence: Creative Content
My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. As a former newspaper editor, I pay tribute briefly to one of the most outstanding journalists of our generation, who we have just heard has died, Andrew Norfolk. Your Lordships will all know h
2025-05-01
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, it is an honour to speak in this debate. I declare my interest as a governor of the Shoreditch Park academy in Hackney. I will focus on the proposed measures that I think threaten academies. Many noble Lords have already made brilliant, passion
My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, and I congratulate him on the work that he does at IPSO, which is much appreciated by newspapers. I also congratulate my noble friend Lady Stowell on the excellent The Future of News report
2025-03-27
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, I support Amendment 32 in the name of my noble friend Lord Blencathra. I will briefly add a rather personal perspective of antisemitism, which is absolutely central to our debate today.
I believe, as I think we all do, that antisemitism must
2025-03-20
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, I support Amendment 16 in the name of my noble friend Lord Strathcarron. I, too, am greatly in favour of a new Holocaust memorial in London—we all are—but the proposed memorial, designed by the discredited architect David Adjaye, is totally ina
2025-03-04
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, I apologise to the Committee but this is my first intervention on the Bill. I declare my interest as a former chairman of Arts Council London. I rise to speak to Amendment 29 and the consequential amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord
2025-02-06
Recruitment of Teachers
My Lords, I do not think that the Minister has fully answered my noble friend’s question. Is it 6,500 more teachers by the end of this Parliament?
2025-02-06
Recruitment of Teachers
My Lords—
My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Monckton of Dallington Forest’s Amendment 31. My noble friend is a tireless and brave campaigner in the charity sector, and she has spoken so movingly today about this Bill.
I declare my interests as listed in
My Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lady Sater for securing this important debate. I declare my interests as listed in the register.
Arts organisations were so full of hope when Labour came to power and there is now just profound disappointment and
My Lords, can the Minister tell us whether he recognises the vital role that the orchestra tax relief plays in the performing arts sector?
2024-05-22
Media Bill
My Lords, I speak in opposition to these amendments and will voice support for the repeal of Section 40, which is long overdue. I heard the attack of the noble Lord, Lord Watson, on newspapers. I wonder what Lord Brittan might have replied.
As a forme
My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 67, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, and I congratulate her on all the hard work she has done to get to this point.
I have not spoken previously on the Bill, but I specifically want to speak today as a
2023-12-07
Classical Music
My Lords, my noble friend will know that orchestras need a strong pipeline of talent. This will be achieved only when high-quality music education is available for all across all the country, and particularly those with potential. The national plan for m
2023-10-18
Access to Musical Education in School
My Lords, it is an immense pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Boateng. I congratulate him on securing the debate. I declare my interests as chair of the national plan for music education and the London Music Fund. We will, no doubt, hear from many n
2023-10-17
Cultural Education Plan
My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for that Answer. Cultural education, like music education, is delivered not just in schools but by partnerships with cultural, voluntary and faith organisations and the third sector. Can my noble friend say
2023-10-17
Cultural Education Plan
In begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare my interests as the chair of the national plan for music education.
2023-10-17
Cultural Education Plan
To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress has been made on the development of their cultural education plan.
2023-06-12
Free Music Education
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to provide free music education for all children aged five to 14.
2023-06-12
Free Music Education
My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for that Answer and declare my interests as registered, including as former chair of the national plan for music education. The national plan for music education is ambitious, but does it not need to be well
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Party history
2020-09-15 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2025-01-30 → present
Communications and Digital Committee
Contact
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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