The Baroness Willis of Summertown CBE
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Baroness Willis of Summertown's full title is The Baroness Willis of Summertown CBE. Her name is Katherine Jane Willis, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
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Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
5 Content(3.1%)
1 Not-Content(0.6%)
156 didn't vote(96.3%)
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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-06-16
Environment Act 2021 Targets
My Lords, I appreciate the response from the Minister. We are very good at saying what is not working but not so good at measuring what is working. Anecdotally we know that some improvements, such as rewilding and regenerative agriculture, are working fo
2026-06-16
Environment Act 2021 Targets
My Lords—
I thank noble Lords for this very short debate. I thank the Minister for her comments and the noble Lord for his. What I am hearing is that it costs too much to actually fulfil our climate change commitments. I find that extraordinary, given how much we
My Lords, I rise to speak very briefly to Amendment 311. This amendment is to address a systemic issue that we and local authorities already face and will continue to face. That is the twin threats of climate change and biodiversity loss, the related act
I thank the Minister for her reply to that comment, but I also make the point that we are talking about devolved authorities. If we have climate change sceptics as the mayors of these devolved authorities, I can see very few of these opportunities being
Can I ask a question of clarification? I agree on democracy and the point that the noble Lord is making, but these are legally binding targets that we have agreed in the law through these Acts, so do we ignore the law through devolution?
My Lords, Amendment 241B is in my name, and I strongly support Amendment 192 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett.
The devolution Bill creates these large, powerful strategic authorities whose decisions on planning, housing, transport and i
My Lords, I support Amendment 46, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley. We must ensure that any spatial development strategy underlines and works with the principles of the Environmental Improvement Plan and the upcoming land use framework, as the nobl
My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 51A and 52A in my name. I respect and agree with the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, about having some flexibility in the appointment of these different commissioners.
My amendment looks specifically
2025-11-24
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, Motion K1 is in my name. I have a whole speech written but I am not going to give it because I greatly appreciate the words that came from the Minister.
The concerns around the EDPs are critical. Even this morning I had many emails in my inb
2025-11-13
Biodiversity and the Countryside
My Lords, I am delighted to join this debate: it is always wonderful to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young. It is something close to my own research expertise, but, before I join this debate, I must declare my interests as noted in the register, speci
2025-11-03
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I thank everyone for their really thoughtful contributions to this debate. I appreciate the Minister’s remarks, but I still have a very big problem here: every time, we come back to the NPPF, and every time there is recommendation and guidance.
2025-11-03
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I will be brief in speaking to Amendment 237 in my name. I am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Young of Old Scone and Lady Miller of Chilthorne Domer, and the noble Lord, Lord Gascoigne, for their support.
Amendment 237 is on a similar
2025-11-03
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
2025-10-29
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I thank all those who have contributed to the debate, and I thank the Minister for her response. However, I did not find her arguments reassuring, and I therefore wish to test the opinion of the House.
2025-10-29
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
2025-10-29
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 130 in my name. I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Young of Old Scone and Lady Grender, and the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, for their support. When preparing this speech, I went back to remind myself of the core object
2025-10-29
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
I thank the Minister for her reply. I shall make a couple of points. What we are talking about here is a matter of both scale and timing. If we had a land use framework in place, it would look, I hope, at the habitats regs for different areas that had be
2025-10-29
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I have retabled slightly amended versions of Amendments 115 and 116, and I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Young of Old Scone, Lady Grender and Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for their support. These amendments try to ensure that compliance wi
2025-10-29
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
2025-10-27
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
I want to say a few words in support of another very sensible flooding-related amendment, Amendment 101 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, to which I was pleased to add my name. I find it alarming that we seem currently to have a situation wher
2025-10-27
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
I am pleased to add my name to the important amendment tabled by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Norwich, and to Amendment 92 in this group, because, let us be honest, we are not starting from a good place with chalk streams. As mentioned by my
2025-10-27
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 88 in my name. I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Young of Old Scone and Lady Miller of Chilthorne Domer, and the noble Lord, Lord Gascoigne, for their support in adding their names to the amendment.
The amendment v
2025-10-22
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I declare my interest as noted in the register as a non-executive director of NatCap Research. This declaration is particularly appropriate as I stand to support the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, in bringing back this sensible ame
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Register of Interests · 5 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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Professor of Biodiversity, Department of Biology, University of Oxford
registered 2022-07-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Principal and Pro-Vice Chancellor (without portfolio), St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
registered 2022-07-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Non-executive Director, Natural Capital Research Limited (provides bespoke models, tools and datasets to measure, map and enhance aspects of nature (natural capital assets) that provide societal benefits)
registered 2022-07-14 · amended 2025-05-16
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Natural Capital Research Limited (provides bespoke models, tools and datasets to measure, map and enhance aspects of nature (natural capital assets) that provide societal benefits)
registered 2022-07-14 · amended 2025-05-16
Category 4: Sponsorship
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The member receives research assistance from Peers for the Planet Ltd in her role as chair of the Peers for the Planet parliamentary group
registered 2025-05-16
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Party history
2022-07-08 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2023-01-31 → 2023-10-26
Horticultural Sector Committee
2023-06-08 → 2023-07-07
Bishop's Stortford Cemetery Bill [HL]
2024-01-31 → present
Science and Technology Committee
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 2 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 2 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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