The Baroness Harding of Winscombe
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Harding of Winscombe's full title is The Baroness Harding of Winscombe. Her name is Diana Mary Harding, 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
70 Content(43.2%)
8 Not-Content(4.9%)
84 didn't vote(51.9%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-25
Content
95–137
Not-Content
2026-01-12
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201–169
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2026-01-05
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131–127
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2026-01-05
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194–130
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2026-01-05
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168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
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210–131
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2026-01-05
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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
My Lords, it is an honour to follow our erstwhile chair of the Industry and Regulators Committee. I begin by declaring my interest as a member of that committee.
I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton, for her excellent chairing of both the
2026-06-04
AI Regulation Bill
My Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lord Holmes for bringing this debate. The fact that so many of us wish to speak today shows that this really needs to be properly debated as a society, not just in a series of two-minute soundbites.
I think we all
2026-05-19
King’s Speech
My Lords, I too congratulate the three excellent maiden speakers today and wish the noble Lord, Lord Dixon, luck in a few minutes’ time.
I will restrict my comments to technology. Much of the gracious Speech involves and impacts tech, but I was sad to
2026-04-28
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I will briefly add my thanks and congratulations to my noble friend Lord Nash on what is a substantial achievement, and my thanks to the Minister and the Government for having heard the strong voices in this House. But I will also double-click—
2026-04-27
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, it is a huge privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hacking. I am sure many noble Lords will have the same sentiment as I do in thanking him for his extraordinary service to his country.
I would like to associate myself with everything tha
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, my mother-in-law died from motor neurone disease a couple of years ago. She was a primary school headmistress, and she took firm control of her life throughout it. Three weeks before she died, she called a multidisciplinary team meeting of all
2026-04-20
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I shall briefly add to the eloquent contribution made by the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron. I recognise that all parties have moved and that the groups of amendments are much closer than they were when we last debated this topic. However, I worry
My Lords, I will be very brief. The Explanatory Notes say that a full impact assessment was not completed because
“no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen”.
I think it entirely foreseeable that there could be si
My Lords, I will also ask a few questions. I declare my interests as the senior steward—namely, the chairman—of the Jockey Club and as the mother of an elite athlete.
I spent last weekend at two quite different sporting events, juggling my time betwee
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I will also try to be brief. I completely support everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, has said. I would like to draw out two arguments that have been made to me today as to why her amendments should not be supported and explain why
2026-03-04
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, given the hour, I shall be brief. I support my noble friend Lady Stowell in the two amendments that she has so ably introduced, and I have been delighted to add my name to both of them.
I have worked all my life in consumer services: for 20-
2026-01-26
Holocaust Memorial Day
My Lords, it is a somewhat daunting privilege to follow another passionate and erudite speech from the noble Lord, Lord Austin. I too congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Coventry on an outstanding maiden speech—the huge impact that she
2026-01-26
Superintelligent AI
My Lords, in 1982, the then Government commissioned a philosopher, Dame Mary Warnock, to explore the moral and ethical frameworks around human embryology and fertilisation, long before many of the developments were really possible. I worry that the AI Se
2026-01-26
Superintelligent AI
My Lords—
2026-01-21
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I will also endeavour to be brief. Like many who have spoken already, I spent a very large amount of time on the Online Safety Act. I agree entirely with the comments of the noble Lords, Lord Knight and Lord Russell, and the noble Baroness, Lad
2026-01-08
AI Systems: Risks
My Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lord Fairfax for bringing this debate and for his continued efforts on this topic. I shall focus my remarks on so-called advanced general artificial intelligence, AGI. I understand the resistance to legislation. I un
My Lords, I welcome the Minister’s strength in his answers. He says that if Ofcom does not act to hold X to account for Grok’s illegal activities, the Government will. Can he expand on how the Government will act, if they need to?
2025-10-30
Protection of Children Codes of Practice
My Lords, I thank the noble, Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for bringing this regret Motion. He gave a tour de force of all the reasons why we should regret that these codes are not more ambitious. I too wholeheartedly support the Online Safety Act and, once
2025-09-18
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Before the Minister moves on, I have a follow-up question. It is very encouraging to hear the work that seems to be ongoing in the ICO. What is the Minister’s view on why it would not be appropriate to put the requirement for a code of conduct on the sta
2025-09-18
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I too support Amendments 493 and 494 in the name of my noble friend Lord Holmes, and Amendments 502K and 502YI in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron. I am not an educationalist and this is my first contribution on the Bill. I spend my
2025-06-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, I suppose it is a bit of a clue that if we have more groups of amendments than there are clauses in the Bill, we are going to feel a bit like we are going round in circles—and this group does feel a bit like we are going round in circles.
It
2025-06-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, like my noble friend Lord Pickles, I have considerable sympathy with this amendment, which was so well set out by the noble Lord, Lord Verdirame. I am pleased to find common ground with the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, that it is really importan
2025-06-11
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
My Lords, like many others, I am extremely sad to see that we have reached this stage. Sadly, I was unable to attend the other stages of ping-pong, so I feel that I need to add my support to the extraordinary work that the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, h
2025-06-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, I will address directly the question that my noble friend posed on why collocation is important and why this is the right location. I would just like to dispel a couple of myths in this debate. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Russell, for bringing
2025-06-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, I declare my interest as a member of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation, as I have been for nearly a decade, and a resident of Westminster who walks my dog in the park.
I remind us all that this is Report, not Second Reading, and I will attem
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Register of Interests · 4 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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Speaking engagement, 3 July 2025, Bank of London and the Middle East senior management meeting, London
registered 2025-07-09
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Adviser on new product development to Carna.Health (start-up health tech company)
registered 2022-09-23 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Avalon Enterprises Limited (member’s personal consultancy and services business)
registered 2022-09-23 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Avalon Enterprises Limited (member’s personal consultancy and services business)
registered 2022-09-23 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2014-09-15 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2017-06-27 → 2022-01-19
Economic Affairs Committee
2021-07-23 → 2022-02-09
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2022-01-19 → 2025-01-30
Communications and Digital Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Industry and Regulators Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Solidarity Consulting Ltd | 4 | 2027-02-20 |
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Local Growth All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
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Officer | Local Government Association | 4 | 2026-04-17 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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