The Rt Hon. the Lord Baker of Dorking CH
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Baker of Dorking's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Baker of Dorking CH. His name is Kenneth Wilfred Baker, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
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Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
7 Content(4.3%)
1 Not-Content(0.6%)
154 didn't vote(95.1%)
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figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-06-11
Welfare Reforms and Youth Unemployment
My Lords, I very much welcome the opportunity in this debate to explore why youth unemployment is so high in our education system. It is deplorable that we have 1 million young people aged 16 to 24 who have never had work and who, as the right reverend P
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I recognise that there is that power, but it is very rarely used. That is the point I have been making all the time. Juries will not convict.
This has happened before in our history. There was a time when the law decided that youngsters as young as 10
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I understand what the noble and learned Baroness is saying, but the police have decided very clearly what their position is. Between 2009 and 2025, 199 cases were referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions by the police for assisted suicide. Of thos
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, this House has debated assisted dying this century on nine occasions, first in 2003 and then in 2005. There are very few members in the House today who spoke in those debates, with the possible exception of the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay of Ll
Before the noble Lord sits down, can I ask him about SMEs?
2026-01-08
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I support the Motion in the name of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, because I remember debates in this House on assisted dying over 20 or 25 years ago—the noble Baroness spoke in them, as did the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay. We have always tak
2026-01-06
Graduate Jobs
My Lords, instead of finding jobs for graduates, we should be trying to persuade more 18 year-olds not to go to university. In the colleges that I support, 25% of our leavers become apprentices compared to 4% from an ordinary school. Apprentices can earn
My Lords, I thank the Minister for visiting two university technical colleges, where she saw colleges which had a NEET unemployment rate of under 2%, compared to the rate of a mainstream school of 13.6%, which is disgraceful and unacceptable. As no new c
2025-11-10
Curriculum and Assessment Review
Some of the long speeches we hear are not from the Back Benches but from the Front Benches, if I may say so. The only comment I will make is that the Government have in fact embarked on revolution, not evolution.
2025-11-10
Curriculum and Assessment Review
I am going to sit down in a moment.
2025-11-10
Curriculum and Assessment Review
My Lords, I congratulate the Minister and the Government on accepting the major recommendation of the Becky Francis report, which was to remove the EBacc curriculum that was imposed on all schools by Michael Gove—now the noble Lord, Lord Gove—in 2010. Th
2025-11-10
Curriculum and Assessment Review
Just how long will this take? Will the Back-Benchers ever get in?
2025-10-13
Jobs Market
Does the Minister appreciate that her Chief Whip opened by asking for shorter answers?
2025-10-13
Jobs Market
My Lords—
2025-09-12
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, this is the third time in my life that I have spoken in this House on assisted dying. The first time was over 20 years ago, when it was not very prominent at all. I have been a strong supporter of it. The argument then was that the sanctity of
2025-09-10
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, for getting such a speedy response from the Minister. It is almost unknown. It gives me the opportunity to congratulate the Minister on being reappointed as the Minister for Skills. Not only that but she has it in t
2025-09-10
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I very strongly support the amendment from my noble friend Lord Blunkett. I call him a friend because we have both borne the same responsibilities in the past and it looks as if his proposal has all-party support in the Committee. I assure your
2025-06-04
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I warmly congratulate the noble Baroness on her determination and consistency in promoting this cause. It is very worth while, and, as she said, she is the spokesperson for at least 2.5 million people who constitute the cultural history of our
2025-06-02
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
My Lords, this is the first time I have spoken on this measure, because I had assumed that, after the Bill had gone to the House of Commons, it would accept the arguments that have been adduced in this place in the previous debates and realise that this
2025-05-07
Pupil Absenteeism
Is the Minister aware that many 13 and 14 year-olds who do not turn up on two days a week do not want to go back to a school where they will have to study just eight academic subjects, which is the standard curriculum for comprehensives? Until they have
2025-05-01
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I am delighted to follow my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett. He was an outstanding Education Secretary who enormously improved literacy and numeracy in primary schools, but what endears him to me is that his two grandsons are going to the
2025-04-29
AI: Cross-sector Legislation
My Lords—
2025-03-10
Apprenticeships: Entry Requirements
My Lords, I support what the Government are doing in reducing the levels of numeracy and literacy for apprentices starting. The House should remember that the apprentices of the 18th century who created the Industrial Revolution did not sit numeracy or l
2025-01-23
Free Schools and Academies
My Lords, I declare an interest in that I am the life president of the Baker Dearing Educational Trust, which promotes university technical colleges.
The Minister will be glad to know that I support many things in the Bill: money for under-fives, brea
2024-11-18
Curriculum and Assessment Review
Is the Minister aware that, of the students this year taking GCSE, fewer than 20% took computer science? That is appalling. At the same time, a report from 6,000 companies up and down the land, big and small, showed that the biggest thing restricting th
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Deputy Chairman, Genting UK plc (leisure & gaming)
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1968-03-28 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
1990-11-28 → 1992-04-09
Home Secretary
1989-07-24 → 1990-11-28
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1986-05-21 → 1989-07-23
Secretary of State for Education and Science
1985-09-02 → 1986-05-20
Secretary of State for Environment
1984-09-11 → 1985-09-01
Minister of State (Department of Environment) (Local Government)
1983-06-13 → 1984-09-10
Minister of State (Industry & Information Technology)
1981-01-05 → 1983-06-12
Minister of State (Department of Industry)
1972-04-07 → 1974-03-04
Parliamentary Secretary (Civil Service Department)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1978-11-01 → 1983-06-09
Procedure Committee
2002-11-25 → 2006-11-08
Information Committee (Lords)
2007-04-16 → 2012-05-21
House Committee (Lords)
2021-01-28 → 2021-11-16
Youth Unemployment Committee
2023-01-31 → 2023-11-23
Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Engineering Group
Subject Group
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Officer | COWI UK Ltd · Laing O’Rourke · Sizewell C Limited · Thales | 4 | 2027-01-10 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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Historic bills (all-time)
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| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
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| Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 3rd reading | 2007-02-05 |
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