The Baroness Keeley
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Keeley's full title is The Baroness Keeley. Her name is Barbara Keeley, 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
176 divisions
3 Content(1.7%)
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49 didn't vote(27.8%)
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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-07-23
Creative Industries: Qualifications
That this House takes note of the role of the current level 3 qualifications for the creative industries, and of the potential impact of their replacement with T Levels and V Levels on the creative industries.
2026-07-23
Creative Industries: Qualifications
My Lords, I welcome the Minister’s reappointment, and I was glad to hear almost everybody else mention that. We are so glad to see her back with us and thank her for what she has just said.
I shall reflect for a moment or two on the debate. The noble
2026-07-23
Creative Industries: Qualifications
My Lords, I am pleased to open this debate on the important role of current level 3 qualifications for the creative industries and the potential impact of their replacement with T-levels and V-levels. While this debate affects the wider creative industri
2026-07-20
Music Teachers: Recruitment
My Lords, under Conservative-led Governments, the EBacc and Progress 8 worked to squeeze music out of the curriculum. Recruitment targets for music teacher training were missed for 11 out of 12 years. In fact, the number of music teachers fell by 850 bet
2026-07-20
Music Teachers: Recruitment
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps, if any, they are taking to recruit more music teachers to bridge the gap caused by missed recruitment targets in past years.
2026-07-02
Live Music
My Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend on an excellent opening speech. My focus today is on the pipeline of musicians and the music teachers needed to train them—a pipeline damaged by young people’s lack of access to music in state schools. Our Lab
2026-06-16
Social Media Ban for Under-16s
My Lords, I join my noble friend the Minister in praising the bereaved families, who have campaigned so powerfully on online safety. I welcome the harms-reduction approach that the Government have taken. As my noble friend has outlined, we know that ther
2026-06-09
Digital Safety: Children
My Lords, our debates around the issue of child safety in your Lordships’ House tend to highlight a lack of confidence that the big tech companies will do the right thing. They could make their products safe by design but they do not. If legislation is
2026-05-20
Disadvantaged Pupils: Music Attainment Gap
To ask His Majesty’s Government what actions they intend to take to reduce the attainment gap in music for disadvantaged pupils in state schools.
2026-05-20
Disadvantaged Pupils: Music Attainment Gap
My Lords, more than six out of 10 schools with the highest level of disadvantage entered no pupils for GCSE music in 2024-25, compared to just one in 10 of the least disadvantaged. The Primary Winds Programme at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire helps t
2026-05-19
King’s Speech
My Lords, in opening our debate on the gracious Speech, my noble friend Lady Anderson described our Government’s ambition as having one central mission: to build a more resilient country that spreads opportunity for all. The country in which we live is o
2026-04-28
Ballet
My Lords, I cannot really compete with what has been said about dance specialisation because I ceased my dance classes at three. I want to expand a little on the music and dance scheme in schools, and I have raised this with my noble friend the Minister
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, on the same principle of making it safe, I will speak to my Amendment 219, which would open an extra channel of communication. It would require the person’s GP to disclose relevant information about the person’s eligibility for assisted dying.
2026-03-26
Curriculum and Assessment Review
My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg, on securing this short debate and introducing it so well. I thank the ISM—the Independent Society of Musicians—Dr Anthony Anderson and Professor Adam Whittaker of Birmingham City University, a
That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Communications and Digital Committee Media literacy (3rd Report, HL Paper 163).
My Lords, it is a pleasure to open this debate on the report of the Communications and Digital Committee’s inquiry on media literacy. In doing so, I will focus particularly on national leadership, the responsibilities of technology platforms and delivery
I thank my noble friend the Minister and all noble Lords who have spoken in this wide-ranging debate, with some excellent questions. I thank the Minister for saying that he will later answer any questions to which we have not had an answer.
With a sub
2026-03-13
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 155, which is different to the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, on patients who opt out. My amendment ensures that when a person has previously cancelled the process of obtaining assisted dying—
2026-03-05
Class Inequality in the Arts
My Lords, the Music and Dance Scheme schools, such as Chetham’s in Manchester and the Hammond school in Chester, give talented children from disadvantaged backgrounds access to world-class training. These eight schools are a success story, yet their futu
2026-03-02
UK Streaming and Cinema Sector
My Lords, I join the noble Lord, Lord Black, in welcoming the news that he mentioned and highlighting the importance of intellectual property and the UK’s copyright regime. Other jurisdictions are now moving away from weakening copyright. Australia has r
2026-03-02
UK Streaming and Cinema Sector
My Lords—
2026-02-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of my Amendment 483, which would ensure simply that in-person hearings remain the default when assessing applications under the Bill, with remote evidence via video or audio link used only where extraordinary cir
2026-02-06
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
2026-02-06
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I am speaking on behalf of my noble and learned friend Lady Scotland, who made clear last Friday that she could not attend today’s Committee debate. I very much appreciate what my noble and learned friend Lord Falconer has just said, but it is
2026-01-30
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I will speak on face-to-face consultation; my Amendment 483 on this is in a later group.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, it was briefly made possible for the making of a will to be witnessed by videolink rather than in person. This change coul
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Register of Interests · 7 entries on file
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Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Two tickets and hospitality received from the Music Publishers Association for the Ivor Novello Awards, London, 21 May 2026
registered 2026-06-01
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Two tickets and hospitality received for the Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall from the Society of London Theatre, 12 April 2026
registered 2026-04-13
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Two tickets and hospitality received from Classic FM for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 20 October 2025
registered 2025-11-03
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Two tickets and hospitality received from PRS for Music for the Gramophone Classical Music Awards, London, 15 October 2025
registered 2025-11-03
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Two tickets and hospitality received from UK Theatre for the UK Theatre Awards, London, 12 October 2025
registered 2025-11-03
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The member has received from Donmar Warehouse in 2025 tickets for and hospitality at theatre shows which cumulatively exceed the registration threshold
registered 2025-10-02
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The member has received from the National Theatre in 2025 tickets, hospitality and an invitation to a training event which cumulatively exceed the registration threshold
registered 2025-09-01
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Party history
2005-05-05 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2009-06-09 → 2010-05-06
Parliamentary Secretary and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
2008-10-05 → 2009-06-09
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
2022-03-11 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)
2018-01-09 → 2020-04-06
Shadow Minister (Mental Health and Social Care)
2016-10-07 → 2018-01-09
Shadow Minister (Mental Health and Social Care)
2015-09-18 → 2016-06-28
Shadow Minister (Health)
2015-05-08 → 2015-09-18
Shadow Minister (Treasury)
2010-10-08 → 2011-10-07
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government)
2010-05-12 → 2010-10-08
Shadow Minister (Health)
2010-05-12 → 2010-10-08
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
Committee memberships
2006-01-23 → 2010-05-06
Finance and Services Committee
2020-05-11 → 2022-07-04
Health and Social Care Committee
2011-10-24 → 2015-03-30
Health and Social Care Committee
2020-05-20 → 2024-05-30
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
2022-05-18 → 2022-06-28
Online Safety Bill
2025-01-30 → present
Communications and Digital Committee
Chair
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Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 8 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Young Carers and Young Adult Carers
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Carers Trust | 4 | 2027-02-28 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Classical Music
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2027-03-27 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Film and Broader Screen
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-02-28 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music Education
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2027-02-22 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tennis
Subject Group
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Officer | Lawn Tennis Association | 4 | 2027-01-02 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Theatre
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | Society of London Theatre · UK Theatre | 4 | 2026-08-02 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ticket Abuse
Subject Group
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Officer | — | 4 | 2027-02-23 |
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Opera All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
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Treasurer | — | 3 | 2026-11-23 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
4 bills
4 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carers Bedroom Entitlement (Social Housing Sector) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-10-14 | |
| Social Care (Local Sufficiency) and Identification of Carers Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2012-06-20 | |
| Carers (Identification and Support) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2010-07-14 | |
| Carers (Identification Support) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2007-04-24 |
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.