The Rt Hon. the Baroness Morris of Yardley
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Morris of Yardley's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Morris of Yardley. Her name is Estelle Morris, 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
2 Content(1.2%)
111 Not-Content(68.5%)
49 didn't vote(30.2%)
2026-04-27
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2026-03-24
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2026-02-04
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figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
My Lords, in responding briefly to the debate, I would first like to thank everybody who contributed. There is a wealth of knowledge and experience in this Room today. We made the same point about wishing to reform the system and make it better for child
My Lords, I am very pleased to speak to the report from the Public Services Committee, Reforming the Child Maintenance Service. In doing so, I thank everybody whose work has helped us to produce it. First and foremost, I thank those who gave us evidence,
That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Public Services Committee Reforming the Child Maintenance Service (3rd Report, HL Paper 181, Session 2024–26).
My Lords, I very much welcome this document. It is very important and ambitious, but it is not without risk. The way in which the Government have consulted on it—and, in a way, taken their time—gives us the best possible chance of making a success of it.
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I will very quickly add my support to Amendment 206. I shall be brief, because the points have already been made. I was a fellow traveller on the committee that considered this and I share with others a recognition of the tenacity that the nobl
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I will make a few comments on this group of amendments. On Amendment 230, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Addington, I have great sympathy with what he says, and I hope that it may be an issue that the Minister will address when the SEND re
2026-01-28
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, this is a big change in the education service. I welcome the Government bringing this amendment, because it was not there in Committee and I think it is a response to speeches made on both sides of the House, so I want to put on record my thank
2026-01-28
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I have a quick question for the Minister on Amendment 184, which she described towards the end of her speech. I agree with the purpose of this and most of the details, but I am not quite sure what is meant by “excluded material” or “special pro
2026-01-28
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I wish to speak against Amendment 175A. It is tabled in the same way as it was in Committee, but I accept that it was the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Oxford rather than the right reverend Prelate Bishop of Manchester who spoke to it on
My Lords, I will briefly reply to the debate and thank the speakers for their contributions. There has been a lot of unanimity and there is no need to go over the points again, but there was a good balance between optimism and concern. I think that, for
It was longer ago than that.
My Lords, I am pleased to speak to this report from the Public Services Committee. In doing so, I will offer some thanks—first, to the team of officials who supported us. I do not want people to think that we have more officials than anyone else, but I h
That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Public Services Committee Think Work First: The Transition from Education to Work for Young Disabled People (1st Report, HL Paper 12).
2025-10-22
Post-16 Education and Skills Strategy
My Lords, I too welcome this White Paper. I think it is a turning point. It is a document of ambition and a very serious document. If it is implemented, it is a turning point—there will be no going back on some key issues. But the devil really is in the
2025-09-16
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I want to speak to the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Agnew, as the noble Lord, Lord Nash, has done. However, on managed moves, these are good things when done well, as they can prevent permanent exclusions. At their best they a
2025-09-10
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I was not going to intervene in this debate, because I find it quite difficult. I have some sympathy with the amendment that has just been moved, but my position is that teachers should have qualified teacher status. I have not got involved in
2025-09-10
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I also support this group of amendments, particularly Amendment 435. I am delighted to hear the support for inspection of multi-academy trusts across the Committee. I have never understood a single argument against it; we have been discussing t
2025-09-10
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 432A and 434. I spoke about this issue in our debate on the previous set of amendments; I do not wish to rehearse that but, briefly, I wish to link to what the noble Baroness, Lady Spielman, said in her contri
2025-09-10
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I oppose Amendment 427C and the gist of the speeches and comments that we have heard so far. In doing so, I tread with great care, because I realise the history, the sensitivities, and the passion and commitment of those people whose lives woul
I will not take many minutes to wind up—there is another debate to begin and we have heard a wide range of speeches from noble Lords with a whole range of experiences. I congratulate my noble friend on her inaugural speech as a Minister. She showed that
My Lords, I am pleased to introduce this debate on the Public Services Committee’s report, Lost in Translation? Interpreting Services in the Courts. Before doing so, I congratulate the new Minister on her appointment. I understand that this is the first
That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Public Services Committee Lost in translation? Interpreting services in the courts (2nd Report, HL Paper 87).
2025-09-02
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I will contribute very briefly to this debate. I thought that the amendments by the noble Lords, Lord Young and Lord Crisp, showed the difficulty of the Bill in that very different groups of young people are being referred to and both sets of n
2025-07-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I rise to ask a question on this set of amendments on registers. I have not spoken before, but I am absolutely supportive of the Bill; it is long overdue and I very much welcome it. But in the spirit of wanting to do this as practicably as poss
2025-06-23
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
That point has been raised by a number of Members, so perhaps I might ask the Minister, because I am genuinely unclear what the thinking is. I know it is not that no harm happens to children using smartphones outside of school. You do not know who is in
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Register of Interests · 2 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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Adviser, Birmingham Education Partnership
registered 2019-03-27 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Occasional match day tickets and hospitality received from Sunderland AFC, the cost of which during the calendar year together exceed £300 in value
registered 2024-04-22 · amended 2026-06-08
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Party history
1992-04-09 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2003-06-13 → 2005-05-05
Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Arts)
2001-06-08 → 2002-10-24
Secretary of State for Education and Skills
1998-07-28 → 2001-06-08
Minister of State (Department for Education and Employment) (School Standards)
1997-05-02 → 1998-07-28
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Employment)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1992-04-27 → 1994-12-09
Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
2009-11-24 → 2014-05-14
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2015-06-11 → 2016-03-16
Social Mobility Committee
2017-06-29 → 2018-03-28
Citizenship and Civic Engagement Committee
2019-06-13 → 2022-06-16
Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee
2020-10-15 → 2021-11-24
National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
Public Services Committee
Chair
+£16,900/yr
2022-06-16 → 2026-01-27
Public Services Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
morrise@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 4 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Acquired Brain Injury
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-07-05 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Education Technology
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Ranelagh Ltd | 10 | 2023-01-09 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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