The Baroness Pitkeathley OBE
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Pitkeathley's full title is The Baroness Pitkeathley OBE. Her name is Jill Elizabeth Pitkeathley, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£5,565
15 days attended across 1 published month
Travel claims
£504
Attendance £504
Total claimed
£6,069
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
5 Content(2.6%)
168 Not-Content(88.9%)
16 didn't vote(8.5%)
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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
2026-09-08
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, I begin with the usual warning that if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting the Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes.
2026-09-07
Neighbourhood Health Services
My Lords, one of the most important contributions of a neighbourhood health service is in the preventive work that it does—things like exercise, smoking cessation, addiction counselling, and so on. Does my noble friend agree that it is important to measu
2026-07-14
Autism: Parenting Support Programmes
My Lords, while acknowledging the great importance of services to these families, will my noble friend the Minister also acknowledge the importance of peer support in these circumstances and commend the work of the many charities enabling families in the
2026-07-08
Unpaid Carers
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the Carers UK report The ‘tipping point’: when unpaid carers can no longer combine caring with paid employment, published on 12 May, that 47% of carers are considering re
2026-07-08
Unpaid Carers
My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that reply. The public consultation that has been launched is very welcome. As my noble friend knows, carers want to combine paid work with caring if they can because it provides income, independence and social inter
2026-07-08
Unpaid Carers
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and I declare an interest as vice-president of Carers UK.
2026-07-06
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
I cannot call Amendment 135A as it is an amendment to Amendment 135.
2026-07-06
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, as usual I must advise your Lordships that, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, the Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes.
2026-06-22
NHS: Dementia Treatment Trials
My Lords, while accepting the importance of early diagnosis and the improvements that are being made, does my noble friend agree that families—and she has mentioned carers—are often reluctant to seek a diagnosis? They think that these are only small symp
2026-06-11
Rural Economy
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, for tabling this debate and declare an interest as a resident of that most rural of counties, Herefordshire.
Last Sunday, I was in my local village hall, on the banks of the River Wye, cooking and serving
I thank my noble friend for that reply. I am glad to know that she understands the importance of early diagnosis because it is the only way to access drugs that will delay, although not of course cure, this disease. But families are sometimes reluctant t
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to speed up diagnoses of Alzheimer’s disease and enable potential sufferers and their families to have earlier access to experimental drugs.
2026-06-02
Breast Cancer Screening: Women Over 70
My Lords, since there is a strong hereditary element in breast cancer, what action is being taken to make sure that women who have had cancer ensure that their daughters and granddaughters are rightly tested? Will the Minister acknowledge the information
2026-05-20
King’s Speech
My Lords, in my 29 years in this House I have spoken in many a debate on the health provisions in many a gracious Speech. I have longed for the day when I could rejoice in the plans set out for a new deal on social care. Sadly, I am still waiting. Whatev
2026-04-20
Charity Giving
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the Charities Aid Foundation’s UK Giving Report 2026, published in March, that the total amount donated to charity by the British public has fallen for the first time in
2026-04-20
Charity Giving
I thank my noble friend for that response. The road map that she mentions is indeed an excellent and most welcome initiative to boost place-based philanthropy, and it is much appreciated by the voluntary and community sector. However, the fall in the amo
My Lords, the House has agreed Amendment 197 to leave out Clause 59. Clause 59 introduced Schedule 27. Amendments 198 to 211 are amendments to Schedule 27. I remind the House that our Standing Order 46 says:
“An amendment to a bill must not be inconsi
2026-03-19
Unpaid Carers: Patient Hospital Discharge
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which unpaid carers are consulted before a patient is discharged from hospital, and what plans they have to monitor this.
2026-03-19
Unpaid Carers: Patient Hospital Discharge
I thank my noble friend for her Answer. It was important, though not easy, to win for carers the right to be consulted at the point of discharge. I am sorry that better statistics are not being kept, but I am glad to hear the plans for improvement. The s
2026-03-12
Children in Care: Illegal Accommodation
My Lords, my noble friend mentioned the importance of foster parents and their significance in this area. Prospective foster parents often complain about the length of time it takes to be both approved and recruited. Is there any way of speeding up the p
2026-03-09
Independent Commission on Adult Social Care
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, concentrates on workforce issues. I am sure that she and my noble friend agree that patients, families and carers do not care who is employing the social care worker, as long as they are getting support. Should w
2026-03-03
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
As Amendment 67 has been agreed, I cannot call Amendment 68 for reasons of pre-emption.
Amendment 69
2026-03-03
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
As Amendment 65 has been agreed, I cannot call Amendment 66 for reasons of pre-emption.
Amendment 67
The Committee will adjourn for 10 minutes; we will then come back to the noble Baroness.
My Lords, there is a Division in the Chamber.
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Register of Interests · 1 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 5: Overseas visits
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Visit to the Channel Islands with the Channel Islands APPG, 26–29 March 2026, for meetings with parliamentarians and others; costs of accommodation and travel (in part) met by Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; costs of intra-island travel and subsistence in Jersey met by Government of Jersey London Office; costs of intra-island travel and subsistence in Guernsey and Sark met by States of Guernsey
registered 2025-07-04 · amended 2026-04-29
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Party history
1997-10-06 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1999-11-23 → 2005-05-07
Liaison Committee (Lords)
2001-06-26 → 2002-11-07
Refreshment Sub Committee
2002-11-25 → 2009-11-12
Refreshment Committee (Lords)
2004-07-22 → 2005-07-11
Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee)
2010-06-22 → 2013-01-10
Information Committee (Lords)
2012-11-22 → 2013-03-06
Draft Care and Support Bill (Joint Committee)
2015-06-11 → 2016-03-15
Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee
2016-05-25 → 2017-03-26
Select Committee on Charities
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2017-06-29 → 2018-03-28
Citizenship and Civic Engagement Committee
2018-05-17 → 2019-03-26
Rural Economy Committee
2020-02-13 → 2023-01-31
Public Services Committee
2023-01-31 → 2023-11-27
Integration of Primary and Community Care Committee
Chair
+£16,900/yr
2024-01-24 → 2025-03-28
Food, Diet and Obesity Committee
2024-01-31 → 2025-01-30
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2024-11-06 → present
Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art
2025-01-30 → present
House of Lords Commission
2025-01-30 → 2025-11-10
Autism Act 2009 Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Restoration and Renewal Client Board
Contact
Parliamentary office
pitkeathleyj@parliament.uk
020 7219 0358 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 0358 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 3 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Carers
Subject Group
|
Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2027-04-04 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Charities and Volunteering
Subject Group
|
Co-Chair | National Council for Voluntary Organisations | 4 | 2027-03-20 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
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)
2 bills
0 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autism | Supported | Royal Assent | 2009-01-21 | |
| Special Educational Needs (Information) Act 2008 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2007-12-05 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.