The Baroness Merron
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Merron's full title is The Baroness Merron. Her name is Gillian Joanna Merron, 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.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
195
195 meetings ·
0 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
0 overseas trips
· 2024-07-01 → 2026-03-31
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 195
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | British Medical Association | to discuss mental health services for children and young people | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-03-24 | Endometriosis UK, Cysters | to discuss inequalities and endometriosis care | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-03-24 | National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce | meeting of the National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce to discuss maternity and neonatal care | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-03-24 | Simon Opher MP, Manchester Metropolitan University, Policy Connect, Wellcome Trust, Chilren and Young People's Mental Health Coalition, Centre for Mental Health, Autism Action, Mental Health Innovations, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, 42nd Street, Queen Mary University | to discuss primary prevention for children and young people's mental health | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-03-18 | Calum Miller MP, Survivor Space | to discuss support for victims of sexual violence | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-03-17 | BEAT, First Steps ED, Support and Empathy for people with Eating Disorders (SEED), King's College London, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorder Association (SWEDA) | to discuss eating disorders | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-03-16 | College for Sexual and Reproductive Health | to discuss women's health | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-03-16 | Wellbeing of Women | to discuss women's health | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-03-16 | Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists | to discuss women's health | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-03-16 | Chris Hinchcliff MP, It's Never You | to discuss mental health support for families of children with a serious illness | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-03-10 | APPG for Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention, Samaritans | to discuss the Government's work on suicide prevention | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-03-04 | Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, GreensquareAccord | to discuss women's health | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-02-10 | Modality | to discuss women's health | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-02-09 | Sarah Olney MP and Philip Pirie | to discuss suicide prevention and suicide stigma | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-02-04 | Money and Mental Health, Nationwide, Lloyds Bank, HSBC, Santander, Barclays, Monzo, Natwest, Starling, TSB, Yorkshire Building Society, Building Societies' Association | to discuss suicide prevention and the role of financial services | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-02-04 | Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists | Introductary meeting with the incoming President of RCOG | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-01-27 | Professor Louis Appleby | to discuss suicide prevention | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-01-22 | National Children's Bureau | to discuss children's mental health | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-01-22 | Women's Trust | to discuss domestic abuse and therapeutic support | department-of-health-and-social-care |
| 2026-01-21 | Jessica Toale MP, Autism Action, bereaved families and people with lived experience | to discuss autism in women and girls and mental health | department-of-health-and-social-care |
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HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
176 divisions
5 Content(2.8%)
157 Not-Content(89.2%)
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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
2026-07-22
Healthcare Sector: Clinicians
That is exactly the reason why we need to encourage innovation and take advantage of all the improvements now available to us, including AI. It is by modernising our approach that we will move forward greatly. That is why we are building the practicalit
2026-07-22
Healthcare Sector: Clinicians
I certainly agree with that, because there are many aspects to this. On the successes of the clinical entrepreneur programme—some of which I have mentioned—we now know that, as of June, that over 10,500 occurrences of innovation are being adopted by orga
2026-07-22
Healthcare Sector: Clinicians
Yes, I am very pleased to do that. I point to the National Healthtech Access Programme, which is exactly what the noble Baroness is seeking. It is a route for cost-effective and clinically effective technologies, such as the one the noble Baroness descri
2026-07-22
Healthcare Sector: Clinicians
I certainly agree with my noble friend that there is a rich seam of intellectual capital among the 1.5 million NHS staff in our country. I am glad to say that the clinical entrepreneur programme is already a world leader in healthcare entrepreneurship, a
2026-07-22
Healthcare Sector: Clinicians
My Lords, we are committed to supporting NHS staff to innovate and translate new ideas into improved patient care. We have recommissioned the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme for a further five years. We have also published NHS intellectual property g
2026-07-22
Healthcare Sector: Clinicians
Those important discussions will take place. I refer the noble Lord to the Life Sciences Sector Plan, which followed on from the 10-year health plan and which addresses exactly the point he rightly makes. I also refer him to the updated NHS intellectual
2026-07-22
Healthcare Sector: Clinicians
I will of course raise the points made by my noble friend and the noble Lord, Lord Patel, about funding for universities. But, as I mentioned, it is worth saying more broadly that the life sciences sector leads the drive for investment into the UK econom
My Lords, we welcome the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death’s report and its recommendations. NHS England has circulated learning from the report across the health and care system for regional teams to share it with integrated c
That is the reason for the accountability measures that I have outlined. I should add that transparency is absolutely key to that. The guidance that we have issued about supporting the identification of people with learning disability is important; we ar
I hope that I have already agreed with the noble Lord and others about the progress that needs to be made in this area. I have certainly not said that it is acceptable—it is far from acceptable—and the questions have been very helpful in identifying that
There are a number of aspects to that area. We have greatly increased the mandatory training requirement and the numbers who have been trained. The noble Baroness also points to the importance of a multidisciplinary approach. We have seen an increase in
I have to vary a bit on that point from my noble friend, who I know brings a tremendous interest to this area. It is right that local services are locally provided, but I do not accept the analysis that this is handing it over to an unaccountable local p
There are financial sanctions for providers that could be brought into play. On accountability, delivery is monitored through NHS governance and assurance processes. This includes the NHS operating framework, annual assessment of ICB performance, regiona
Guidance was issued not many months ago on this point, and I expect to see improvements. The report found that well under 50% of patients or their carers were asked about reasonable adjustments. It is not acceptable, but that is why we have brought in th
I certainly accept the point, and I am not quibbling about the number, because 19 years, which is where we are now, is totally unacceptable. In addition, there is the high percentage of avoidable deaths, which I know the noble Lord is very alive to. Whil
My Lords, I start by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Weir, on securing this debate. It has clearly engaged so many and I, for one, am pleased about the positive reaction. He mentioned at the outset that we are all agreed. I am sure that this outbreak
I am fully aware of—I will put it tactfully—the difference of opinion in this regard. This morning, I was speaking with one of our main advisers, who did not feel it was necessarily an answer to go down the road of midwives being nurses—I know the noble
My noble friend allows me to say how grateful we are to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists for its continuing work, as we are grateful to our many partners who are committed to driving through change. We are working particularly closel
My Lords, we know—and we can never acknowledge it enough—that women, babies and families across the country are being harmed, traumatised and let down by a broken system. I am grateful to both Front Benches for the way in which they have received this re
We have two “MISs” that we often talk about: MHIS and MIS. I will ensure that MIS is considered, but it is probably worth saying that we are already developing a tool for assessing the quality and experiences of care being provided for women using matern
I am sure we were all touched to hear what the noble Lord said. It must be a privilege to have done what he has done, and to have affected so many lives—those at their beginning but also the lives of the women themselves and their families. I am sure we
I absolutely agree with what my noble friend said about kindness; when we had the Statement last week, we discussed compassion as well. It is disappointing to have to talk about it, because it should be a given, but we have found that it is not. I totall
It is a challenge to take on a deep-rooted culture, but we are doing that and it will require action at every level, without doubt. The main thing, as the noble Baroness said, is putting women, babies and their families at the heart of care. This has not
I am very sorry to hear of the loss the noble Lord experienced and of the deep effect on his family; I am sure he still lives with that feeling. I think the greatest gift we can give is to reduce the risk of something going in the way that it did in his
The noble Lord makes a very accurate observation. Perhaps I can go a bit further than he is asking me, because just last week we announced an additional £41 million of safety funding to improve the estate. That is on top of the £145 million that was prev
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Party history
1997-05-01 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-07-09 → present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
2009-06-09 → 2010-05-06
Minister of State (Department of Health) (Public Health)
2008-10-05 → 2009-06-09
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
2008-01-24 → 2008-10-05
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Development)
2007-06-28 → 2008-01-25
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Regional Affairs) (East Midlands)
2007-06-28 → 2008-01-25
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Cabinet Office)
2006-05-05 → 2007-06-28
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
2004-10-28 → 2006-05-05
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
2002-01-01 → 2004-10-28
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
2023-02-21 → 2023-10-26
Shadow Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)
2021-05-18 → 2024-07-05
Opposition Whip (Lords)
2021-05-18 → 2024-07-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Health and Social Care)
2021-05-18 → 2023-02-20
Shadow Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
Committee memberships
1997-07-09 → 1998-11-09
Trade & Industry
Contact
Parliamentary office
merrong@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 1 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 1 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
1 bills
0 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 | Supporter | Royal Assent | 2026-01-13 |
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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)
3 bills
1 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2026-01-13 | |
| Mental Health Act 2025 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2024-11-06 | |
| Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2024-11-05 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.