The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Finlay of Llandaff's full title is The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff. Her name is Ilora Gillian Finlay, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£5,936
16 days attended across 1 published month
Overnight / accommodation
£756
Travel claims
£563
Attendance £563
Postage / secretarial / family travel
£145
Total claimed
£7,400
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
70 Content(37.0%)
14 Not-Content(7.4%)
105 didn't vote(55.6%)
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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
That is most helpful and I apologise for not having read that properly. It was raised earlier in the week as well. I thank the noble Baroness for the clarification.
One aspect glossed over in the report is that some become less able to contribute well
My Lords, in previous debates on the future of this House, the phrase “form should follow function” has been used on many an occasion. In the clear introduction from the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, she stressed the committee’s remit, in that it was allo
My Lords, the time allotted for this debate has now elapsed and the noble Lord must either press his amendment or seek leave to withdraw it.
2026-09-14
Air Traffic Control Disruption
Given that this constituted a major incident, what provision was made to ensure that the airport was cleared of passengers by making transport available to move them out of the airport? Some passengers could not deplane for more than five hours because t
2026-09-10
Patient Data: Research
My noble friend Lord Patel, in introducing this important debate, spoke about health data secure systems. I will speak about the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage system—the SAIL database—based in Swansea and funded by the Welsh Government, which run
2026-09-09
Funeral Directors: Regulatory Regime
My Lords, this is much to be welcomed, because a funeral is a very important part of marking the passing of, and respect for, a person. So, in the consultation, will the Government ask hospice bereavement counsellors—specifically those who see people on
2026-09-08
Integrated Care Boards: Access to Services
My Lords, what are the criteria that ICBs plan to use to monitor 24/7 access to services in the community? At the moment, the pressures are on emergency departments, where ever more patients arrive, because that is where the lights are on. We have heard
My noble friend Lord Alton’s commendable inquiry has shone a light in dark places. Abuses occur beyond first-tier suppliers, affecting women and the environment in particular. It made us think, and his opening speech today will have made us think further
My Lords, we must thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for her introduction to this amendment. Like others, I have had some desperately sad correspondence from widows whose husbands died relatively early after infection. Infection denied them children
2026-07-22
Pensions Commission
My Lords, in welcoming the Minister back to her seat, with her in-depth knowledge of all these topics, can I ask whether the Pensions Commission will explore how access to the state pension for terminally ill people of working age who are too ill to cont
My Lords, I also thank the Minister, in particular for the exemplary way he has engaged with those of us who are Back-Benchers and on the Cross Benches over specific issues, and how he has facilitated moving forwards. If I may inform him, I have managed
My Lords, the report highlights that, for almost two-thirds of these patients, there was no assessment of mental capacity. However, when people are ill and frightened, mental capacity is incredibly important for being able to communicate with people, to
My Lords, I remind the House that I am president of the CO Research Trust. Cabin air quality is a critical issue. I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Empey for the way he introduced this group, and for co-signing my amendment.
My Amendment 37 would
2026-07-08
Unpaid Carers
My Lords, some employers are now adhering to the principles of Hugh’s law when there is a seriously or critically ill child and those unpaid carers are particularly severely affected. Will the consultation cover the issue of children who are very serious
2026-07-02
Higher Education: Affordability and Quality
My Lords, my noble friend Lady Deech is to be congratulated on securing this crucial debate. As a current pro-chancellor at Cardiff University and a previous chair of council at Cardiff Metropolitan, I suggest that this debate should not be framed as a c
2026-07-02
Higher Education: Affordability and Quality
My Lords, we are resuming at 3.35 pm. That means that the debate was adjourned for 34 minutes. We will add injury time to the end time, so the new end time is 6.01 pm. The right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leicester has some time left. We will resume
Do the Government recognise that, as the report said, school staff often see the antecedents of mental health? Two areas where there is strong evidence are parental alcoholism, with a threefold increase in children considering suicide and a fivefold incr
2026-07-01
Drink-Driving
My Lords, given that somebody with a blood level of 50 to 80 milligrams of alcohol has a six times greater chance of dying in a road accident and, on top of that, of killing other people, when will the Government finally implement a lowering of the limit
The Government’s review is much to be welcomed, because of the disparity. Given that 33% of working-age people with children who are terminally ill are recognised as dying in poverty, will the Government also look at the ability of people who withdraw th
2026-06-25
Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
My Lords, the Government’s initiatives on alcohol prevention in pregnancy are to be welcomed and are very impressive, but can the Minister assure us that the industry itself will not be involved in consultations and in designing public health programmes?
2026-06-24
Clergy Conduct Measure
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Baroness to speak.
2026-06-16
Compassionate Use Medicine Schemes: VAT
My Lords, do the Government recognise that it has been estimated that, for each pound invested in research, there is an approximate 25p return on that in perpetuity. Therefore, we should avoid anything which disincentivises research investment in this co
2026-06-16
Children: Physical Punishment
My Lords, do the Government recognise that this report shows quite clearly the link between a failure to protect children from abuse and poor outcomes for those children? If parents who are not coping with parenting are to access family hubs and all the
My Lords, I am absolutely delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, who has really put his finger on summarising all these amendments incredibly well. As you go through, you can look at each one as an individual case. Amendment 12 is about vulnera
I declare that I am president of the CO Research Trust and a member of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. The Minister has already referred to our report. I am also one of those people who responds when there is a call for a doctor on
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Register of Interests · 4 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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Consultant Physician in palliative care, Velindre NHS Trust, Cardiff
registered 2010-04-14 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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House in London W2 (no rental income received)
registered 2026-07-07
Category 4: Sponsorship
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The member receives research assistance from a scholar on the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Parliamentary Scholar Programme
registered 2026-01-26
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The member receives part-time research support from an employee of Living and Dying Well
registered 2023-11-23 · amended 2026-03-23
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Party history
2001-06-28 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2002-11-13 → 2007-10-30
Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I
2002-11-19 → 2007-10-30
Science and Technology Committee
2004-07-22 → 2005-07-11
Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee)
2004-11-30 → 2005-04-07
Committee on the Assisted Dying for the terminally ill Bill
2012-05-29 → 2013-03-05
Public Service and Demographic Change Committee
2015-06-11 → 2016-02-11
National Policy for the Built Environment Committee
2019-07-01 → 2023-01-31
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2022-02-22 → present
Standing Orders (Private Bills) Committee (Lords)
2023-01-31 → 2023-11-27
Integration of Primary and Community Care Committee
2024-01-31 → present
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2025-10-14 → 2025-11-05
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
finlayi@parliament.uk
020 7219 6693 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 6693 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 17 active officership(s) · 18 historic
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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of 18 tabled
18 answered(100.0%)
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departments
2026-09-01
Department of Health and Social Care
Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
Answered
2026-09-01
Department of Health and Social Care
Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
Answered
2026-01-16
Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Cancers: Medical Treatments
Answered
2026-01-16
Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Cancers: Medical Treatments
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2026-01-16
Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Cancers: Health Services
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2026-01-16
Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Cancers: Medical Treatments
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2026-01-16
Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Cancers: Medical Treatments
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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)
10 bills
8 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFCOM (Duty regarding Prevention of Serious Self-harm and Suicide) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 3rd reading | 2022-06-06 | |
| Access to Palliative Care and Treatment of Children Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2020-01-09 | |
| Access to Palliative Care and Treatment of Children Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-10-24 | |
| Access to Palliative Care Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-05 | |
| Access to Palliative Care Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2016-06-09 | |
| Access to Palliative Care Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 3rd reading | 2015-06-01 | |
| Health Service Commissioner for England (Complaint Handling) Act 2015 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2014-07-02 | |
| Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2009-12-16 | |
| Kidney Transplant Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2007-11-28 | |
| Palliative Care Bill [HL] | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2006-11-16 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.