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The Baroness Henig CBE

Labour Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Henig is deceased. Her full title was The Baroness Henig CBE. Her name was Ruth Beatrice Henig.

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

No Lords votes recorded for 2026.

Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25

2023-12-08 Rwanda Treaty
My Lords, can I just ask about the deterrent aspect of this issue? By my calculations, more than 30,000 refugees are coming per year and so far we have heard today that something like 100 will be going back. Now, my maths is not wonderful, but that to me
2023-11-08 King’s Speech
My Lords, I add my sadness at the passing of Lord Judge, whose fierce intellectual clarity and moral integrity I so greatly admired. I also congratulate the three maiden speakers and draw attention to my interests, as set out in the register, especially
2023-07-20 Higher Education Reform
My Lords, I think there are no further questions.
2023-07-20 Veterans Update
The questions have now finished, so we will move on to the next item. Oh, I am sorry, we shall hear from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton.
2023-07-06 Geothermal Heat and Power
My Lords, Members will notice that the clock is not working, but I am sure they will seek to respect the time limits.
2023-04-27 Arrangement of Business
My Lords, 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.
2023-04-24 Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
I am extremely pleased to support the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, who introduced this amendment in, if I may say so, an extremely detailed speech, which means that I can be somewhat briefer. I think noble Lords will be pleased about that,
2023-03-06 Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
I apologise to the noble Baroness for what happened earlier.
2023-03-06 Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
The Question is that Clause 10 stand part of the Bill.
2023-02-27 Arrangement of Business
My Lords, 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.
2023-01-17 Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
My Lords, first, I add my congratulations to our two excellent maiden speakers in this debate. I look forward to hearing more from them in the future. Coming so late to this wide-ranging debate, is there anything new left to say? “No”, I hear your Lordsh
2022-12-07 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
Before we continue, I must just correct the record on the recent vote on Amendment 22. There were some technical difficulties and the numbers were slightly different from the ones I announced previously: it was 218 Content, not 213, and 175 Not-Content,
2022-11-30 Arrangement of Business
My Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, this Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes.
2022-11-02 Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
We come to Amendment 20. If this amendment is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 21, 21A or 21C on grounds of pre-emption. Amendment 20
2022-07-19 Ambulance Pressures
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is taking part remotely. I invite her to speak.
2022-07-12 Schools Bill [HL]
If Amendment 36 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 37 and 38 on grounds of pre-emption. Amendment 36
2022-06-22 Schools Bill [HL]
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is taking part in this debate remotely—at least I hope she is—and I invite her to move Amendment 150. Clause 60: Failure to meet standards: suspension of registration Amendment 150
2022-06-15 Schools Bill [HL]
I should tell noble Lords that the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, will be taking part remotely on the next group. I hereby ask the noble Baroness to introduce Amendment 88. Amendment 88
2022-05-12 HM Passport Office: Backlogs
The time allowed for this Question has now elapsed, so we will go on to the next business.
2022-05-12 Queen’s Speech
It is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord. A previous speaker referred to the “fine but empty words” of the Queen’s Speech. I would rather describe it in the graphic language I heard a lot of when I lived in the north, as “All fur and no knicker
2022-04-26 Health and Care Bill
My Lords, I call the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton.
2022-04-26 Health and Care Bill
Two noble Baronesses will be taking part remotely. I first call the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton.
2022-03-16 Health and Care Bill
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Howarth of Newport, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Lord to speak.
2022-03-16 Health and Care Bill
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Baroness to speak.
2022-03-16 Health and Care Bill
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Masham, is taking part remotely. I invite her to speak.
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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.

  • Director, Henig Associates Limited (formerly Ruth Henig Associates Limited) (member's own company)
    registered 2013-03-26 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Non-executive Chairman, SecuriGroup Ltd (security services including manned guarding, retail security, key holding, systems and event security)
    registered 2013-03-26 · amended 2025-04-05

Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)

  • Henig Associates Limited (formerly Ruth Henig Associates Limited) (member's own company) (see category 1)
    registered 2013-03-26 · amended 2025-04-05

Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)

  • Kindred Concepts Ltd (social entertainment concepts and experiences, including in motor sports)
    registered 2021-12-17 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly. Read the full Lords Code of Conduct for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.

Party history

2004-06-082024-02-29
Labour

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2006-05-232006-07-25
Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee)
2009-05-112009-07-16
Draft Bribery Bill (Joint Committee)
2009-11-252014-05-14
Refreshment Committee (Lords)
2012-05-172015-03-30
EU Sub Committee C - External Affairs
2014-11-272015-03-30
European Union Committee
2016-05-252017-04-04
Licensing Act 2003 Committee
2017-11-062022-01-19
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2022-01-192022-10-31
Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee
2023-01-312024-02-29
Justice and Home Affairs Committee
2024-01-242024-01-30
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Contact

No contact details recorded.

APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Bridge
Subject Group
Officer 5 2021-07-10
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)

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
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