The Baroness O'Loan DBE MRIA
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness O'Loan's full title is The Baroness O'Loan DBE MRIA. Her name is Nuala Patricia O'Loan, 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
59 Content(36.4%)
14 Not-Content(8.6%)
89 didn't vote(54.9%)
2026-03-25
Content
95–137
Not-Content
2026-03-12
Content
26–134
Not-Content
2026-02-04
Content
62–295
Not-Content
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
2026-05-19
Supreme Court Dillon Judgment
My Lords, noble Lords will forgive me as we start again down this road of dealing with the past in Northern Ireland. I feel again the trauma of the bomb which took my unborn baby’s life, and I find it very difficult. We have to think very carefully here.
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, I will make just two points. First, I welcome the commitment in the gracious Speech to process the Hillsborough Bill, creating a duty of candour for public servants. As His Majesty said,
“the highest standards of trust in public office are e
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords—
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The 12 minutes include the interruptions I have suffered.
I pay tribute to all those who have written to encourage us as we fulfil our duties as legislators in your Lordships’ House in scrutinising this flawed and very dangerous Bill.
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am bringing my comments to an end.
We have tabled amendments to provide some protection for the vulnerable, the weak, the poor, the disabled, the sick, those with suicidal ideation, those with mental health problems and all those whom we have identi
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
This Bill seeks to provide for individuals to be provided by doctors with fatal drugs to kill themselves. Where those patients cannot self-administer, Clause 25(8) says that
“the coordinating doctor may … assist that person to ingest or otherwise self
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, to be accused of nonsense is slightly unsettling. I do not accept the accusation. The reality is that we have considered in depth a number of issues—
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The noble and learned Lord is interrupting me but I am not going to give way.
As the Constitution Committee of your Lordships’ House said, it is our duty to scrutinise, approve, amend or reject any Bill. Constitutionally, we are under no duty to pass
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, as we all know, this is a Private Member’s Bill. There was no manifesto commitment to it, nor was it in the King’s Speech.
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I thank the noble and learned Lord for giving way. This really is the most important point. There are elements of the delivery of health service that require an ability to understand what a doctor is doing and what his views are. If we only have doctors
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I assume that the noble Baroness is aware that one of the reasons why we need to be absolutely specific about what we are doing is that 42% of people think assisted dying is palliative care. We need to make clear what we are talking about.
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am not sure of the logic of what the noble Lord is saying. I apologise to the House; I am struggling slightly. We are talking about assisted dying here and nothing else. I am saying that there has to be a conscience clause: that people of faith—I do no
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I said that there should be a publicly available register and that the Royal College of GPs is in favour of an opt-in.
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I tabled Amendments 668 and 670 and put my name to eight other amendments. I am supportive of other amendments, which I will explain. We are talking about how to protect the conscientious objections of doctors and other healthcare practitioners
2026-03-25
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his comments and for speaking to me earlier today. He talked about the cost implications of the Bill, and there are many, but I am not sure that anybody knows what the cost implications of Clause 246 might be. Be that a
2026-03-25
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, the effect of Clause 246 of this Bill is to decriminalise abortion at any stage of the baby’s gestation where the baby’s life is terminated by the mother, but in no other circumstances. It is a matter of concern that we find ourselves today pas
2026-03-25
Crime and Policing Bill
At end insert “but that this House regrets that no impact assessment was conducted in relation to clause 246, and that therefore the House has not been able to assess its potential effects on vulnerable persons, women’s health, criminal law, and polic
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I have put my name to Amendments 171, 171A, 173, 174 and 174A in this group. The group deals with obligations placed on a registered medical practitioner conducting a preliminary discussion to ensure that it will be possible for the patient to
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I have put my name to Amendments 300, 538 to 540, 541 to 543 and 544B in this group because of the importance of independent advocates and the definition of who they may—or should—be made available to. As has already been alluded to, the fact that the Bi
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
There is another distinction that the House may wish to consider: under the Suicide Act, it is not a crime to take your own life, but we are talking about taking the life of an unborn baby.
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, and I have been trying to speak. The noble Baroness has an amendment down. It is not good enough that we are being silenced at a time when the House is being asked to vote to approve something that has not been p
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
Before the noble Baroness sits down, is she aware that there are no telemedicine abortifacients available in Northern Ireland? It is not lawful.
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords—
2026-03-13
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
It has not changed on the Government’s contemporaneous website. If I go to New Zealand, it says that the doctor cannot advise or discuss assisted dying with you unless you ask for it first. Those are both government websites today. I accept that there ma
2026-03-13
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I would like to clarify something that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, said in response to my statement that assisted dying was not something that doctors could suggest in Australia. The website of the Department of Health, Victoria,
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Register of Interests · 3 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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Assessor to Patrick Finucane Inquiry
registered 2025-07-11
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Occasional Correspondent, The Irish Catholic newspaper and other media
registered 2011-02-08 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 5: Overseas visits
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Visit to Bangladesh, 4–7 November 2025, to assist with police reforms in Bangladesh; travel and accommodation costs paid by government of Ireland
registered 2025-11-25
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Party history
2009-09-11 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2010-06-09 → 2015-03-30
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2012-05-17 → 2015-03-30
EU Sub Committee E - Justice, Institutions and Consumer Protection
2012-06-14 → 2015-03-30
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2015-06-08 → 2019-07-01
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2018-09-04 → 2019-04-30
SLSC Sub-Committee B
2021-04-14 → 2024-05-30
Windsor Framework Sub-Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
oloann@parliament.uk
020 7219 8724 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 4 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-03-13 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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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)
4 bills
4 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abortion (Gestational Time Limit Reduction) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2023-12-07 | |
| Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-07-25 | |
| Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2017-06-28 | |
| Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-06-04 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.