The Baroness Drake CBE
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Drake's full title is The Baroness Drake CBE. Her name is Jean Lesley Patricia Drake, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£4,822
14 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£4,822
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
My Lords, I will not keep you too long. I thank my noble friend Lady Anderson for her fulsome reply. It is much appreciated. I think my noble friend Lady Andrews and I feel that there is a certain timidity on the positive engagement principle: having dra
My Lords, the Constitution Committee has published a number of insightful reports on the governance of the union. Among the most significant was the 2022 publication Respect and Co-operation: Building a Stronger Union for the 21st Century. This report me
That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Constitution Committee The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent (1st Report, HL Paper 13).
Yes, reserves. Taking into account that and the levy reduction, it triggers the need to reflect that it is equally important to have regard to what is a fair striking of the balance between levy payer and member interests. This is the issue that I want t
My Lords, I refer to my interest as a trustee of a defined benefit pension scheme. I thank my noble friend Lord Davies for facilitating this debate.
Two of the restrictions placed on the PPF by the Pensions Act 2004 are, first, the levy ceiling and, s
2025-04-12
Steel Industry
My Lords, the Prime Minister is absolutely right to move quickly and ask Parliament to approve powers to protect and secure the UK steel industry. Urgent action today, which is what is before us, is absolutely in the interests of the nation and those com
My Lords, I refer to my entry in the register of interests as a trustee of pension schemes, and I thank the Minister for her clear explanation of the two statutory instruments before us.
I want to raise an issue concerning the Guaranteed Minimum Pensi
2025-02-04
Pension Fund Reliefs
My Lords, the Government’s recent announcement on measures to spur growth will increase the supply of infrastructure and productive investment for pension funds to invest in, but the fragmented nature of UK pension provision can hamper its ability to inv
My Lords, I declare my interest as a DB pension scheme trustee as recorded in the register. I thank my noble friend Lord Davies for securing this debate. This is an important code, and it should not pass without comment.
As the Explanatory Memorandum
2024-07-22
King’s Speech (4th Day)
My Lords, I declare my interest as a trustee of DB—defined benefit—and master trust pension schemes.
The Government’s mission to deliver sustained economic growth conveys an energy and purpose that I truly believe the country needs. Investment in the
As chair of the Constitution Committee, I should say that the answer from the Government went on to say that declarations could be as harmful as the boycotts themselves, and that was deployed in defence. It is quite right to clarify the point made by the
I will accept the constraint.
Finally, I take the point about lawyers having been involved in drafting this. I do not mean to be rude but in the area of investment and pension decisions, the road is littered with government-cleared legislation and reg
I will say my last sentence.
My Lords, I thank everyone for participating in this debate, particularly those who supported my amendment.
I should make it clear that I have not actually challenged the manifesto commitment; lots of others do, but I have not. I have challenged that
My Lords, in moving Amendment 27, I shall speak in support of Amendments 45 and 46A in this group.
Part 2 of the Schedule allows exceptions for certain types of consideration from the prohibition in Clause 1. Amendment 27 seeks to expand on those exce
My Lords, I thank the Minister and everyone who has participated in this debate. It has been hugely important for me because I am always reading and thinking about these issues, and I have learned a lot for when I go back to the committee. Even if I do n
My Lords, between 2013 and 2020, the number of Permanent Secretaries leaving averaged 5.7 a year. In 2020, 12 Permanent Secretaries or equivalents left their posts, including the Cabinet Secretary. In September 2022, the Treasury Permanent Secretary, Sir
To move that this House takes note of the Report from the Constitution Committee Permanent Secretaries: their appointment and removal (17th Report, Session 2022-23, HL Paper 258).
2024-03-26
Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024
I thank the Minister for the clarity of his presentation—this is a complex set of regulations—and for the briefing session that he arranged for Peers, where I was able to ask quite a lot of questions. I support these regulations but I want to take this o
2024-02-13
Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
I did not want to get up too quickly. I do not want to hold up the closure of the debate on these regulations, but I was disconcerted by the Minister’s response on successors. Could he write to formally record what he said about that? For a trustee, a se
2024-02-13
Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
I thank the Minister for setting out the intent of these regulations so clearly and for arranging a briefing session with DWP officials engaged with CDC, who also provided a very helpful briefing document. It probably has reduced the number of questions
2024-01-25
Climate Risk Models
My Lords, the Bank of England’s job is the prudential risk management of the financial system, and it influences the conduct of firms and pension schemes, hence the concern when we learned that its scenarios concluded that it does not much matter whether
2024-01-25
Climate Risk Models
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the accuracy of climate risk models used by (1) the Bank of England, (2) financial services firms, and (3) pension schemes.
My Lords, the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, in his excellent speech, set out the history of the evolution of how the UK’s government bodies interact. He concluded with the observation, with which I agree, that it demonstrates a lack of focus on devolved mat
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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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Director and Trustee, The People’s Pension Trustee Limited
registered 2020-06-01 · amended 2025-04-05
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Trustee, Telefonica (O2) Pension Scheme (trust company)
registered 2010-07-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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Independent Member, Private Equity Reporting Group (formerly Walker Guidelines Monitoring Group) (for UK private equity; fee paid by British Venture Capital Association)
registered 2010-07-13 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Flat in Southwark from which rental income is received
registered 2020-03-09 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2010-06-20 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2011-07-20 → 2011-12-13
Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee)
2012-05-29 → 2013-02-28
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Committee
2012-06-19 → 2012-07-24
Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2018-09-04 → 2019-11-04
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2016-12-06 → 2017-03-17
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2015-12-08 → 2016-03-04
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2014-01-08 → 2014-03-11
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2014-06-12 → 2017-04-27
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2016-01-28 → 2016-02-29
Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding Committee
2022-01-19 → 2025-01-30
Constitution Committee
Chair
+£16,422/yr
2017-06-27 → 2025-01-30
Constitution Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Industry and Regulators Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 3 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Challenger Banks and Building Societies
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Allica Bank · Barndoor Strategy · Metro Bank · Perenna | 9 | 2023-06-26 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pensions
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2024-06-25 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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