The Baroness Hollins
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Hollins's full title is The Baroness Hollins. Her name is Sheila Clare Hollins, 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
15 Content(9.3%)
6 Not-Content(3.7%)
141 didn't vote(87.0%)
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figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in the gap. I was not a member of the committee but I did give evidence to it, both professionally and as next of kin for two autistic family members. I want to highlight four points relevant to the de
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord for an opportunity to reflect on this debate. Nearly 250 Members have spoken in the debate, not the minority that have been spoken about. I remind the House that I am a past president of the Royal College of P
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I commend the important speech of the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin. Decisions at the end of life are complex, and a single conversation simply is not enough to capture someone’s physical condition, mental state, and personal and family circumstanc
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The noble Baroness may have misunderstood. I spoke about dual accreditation, which could apply to any doctor from any specialty who wished to obtain the necessary training and accreditation to be able to contribute on this issue.
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Cass on her excellent speech. I am going to speak to my Amendments 667A, 680, 681A and 848C which seek to ensure that any healthcare professional who wishes to participate in assisted dying under this Bill ma
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, for securing this important debate and acknowledge with deep respect the noble Lord’s personal connection to the death of his nephew Myles; and to the noble Baroness, Lady Ramsey, for her moving sp
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Browning, is not in her place, she has asked me to introduce her Amendment 538, to which I added my name. It simply says that it would require the Secretary of State to consult
“disability rights organisations and
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I commend the introduction to this group by the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser. At the end of a person’s life, clear and honest communication really matters. When my husband was dying—he had motor neurone disease—he increasingly relied on AACs to
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I had prepared a longer speech but I will speak very briefly as most of the points that I wanted to make have been made. Of course, I do not want to see women unduly prosecuted, but I was reassured by the wise remarks in Committee of my noble f
2026-03-13
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I fully endorse the amendments from my noble friend Lady Finlay, and I think they deserve rereading. There has been a huge misunderstanding of what she actually described. This was not something drafted on the back of an envelope: it is based
2026-03-13
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, when a doctor, the very person entrusted to preserve life and relieve suffering, raises the possibility of assisted dying, it is no longer a neutral act. For some people, particularly those who are depressed, isolated or overwhelmed, the mere
2026-02-06
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Let me frame it as a question then. Does the noble and learned Lord agree that there are already bespoke decision-making frameworks and that this is not novel in UK law?
2026-02-06
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 87, which details the exclusion of those with diagnosed eating disorders from accessing assisted dying, because I consider this a tricky area deserving of very careful debate. There are serious and specific risks th
2026-02-06
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
A bespoke decision-making framework would initially be legally untested, but the same is true of the Mental Capacity Act, which, as my noble friend Lady Cass said, has never been operationalised or judicially tested in the context of assisted dying. The
2026-02-06
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend, who has presented a different approach to assessing capacity. I was a member of the post-legislative scrutiny committee on the Mental Capacity Act. Both in my professional capacity as a learning disab
2026-02-04
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
Can I just a question? The Minister has suggested that these students could come and work in non-training posts. But the problem, as I understand it—do correct me if I am wrong—is that, for example, St George’s students must complete their foundation yea
2026-02-04
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Roe, on an excellent maiden speech.
I welcome the Minister’s explanation of the Bill’s priorities, which I broadly support, but I have some concerns about the possible unintended impact on the UK’s med
2026-01-30
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 75, which I have added my name to. It addresses probably the most decisive yet hardest to confirm clinical issue, and is central to the Bill.
Prognosis is not determined by diagnosis alone. Throughout my career as a
2026-01-23
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, for the purposes of the point I am making, I am going to proceed on the assumption that was put forward by the sponsors that the drugs used for an assisted death are to be treated as a healthcare intervention, although I do not accept that this
2026-01-23
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I support and have added my name to Amendment 771ZA, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Mackinlay, which would prevent the assisted dying service being part of the NHS. I agree with the points made by my noble friend Lord Stevens.
Integrati
2026-01-09
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, when I first read this Bill, I realised that there was something important missing—a first stage, if you like. This group of amendments is probably one of the most important to address before the Bill can really make progress. Ther Bill, in its
2026-01-09
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I have added my name to several of my noble friend’s amendments and I would like to congratulate him on finding a solution that could allow the Bill to meet one of the sponsors’ original aspirations. The impact of Amendments 25 and 120 are many
2026-01-08
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord who has just spoken. I also support the idea of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, that the Bill needs more time for scrutiny than is available through the usual tried and tested Private Member’s Bill process
2025-12-12
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I welcome the comments from the noble and learned Lord. General practice is very different today from when I practised as a GP earlier in my career; it was certainly not as part of a multidisciplinary team.
I added my name to the very reason
2025-12-12
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I would like to comment on this group in response to what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, has just said.
In its recent briefing for Peers, the Royal College of Psychiatrists gave its view:
“Assessors should be required to take
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Register of Interests · 3 entries on file
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Category 4: Sponsorship
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The member received research support from a Research Fellow from King’s College London, as part of a training scheme for which the student received a stipend (interest ceased 31 October 2025)
registered 2024-01-18 · amended 2025-11-17
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The member receives support from two mental health practitioners attached to the Royal College of Psychiatrists Parliamentary Scholar Programme
registered 2018-05-10 · amended 2025-11-17
Category 7: Miscellaneous financial interests
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Appointee for member's disabled son's welfare benefits
registered 2012-02-06 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2010-11-15 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2013-05-16 → 2014-02-25
Mental Capacity Act 2005 Committee
2022-07-19 → 2024-05-30
Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee)
2026-01-27 → present
Public Services Committee
Contact
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020 7219 0520 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 9 active officership(s) · 9 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Parent Infant Foundation | 4 | 2024-08-29 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prescribed Drug Dependence
Subject Group
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Officer | Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry | 9 | 2024-02-09 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Down Syndrome
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Officer | — | 4 | 2027-02-08 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 8 | 2024-05-14 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability
Subject Group
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Officer | Royal Mencap Society | 4 | 2026-08-02 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mindfulness
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2025-05-21 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Psychology
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | British Psychological Society | 6 | 2024-07-10 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Safeguarding in Faith Settings
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | EPLS Design | 7 | 2021-05-28 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities
Subject Group
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Officer | — | 4 | 2026-10-10 |
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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.
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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
3 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
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| Mandatory Training on Learning Disabilities and Autism Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Withdrawn | 2021-12-07 | |
| Down Syndrome Act 2022 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2021-06-16 | |
| Mandatory Training on Learning Disabilities and Autism Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-16 | |
| Learning Disabilities (Review of Services) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-10 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.