The Baroness Kidron OBE
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Kidron's full title is The Baroness Kidron OBE. Her name is Beeban Tania Kidron, 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
176 divisions
28 Content(15.9%)
4 Not-Content(2.3%)
144 didn't vote(81.8%)
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
My Lords, I start by disappointing the noble Lord, Lord Holmes: there will be no biopic about me, but Oxford University is currently building a “Baroness Bee” chatbot that might help my productivity. I apologise for the cost of the hardback book, but let
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords taking part in this debate. I pay particular tribute to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Oxford for his leadership in advocating for digital systems to reflect our ethics and values, who today makes his
That this House takes note of the impact of digital and technology policy on national sovereignty.
2026-07-20
EU Technological Sovereignty Package
My Lords, the EU’s tech sovereignty package recognises the importance of procurement in developing a wider sovereign technological regime. Yet, here in the UK, we are increasingly seeing extensive use of lock-in deals across Defence, Health, the Treasury
My Lords, there is a risk of agreement breaking out at this juncture. I too very much welcome the cyber security Bill and agree with others who have raised the omissions. There is nothing for the private sector and nothing on local authorities. It focuse
I thank the Minister for that response. President Trump gave less than 90 minutes for Anthropic to make Mythos and Fable unavailable to any non-US citizens. In doing so, the White House went from a position of no AI regulation at all to 100% control. The
To ask His Majesty’s Government, in light of the decision of the government of the United States to restrict foreign national access to Anthropic’s Claude AI models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, what assessment they have made of the implications for the Unit
2026-06-16
Online Hate Speech
My Lords, social media is where many people and most young people get their news, but it is owned or controlled by a handful of tech billionaires whose views are shared disproportionately and who represent an existential risk to democracy—as we saw when
My Lords, I too thank the most reverend Primate for her wonderful introduction, and indeed acknowledge the intervention of His Holiness Pope Leo, who I had the privilege of meeting at the Vatican on this subject some months ago.
The relationship betwe
2026-06-01
Sovereign AI Fund
Representatives of the sovereign AI unit have repeatedly said that the companies it funds or supports with compute must comply with “applicable UK law”, including when copyright law applies to their training activity. However, they have been unwilling to
2026-05-19
King’s Speech
My Lords, imagine if, this morning, a child could go to school in the United Kingdom knowing that the technology in their classroom was designed to support their learning rather than simply to harvest their data and that their personal information, wheth
2026-04-28
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Nash, for his openness, his campaigning and his extraordinary ability to bring different views together. This morning, he and I agreed that, whatever the outcome of this particular conversation, we would
2026-04-27
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I will speak to my Motion A2. Before I do, however, I wish to say that if the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, decides to divide the House on Motion C1, I will support her. I hope, though, that some other accommodation has been made.
Motion A2 i
2026-04-20
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I say at the outset that I shall support the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, should she choose to test the opinion of the House, and the noble Lord, Lord Nash. What I have already said at great length is recorded in Hansard, so I will just say tha
2026-04-16
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, there will indeed be a Division. I am grateful to the Minister for suggesting that he will bring to the House, to the committees and to me personally his regulations. But those regulations do not extend to enforcement or to redress, and they do
2026-04-16
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, the supporters of Motion V1 have decided, in the interest of time, not to speak, but they are very keen to indicate that there is passionate support across the House for what I will say now. Also, I have cut my speech very short, so that we can
2026-04-16
Crime and Policing Bill
Leave out from “House” to end and insert “do insist on its Amendments 360, 368, 369, 370, 371 and 372.”
2026-03-25
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Can the noble Baroness say why the bar for evidence in this area of policy is after the event? Most critical industries have to abide by standards and they have to prove that a product is safe. Why are we, with all the bereaved families standing in the G
2026-03-25
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, Motion G2 is in my name. I shall speak also to all the other amendments in this group.
I think we have acknowledged that everybody in this House wishes to protect children, but there is a vast difference of opinion in respect of our approach
2026-03-25
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I too support the noble Baroness, Lady Owen. As ever, she has spoken fantastically convincingly to her amendments, which sit in a broader set of aims that we have heard in Committee and on Report—at many stages. While recognising that the Gover
2026-03-18
Digital ID: Public Consultation
I very much welcome the deliberative aspect of this consultation. It is good to see the Government doing that, and I hope it goes into other areas. I want to associate myself with many of the questions that the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, asked. Hope
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his words and his roll-call of that incredible list of speakers who supported the amendments. That was a wonderful list of people from all sides of the House, who did indeed have slightly varying reasons to support the
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I will speak to all the amendments in this group in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and Lord Clement-Jones, the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, and the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan.
I will first speak briefly to government
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
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Register of Interests · 9 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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Supernumerary Fellowship, Jesus College, University of Oxford (income paid to Cross Street Films (Trading) Ltd)
registered 2023-05-12 · amended 2026-05-12
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Senior Fellow, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
registered 2023-05-12 · amended 2025-09-29
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Director, Cross Street Films (Trading) Ltd (income from creative industries work and receipt of royalties; research, writing, speaking and advisory work)
registered 2012-07-05 · amended 2025-09-29
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Director, Bodyline Films Ltd
registered 2012-07-05 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Bodyline Films Limited
registered 2012-08-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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Cross Street Films (Trading) Ltd (income from creative industries work and receipt of royalties; research, writing, speaking and advisory work)
registered 2012-07-05 · amended 2025-09-29
Category 3: Land and property
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Office accommodations in London
registered 2012-07-05 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 4: Sponsorship
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Secretarial, research and other assistance with the member’s parliamentary duties may be undertaken by employees of and in the office of Cross Street Films (Trading) Ltd
registered 2012-07-05 · amended 2026-06-23
Category 5: Overseas visits
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Visit to San Francisco, 22–24 March 2026, to attend Common Sense Summit on Kids and Families; travel and accommodation costs met by Common Sense Media
registered 2026-05-12
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Party history
2012-06-25 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2015-06-08 → 2019-07-01
Communications and Digital Committee
2019-06-13 → 2020-06-16
Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee
2021-07-22 → 2024-05-30
Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee)
2024-05-07 → 2025-01-30
Conduct Committee
2025-01-30 → present
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Contact
Parliamentary office
kidronb@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Regulation and Responsibility
Subject Group
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Deputy Chair | Reset.Tech | 3 | 2026-01-11 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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15
of 15 tabled
15 answered(100.0%)
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departments
2026-06-15
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Arts
Answered
2026-06-15
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Labelling
Answered
2026-06-15
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Licensing
Answered
2026-03-04
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Clare Melford and Imran Ahmed
Answered
2026-03-02
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Clare Melford and Imran Ahmed
Answered
2026-02-10
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Training
Answered
2026-02-10
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Expenditure
Answered
2026-02-10
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Copyright
Answered
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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)
2 bills
2 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Assurance (Minimum Standards) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2021-05-27 | |
| Data Protection (Independent Complaint) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-29 |
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.