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
Daily attendance allowance
£4,081
11 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£4,081
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Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
28 Content(14.8%)
4 Not-Content(2.1%)
157 didn't vote(83.1%)
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figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
My Lords, I thank all who have spoken for their excellent contributions. I will make three quick points. First, in the course of the afternoon, I opened the Explanatory Notes, which is always a bit of a danger. I just want to put on the record that parag
My Lords, Amendment 83, in my name and those of the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, and the noble Lords, Lord Holmes and Lord Tarassenko, would require the Secretary of State to publish and maintain a digital sovereignty strategy. Before the Recess, many o
The noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, has done a lot of my work for me. I thank everyone who contributed. I was really struck by the expertise in this Room. We started this afternoon by talking about the importance of lived experience. I say very strongly
My Lords, Amendment 74 is in my name and those of the noble Baronesses, Lady Morgan and Lady Ludford. The noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, is very sorry that she cannot be in the Committee this afternoon but she particularly wanted me to thank the Minister f
My Lords, I support Amendment 72 and I have signed it. I recognise the probing nature of this, but I also recognise the problem it seeks to address. The knowledge that a cyber threat or cyber attack has failed may be incredibly important intelligence be
My Lords, for reasons that I do not understand, I do not have my name on these amendments, given all the others from the noble Baroness that I do, but I support them. It is funny, because when I came back from holiday in August, I had no fewer than five
My Lords, I am very glad to support all the amendments; I will not read them out again. The noble Baroness, Lady Harding, has already convincingly set out the case. I really hope that the Minister recognises that these amendments are born out of lived ex
Five trillion, a year. I am grateful to the Minister for answering my question because, very often, that does not happen. That really points at a problem.
If I have understood what the Minister said, the NHS must protect itself, but the AI that is attacking it has no duties or obligations under the Bill to check itself before it is used in those ways. That is what I think is the Government’s position, and
My Lords, in moving this amendment, I shall speak also to Amendment 75 in my name; I thank those noble Lords who have added their names in support. I was glad to add my name to Amendments 12, 85 and 86 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Tarassenko, and
I am very grateful to the Minister for suggesting that there will be some consideration of the gap, as she put it, and I look forward to that. I want to raise one thing, which is that I was very struck by her reference to a small number of companies havi
My Lords, I am very sorry that I missed the early part of that debate because I feel it might impact on some of the things I say. However, when I read the government amendments, I could not see anything in them that made the amendments unnecessary, so I
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
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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 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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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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