The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Taylor of Stevenage's full title is The Baroness Taylor of Stevenage OBE. Her name is Sharon Jane Taylor, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
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17 days attended across 1 published month
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Lords votes · 2026
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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-09-17
Sports Clubs: Special Enterprise Zone Status
My Lords, I am very pleased to respond to this QSD. I thank my noble friend Lord Mann for securing this debate and opening it—because it gives me an opportunity to talk about football, which is never a bad thing as far as I am concerned, but also because
2026-09-17
National Empty Homes Strategy
My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Bird, for opening this debate in his usual powerful way. I echo the tribute that other noble Lords have paid to his fantastic work on homelessness and rough sleeping over many decades. The noble Lord h
2026-09-15
Home Building Target
It would be totally inappropriate for me to comment on individual planning applications from the Dispatch Box. We always have to get the balance right between meeting the needs of our economy—data centres are, of course, a critical factor in driving our
2026-09-15
Home Building Target
I appreciate all the issues around shared ownership, and we have debated those extensively in your Lordships’ House. Housing associations manage their own finances—they are independent organisations. Many of them purchase houses that become available on
2026-09-15
Home Building Target
I say it is a great investment, because it is an enormous investment in social and affordable housing. Significantly, the previous Government left us in a housing crisis, so I will not take any criticism from the other side about investing in social hous
2026-09-15
Home Building Target
There are a number of issues that we need to address. One is the rural homes exception, which we have thought about. Local authorities need to make sure that they have enough rural housing in their local plans. We need to make sure that we have rural hom
2026-09-15
Home Building Target
I am keen to encourage as much investment in the delivery of social and affordable homes as we can. When I did a workshop on this in the City, there was a great appetite for patient capital investment in social housing. I hope we will be able to encourag
2026-09-15
Home Building Target
I am sure that my noble friend would not expect me to comment on the Autumn Budget in advance of the Chancellor’s announcements. It is important that we remember that this £39 billion investment is the highest level of investment in social and affordable
2026-09-15
Home Building Target
We committed to delivering a stretch target of 1.5 million homes. We know it is a stretch target, but it is better to aim high in this respect. We have already announced, in August, the first tranche of the £39 billion of funding for social housing. We w
2026-09-15
Home Building Target
On the noble Lord’s first question, the Prime Minister was talking about support between local authorities and housing associations. It is important that we have good collaboration between the two partners in delivering social housing. I look forward to
2026-09-15
Home Building Target
My Lords, we are driving progress through our bold planning reforms: the £39 billion social and affordable homes programme fund, and our new £16 billion National Housing Bank, which is expected to support over 500,000 homes. Alongside programmes such as
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
My Lords, the amendment that my noble friend has tabled seeks information on the amendments debated in the Commons, so I thought it would be helpful to the House if I set out the scrutiny that the Bill had in the House of Commons.
The Bill had its Sec
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
I beg to move.
Amendment to the Motion
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
That the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House that they consider the bill in the following order: Clauses 1 to 6, Schedule 1, Clauses 7 to 19, Schedule 2, Clauses 20 to
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to what has been a thoughtful, wide-ranging and characteristically well-informed debate. I have particularly enjoyed some of the history lessons we have heard about, though I should say to t
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
My Lords, I am very pleased to open this Second Reading debate on the Representation of the People Bill. Noble Lords across the House bring great experience of electoral law, electoral administration and the practical operation of our democracy. I look f
2026-09-14
Representation of the People Bill
That the Bill be now read a second time.
2026-09-11
Local Plans (Burial Space) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Mohammed, for bringing this very important matter to us through this timely Private Member’s Bill, which helpfully coincided with the publication of a new National Planning Policy Framework. It remains the Governmen
2026-09-10
Home Owners and Home Ownership
My Lords, we continue to have active discussions with the sector on viability. There are elements in the National Policy Planning Framework that look at that, and we continue to debate this very important issue. The immediate crisis was in London, and we
2026-09-10
Home Owners and Home Ownership
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Eaton, for securing this important debate. I also thank her for her enormous contribution to local government over many years. I very much remember her tenure in the Local Government Association, and I thank her
2026-09-09
National Infrastructure Projects: Devolution
I know that my colleagues in Defra are working extremely hard on the whole issue of water provision: how do we save water when we have floods and lots of rain; how do we make sure that we have the means to do that; and how do we distribute that water bet
2026-09-09
National Infrastructure Projects: Devolution
I will not make any points about the nature of Governments that can move without fear of having to be re-elected, but we have to get better at this. That is why all this work has been done since our Government came into power to make sure that we improve
2026-09-09
National Infrastructure Projects: Devolution
Data centres are a useful example of why the planning system needs flexibility. Some data centres will go through the local planning routes and some will be NSIPs because of their scale, power requirements, economic role or resilience applications. The n
2026-09-09
National Infrastructure Projects: Devolution
We now have the Planning and Infrastructure Act, which removes some of the obstacles that were causing delays in the planning system, but we have also recently republished the National Planning Policy Framework. It is now a much more straightforward, rul
2026-09-09
National Infrastructure Projects: Devolution
We have tried to avoid increasing the list of statutory consultees because it affects the process. However, any authority can contribute to the planning process; I know that the noble Baroness is aware of that. We would expect local water authorities, wh
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Party history
2022-10-28 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-07-09 → 2026-06-12
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
2024-07-09 → present
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Opposition posts
2023-02-21 → 2024-07-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government)
2023-02-21 → 2023-10-26
Shadow Spokesperson (Transport)
2023-01-09 → 2024-07-05
Opposition Whip (Lords)
Committee memberships
None recorded.
Contact
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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 for District Councils
Subject Group
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Officer | Cratus Group · District Councils’ Network | 3 | 2025-05-29 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
3 bills
1 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Housing Bill [HL] | Lead | Committee stage | 2026-05-14 | |
| Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Act 2026 | Supporter | Royal Assent | 2026-02-25 | |
| Representation of the People Bill | Supporter | Committee stage | 2026-02-12 |
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Historic bills (all-time)
6 bills
1 as lead sponsor
5 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Housing Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2026-05-14 | |
| Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Act 2026 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2026-02-25 | |
| Representation of the People Bill | Supported | Committee stage | 2026-02-12 | |
| English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2025-07-10 | |
| Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2025-03-11 | |
| Renters’ Rights Act 2025 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2024-09-11 |
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introduction. Sorted newest first.