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The Baroness Cox

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Baroness Cox's full title is The Baroness Cox. Her name is Caroline Anne Cox, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
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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

No Lords votes recorded for 2026.

Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25

2024-09-13 Sudan
My Lords, I add my message of gratitude and appreciation for this debate, because the situation in Sudan needs to be taken note of and needs a response. I have visited Sudan many times. I have worked as a nurse in remote areas in Sudan. Currently, my sma
2024-04-25 Pakistan: UK Aid
I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Alton for initiating this debate on a subject of such current concern, which is not widely reported, and where the suffering of people requires an appropriate and timely response. Some time ago I met refugees from
2024-03-25 Christians: Persecution
My Lords, I thank my noble friend for initiating this debate on such an important subject and introducing it so powerfully. I will focus on a detailed account of such persecution in two countries which I have visited many times and where I have had the
2024-03-05 Foreign Affairs
My Lords, I try to use the privilege of speaking in your Lordships’ House to be a voice for people whose voices are not often heard. It is with a very heavy heart today that I will speak a little about one of the world’s forgotten, or largely forgotten,
2023-12-14 North Korea
My Lords, like other noble Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Swire, for enabling us to have this debate and to discuss the current threats to peace, security and human rights posed by North Korea. I have been in North Korea three times, a
2023-09-21 Nagorno-Karabakh
My Lords, I was in Armenia and at the border of Nagorno-Karabakh last week. I would like briefly to raise three concerns from personal experience. First, Azerbaijan has trapped the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh inside the region for many months; it has b
2023-05-10 NHS: Nurses
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2023-05-10 NHS: Nurses
My Lords, I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Royal College of Nursing. Recently, I spent five days in hospital. In those five days, I was cared for by one British trained nurse. The others had all qualified in Nigeria, the Philippines or In
2023-04-25 Personal Statement
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I wish to make a personal statement. It is with very many regrets that I must apologise to the House. The Commissioner for Standards has recently concluded that, by failing to register my unpaid role as director of
2023-04-17 Azerbaijan: Khojaly Massacre
My Lords, I was present in Nagorno-Karabakh many times during the war in the 1990s and can testify to the reality of events at Khojaly, a town used by the Azeris to fire so many missiles on the capital, Stepanakert, that it would have been annihilated if
2023-03-07 Myanmar: Health Workers
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2023-02-23 British-Iranian Relations
My Lords, I also congratulate my noble friend Lord Alton on achieving this very important debate. I will use the short time available to give a personal message from Christian Iranian asylum seekers based near my home in Witney, who have become friend
2023-01-17 Nagorno-Karabakh
My Lords, my small charity, the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust, supports a rehabilitation centre in Karabakh. I recently spoke to the director, who said that the situation is dire: the shops are empty and there are shortages of food, medical supplies, dia
2022-12-07 Nigeria
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his very principled reply. Is he aware that, according to Intersociety, 4,020 Christians have been killed by militant Islamists; that more than 2,000 were abducted between January and October this year alone; that, acco
2022-12-07 Nigeria
To ask His Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Nigeria regarding the violent targeting of Christians, non-Islamist Muslims, and other minority faith and non-faith groups in that country, including reports of m
2022-12-01 BBC World Service
My Lords, I also warmly welcome this debate on the importance of the BBC World Service and congratulate my noble friend Lord Alton on his characteristically superb introduction. I also congratulate my noble friend Lord Hampton on his inspiring maiden spe
2022-10-26 Armenia and Azerbaijan
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his encouraging reply, but I point out that I have visited Armenia twice this year and witnessed the pain inflicted on Armenians by Azerbaijan with impunity, including failure to fulfil its commitment in the 2020 ceasef
2022-10-26 Armenia and Azerbaijan
To ask His Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Azerbaijan regarding (1) recent military offensives inside Armenia, and (2) that government’s failure to release Armenian prisoners of war and hostages under the
2022-07-05 Nigeria
My Lords, is the Minister aware that I have visited Nigeria twice this year, once on a parliamentary visit and once with my NGO, HART, and obtained direct evidence of the horrific escalation of killings, atrocities and abductions in middle belt, where at
2022-07-05 Nigeria
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian and security situation in Nigeria.
2022-05-18 Queen’s Speech
My Lords, the gracious Speech affirmed the United Kingdom’s commitment to uphold democracy and to champion security around the world. Time allows me to raise only two related issues. First, in Nigeria, Islamist terrorist attacks continue in northern a
2022-04-28 Worldwide Displacement of Refugees
My Lords, is the Minister aware of the growth of Islamic jihadism in many areas of Nigeria, which has caused massive displacement? Recently, I visited the Middle Belt. In that region alone, there are an estimated 3 million displaced people, and we person
2022-03-17 International Women’s Day and Protecting the Equality of Women in the UK and Internationally
My Lords, I am very grateful for this opportunity to commend many women in dire situations who exhibit inspirational courage, resourcefulness and resilience. I am also grateful for the opportunity to request that our Government provide urgently needed su
2022-01-06 Refugees: Mass Displacement
My Lords, I join other noble Lords in offering the warmest congratulations to my noble friend on securing this debate and his characteristically comprehensive introduction. I refer to my interests in the register as the founder of the Humanitarian Aid Re
2021-11-15 Nagorno-Karabakh
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply, but the impunity enjoyed by Azerbaijan has encouraged continuing violations of the ceasefire agreement by Azerbaijan. As Azeri forces continue to advance into Armenian territories, a few weeks ago I visited a
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file

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Category 4: Sponsorship

  • The member receives research support from Bethany Oliver-Dee, who is funded by Equal and Free Limited (funds campaigns on unregistered marriages and other women's human rights issues)
    registered 2023-02-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history

2004-09-14 → present
Crossbench current
2004-05-29 → 2004-09-13
Non-affiliated
1983-01-24 → 2004-05-28
Conservative

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

None recorded.

Contact

Parliamentary office
caroline.cox@hart-uk.org
 020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
External or private office
020 8205 4608 · Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) - Founder and CEO, NW9 8AQ
Website
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APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 6 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Action on Conflict and Global Britain
Subject Group
 Vice Chair — 13 2023-11-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Honour Based Abuse
Subject Group
 Secretary — 5 2023-06-12
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

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.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the 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)

11 bills 11 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Bill [HL] Sponsored 1st reading 2022-07-19
Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Bill [HL] Sponsored 1st reading 2021-06-30
Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2020-02-03
Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2017-07-10
Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2016-05-25
Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2015-06-01
Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2014-06-11
Arbitration and Mediation (Equality) Services Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2013-05-14
Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill [HL] — Sponsored 2nd reading 2012-05-10
Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2011-06-07
Royal Commission (Slavery) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2007-03-26
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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