The Rt Hon. the Baroness Blackstone
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Blackstone's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Blackstone. Her name is Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£7,049
19 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£7,049
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
6 Content(3.2%)
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39 didn't vote(20.6%)
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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-09-09
Israel and Palestine
My Lords, I commend the Foreign Secretary on both the tone and content of his Statement on the West Bank and Gaza. Moreover, I regret the hypocrisy of those opposite who claim to support a two-state solution yet refuse to endorse actions against the Isra
My Lords, I welcome this debate but have just one regret: it is half the length needed to allow over 30 speakers properly to address the important and complex questions it raises. I intend to focus on just one issue: the need to avoid reinventing the whe
2026-07-23
National Youth Strategy
My Lords, what steps is the Minister’s department taking to encourage arts organisations and the creative industries to work with not just schools but youth organisations and FE colleges?
My Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists board of trustees. The RCOG desperately wants to see an improvement in the services that mothers and children are getting in maternity. I do not know wh
2026-06-23
G7 Summit
My Lords, does my noble friend the Leader of the House agree that the Government should act with our allies in the G7 to try to stop the illegal expansion, particularly in the areas of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, known as E1? Does she agree that it
2026-06-09
Further Education Colleges: Recovery of VAT
My Lords, picking up what the noble Lord, Lord Johnson, said, the FE college sector really is the poor man of the education system in this country. This follows years of neglect by previous Conservative Governments. My noble friend the Minister read out
2026-06-08
Lebanon: Israel Defense Forces Operations
My Lords, I too condemn Hezbollah’s actions in northern Israel, but I am very grateful to my noble friend the Minister for what she has said about how this problem should be dealt with. Some 20% of the population of Lebanon has been displaced—well over a
2026-05-21
King’s Speech
My Lords, next year, the UK will host the G20 as its president, and the gracious Speech refers to the Government’s aim to use it to “reinforce global stability”. Today, I will focus on the Middle East and the need to rein in the Israeli Government if we
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I will answer that briefly. I did not, in what I have just said, in any way imply that the medical colleges did not have some suggestions for improvements to the Bill. Many people have suggestions for improvements to the Bill, including my nobl
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I have already said that I am not giving way. I turn to my conclusion. The debate on the Bill would have been of a higher quality and met the expectations of high standards in this House if those who oppose it had acknowledged the constructive co-operati
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am sorry, but I am not giving way. I do not think it is appropriate for me to do so, and many others have not. I am happy to discuss it with the noble Baroness afterwards.
The largest survey of medical opinion in the UK by the BMA found doctors more
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I am not going to give way because time is short.
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness for letting me get in. I have sat through 13 days of Committee on this Bill and I have hardly spoken at all. I will cut what I intended to say, as I know we are beginning to run out of time, to allow ot
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords—
2026-04-23
Women’s Health Strategy
My Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists trust board, which greatly welcomes this strategy. But will the Minister agree that a well-resourced workforce is vital if we are to deliver it? In this
2026-04-15
Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling
My Lords, following on from what the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg, said about the disastrous effects of this practice and the fact that it is now six months since the consultation ended, will the Minister take into account the fact that one of the main camp
My Lords, thank you very much for letting me get in. My noble friend the Minister is very robust but, from listening to this debate, I find it a bit difficult to imagine the kind of cross-party discussions and sensible debate that the noble Lord, Lord Pu
My Lords—
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I ask the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, why she has identified this small group of specialists, and only them. Does she accept that the causes of death are very wide, and that many different specialists may have been involved in the treatment o
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, regrettably, we are never going to get to Report. Members of the House keep referring to Report. My noble and learned friend, the sponsor of the Bill, has frequently said that he will come back to some of the questions that have been put by the
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords—
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I declare an interest: I am the chair of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. I hope that the noble Baroness who has just spoken will accept that sometimes the expertise of people who are directly involved on a daily basis wit
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
That is absolutely the case. I was trying to make that point earlier, but I did not do it as clearly as the noble Baroness has just done. Of course that should happen, and it does happen.
If we remove the option, we will find that women, regardless of
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
Let me just finish, I am just about to complete what I was going to say. I am happy to take the question.
The evidence is clear that telemedicine has reduced waiting times; enabled earlier treatment, which is a huge advantage; maintained high safety a
2026-03-13
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Doctors in Australia are now allowed to do so. The law has been changed there.
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Party history
2022-08-01 → present
Labour
current
2018-01-01 → 2022-07-31
Labour Independent
1987-03-18 → 2017-12-31
Labour
Government posts
2001-06-11 → 2003-06-13
Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Arts)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2012-05-29 → 2013-03-05
Public Service and Demographic Change Committee
2013-05-16 → 2016-05-12
Economic Affairs Committee
2014-01-08 → 2014-03-11
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2016-05-25 → 2017-04-05
Long-Term Sustainability of the NHS Committee
2017-10-23 → 2018-06-04
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2018-05-17 → 2019-03-26
Intergenerational Fairness and Provision Committee
2025-01-30 → present
International Relations and Defence Committee
2019-07-01 → 2023-01-31
International Relations and Defence Committee
2023-01-31 → 2025-01-30
European Affairs Committee
2024-03-07 → 2024-11-14
Preterm Birth Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 3 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Syria
Country, Area or Region Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-04-19 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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