The Rt Hon. the Baroness Butler-Sloss GBE
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Butler-Sloss's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Butler-Sloss GBE. Her name is Ann Elizabeth Oldfield Butler-Sloss, 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
162 divisions
25 Content(15.4%)
20 Not-Content(12.3%)
117 didn't vote(72.2%)
2026-03-12
Content
26–134
Not-Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
132–124
Content
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
2026-06-18
Livestock Grazing on Dartmoor National Park
My Lords, I live in Devon, partly, and I have owned Dartmoor ponies, although I do not, unfortunately, live on Dartmoor. Is not one of problems that Natural England wants to reduce the grazing on Dartmoor, and the farmers understandably want to protect t
2026-06-18
Transnational Marriage Abandonment
Can I raise with the Minister another group of very disadvantaged women: those who come from overseas to marry somebody in this country? They go through a religious marriage, very often a nikah, but they never have their marriage registered. The husband
2026-06-17
Thames Water
Like many other people in this House, I am a Thames Water consumer, so I am particularly interested in this discussion. Will whoever takes over from Ofwat have the power to require Thames Water to invest?
2026-06-16
Russian Shadow Fleet
When the Department for Transport decides what to do, will we be told?
2026-06-01
Middle East: Economic Response
What are the Government doing about small nuclear plants?
2026-06-01
Middle East: Economic Response
Yes.
2026-06-01
Donations to Political Parties
In the light of the various issues that have been raised today, can the Minister say whether the Government would reconsider, and possibly put some amendments to, the Bill?
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, I should like to add my sorrow at the retirement of the noble Lord, Lord Hennessy. He will be sadly missed.
I strongly oppose the current proposals of the Government in relation to jury trials, for the reasons so brilliantly set out by the n
2026-05-18
EU-UK SPS Agreement: Food-related Standards
Can the Minister say what the Government are doing to improve food production within the United Kingdom?
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I put down one amendment and did not speak to it. I do not like the Bill—everyone knows that—but I was working, and trying very hard, to get it to Third Reading. I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, for recognising that.
2026-04-22
Crime and Policing Bill
I come at this from a somewhat naive point of view perhaps, but I cannot understand, having heard the Minister, why on earth the Government have not done it already.
2026-04-16
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, the Government are clearly very well meaning. They are very strong on discussion but weak on action. It is very sad that they should be so weak, and I strongly support the speeches that have been made so far.
2026-04-16
Southport Inquiry: Prevent Programme
My Lords, while the Government are considering the Fulford report and what they should be doing next, will they have something and somebody in place to take decisions if this happens before they have completed their inquiries?
2026-04-15
Masculinity and Misogyny in Schools
My Lords, will the Government start with children in primary school?
2026-04-14
HMT “Empire Windrush”: 80th Anniversary
I strongly support what the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, said. Will there be some national recognition of what those who came over on “Windrush” have done for this country?
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, can we get to the Front Benches?
2026-03-25
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I too support very strongly the noble Lord, Lord Nash, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron. I am not going to say anything about it because it has been very well said already by other Members of this House. I also support what the noble Lord, L
2026-03-25
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I chaired a Select Committee on adoption some years ago and very much welcome this sibling amendment. It is absolutely excellent. I remember we met a number of children who were in care. One boy of 15, with four younger brothers and sisters, s
2026-03-25
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I support what the noble Lord, Lord Hampton, has just said. As a family judge, I had a number of cases where children had been on protection orders—and, in particular, supervision orders—and I vividly recall an appalling case in Liverpool wher
2026-03-25
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I should have preferred that this particular clause had not been passed, but it was passed and we have to accept it. Following on very closely from what the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, has said, in my view it is time we moved on.
My Lords, I support all these amendments, and in particular the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Best. The tiny village where I have a house, 10 miles from Exeter, is not just a rural community but a farming community. For years, Exeter City Council has w
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I put my name to this amendment, as did the noble and learned Lord, Lord Burnett of Maldon. Not surprisingly, given the time, he has had to leave the House, but he asked me to say that he remains very supportive of this amendment, and noble Lor
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, for the reasons that have been so excellently given already and, in view of the time, I support all the amendments from the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron.
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I strongly support the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti. It seems to me entirely sensible, for the reasons set out so well by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, and I agree very much with what he said about the amendments of the nob
2026-03-18
Trail-hunting
Are the Government aware of how important the supporters’ clubs of hunts are to the local communities? In the part of Devon where I live partly, the local communities in rural villages are very much separated from each other, and they all offer something
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Category 5: Overseas visits
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Visit to Gibraltar, 7-11 September 2025, as part of cross-party delegation from both Houses to celebrate National Day; travel, accommodation, dinner and tour costs paid by Government of Gibraltar
registered 2025-09-11
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Party history
2006-06-13 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2007-11-14 → 2012-05-15
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2025-02-03 → present
Ecclesiastical Committee
Chair
+£18,305/yr
2024-10-31 → present
Ecclesiastical Committee
2020-06-16 → 2024-05-30
Ecclesiastical Committee
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2015-07-09 → 2024-05-30
Ecclesiastical Committee
2010-07-27 → 2015-03-30
Ecclesiastical Committee
2012-05-29 → 2013-02-26
Adoption Legislation Committee
Chair
+£14,582/yr
2014-01-15 → 2014-04-03
Draft Modern Slavery Bill (Joint Committee)
2023-01-31 → 2024-01-31
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2024-01-24 → 2025-03-28
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
butlerslosse@parliament.uk
020 7219 3156 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 3156 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Personal assistant
Maggie Stevenson
APPGs (2026) · 3 active officership(s) · 3 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Family Separation
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2024-08-24 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
Subject Group
|
Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2027-03-20 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Religion in the Media
Subject Group
|
Co-Chair | — | 16 | 2024-06-26 |
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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.
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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)
3 bills
2 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divorce (etc.) Law Review Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-10-28 | |
| Divorce (etc.) Law Review Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2018-07-18 | |
| Anti-Slavery Day Act 2010 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2009-12-16 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.