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
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
25 Content(13.2%)
20 Not-Content(10.6%)
144 didn't vote(76.2%)
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
2026-09-17
Prison and Probation Service
I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Foster, and his most interesting speech. This is an excellent debate on crucial issues, and I am so glad that the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, has managed to bring it forward. I also say how glad I am that the no
My Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate for his very kind words—totally undeserved but very kind. I very much support this report and its recommendations. As we have a manifesto commitment, it seems to me extremely difficult to go behind it. I am we
2026-09-15
AI: Human Extinction
Might I ask the Minister whether the Government are thinking of talking to China?
2026-09-14
Air Traffic Control Disruption
In the absence of any back-up, as I understand it, is it sensible that eight airports were operated by only one system?
My Lords, I declare that I am co-chair of the parliamentary group on modern slavery and vice-chair of the Human Trafficking Foundation. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 was transformational in its ambitions, but it was a long time ago and much of what came fr
2026-09-03
Summer Drought: Future Supply Disruption
Can I suggest to the Minister that in addition to what has been suggested there should be a campaign to encourage people who have any sort of land to start saving water on it? For instance, I am thinking of whether I can put down a borehole—I have only 1
May I ask the Minister: does he know what is holding this up?
2026-07-20
Strait of Hormuz: Merchant Shipping
My Lords, on the “Today” programme I heard an American former defence expert saying that the US-Iran war had got to such a point that the only thing for the Americans to do was to bomb for the next month. What is the Minister’s view?
2026-07-17
Cohabitation Rights Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am very happy often to bow to the expertise of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier. It is unnecessary for him to be quite so polite about me, although I am grateful to him for it.
I supported the earlier Bill from the noble Lord, Lord
What are the Government doing to encourage food production?
2026-07-09
European Entry and Exit System
A few months ago I flew to Málaga, where they had decided not to apply the new system. Is it possible to persuade the EU to put off the system until October?
2026-06-29
Immigration and Asylum: Appeals
If I may add to the questions on training, will the new people working have some training on genuine cases of modern slavery and human trafficking?
2026-06-24
Clergy Conduct Measure
My Lords, I will speak to the report that I seek leave to present to the House, as chairman of the Ecclesiastical Committee. I will leave the answers to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, to the right reverend Prelate, although I will make just one or two
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
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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.