The Baroness Donaghy CBE FRSA
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Donaghy's full title is The Baroness Donaghy CBE FRSA. Her name is Rita Margaret Donaghy, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£2,597
9 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£2,597
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
5 Content(2.6%)
137 Not-Content(72.5%)
47 didn't vote(24.9%)
2026-07-22
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64–95
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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
2026-07-01
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I do not want to get involved in the mechanics of the group in how we get this independent scrutiny, but I want to emphasise that it is important. We would welcome a discussion with the Minister about how it is done. We have had various inquiri
2026-06-30
Steel Trade Measure
My Lords, it seems to me that the announcement made today was essential. The Government would have come in for criticism had they not put forward such a Statement.
Is it consistent with the contents of the steel Bill, for which we have done the first
2026-06-29
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am tempted to say, “What she said” and sit down, but I want to emphasise the unanimity of the Committee on this crucial issue. Some of us think that the FCA has too much to do anyway. Some of us—probably fewer—think that successive Governmen
2026-06-18
Child Poverty
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Wheatcroft. I am pleased to be able to take part in this debate. I thank my noble friend Lady Lister for securing it and for her comprehensive introduction. One could say that it left very lit
2026-06-16
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Leong, both on his ministerial appointment and on his opening speech. I also give full support to the Government for doing their best to protect and modernise a strategic industry that has suffered from past
2026-05-20
King’s Speech
My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Eaton. I welcome the reference in the gracious Speech to the continuing modernisation of the NHS. I will speak today about the Government’s commitment to the 2.5 million women in Englan
My Lords, I will be brief. This is somewhat of an anniversary for the noble Lord, Lord Jones, and me, albeit a very sad one. I think the noble Baronesses, Lady Sherlock and Lady Stedman-Scott, would be quite surprised if we did not turn up for it. I sp
2026-02-02
Single-Sex Spaces: EHRC Guidance
My Lords, I am a great admirer of my noble friend Lord Rooker. When I worked with him on the secondary legislation committee, he would always ensure that the Government had done their homework, particularly on issues which were fraught and divisive, so I
2026-01-27
Crime and Policing Bill
The noble Lord was not here at the start of the debate.
2026-01-27
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I am not a great legal mind, I am afraid; I am not even a legal mind. Many people would argue that I am not a great mind either, so I have questions rather than a dictatorial philosophy.
The contrast between the original amendment and the on
2025-11-26
Domestic Abuse: Emergency Accommodation
As my noble friend the Minister knows, yesterday was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. A woman is killed every three to five days by a current or former partner. Although government policy is great, specialist services,
2025-11-26
Domestic Abuse: Emergency Accommodation
To ask His Majesty’s Government what is their strategy to support local authorities and charities in providing emergency accommodation for those experiencing domestic abuse.
2025-10-16
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Levitt, on her excellent presentation. When you are speaker number 65, it is probably best to adapt your speech a little, so I will save a bit of time by saying that I agreed with every word that the nobl
2025-10-16
Fracture Liaison Services
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Black of Brentwood, for his contribution, which was so stunning that it put the lights out. I will cut my speech short to allow others to get in, in the time available.
As people who know about the subject know,
2025-03-06
International Women’s Day
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Rafferty on her wonderful maiden speech. She is as qualified to speak about women succeeding in science as I am unqualified. She has done so many pioneering things in nurse education that I must confine mysel
2025-03-05
Conduct Committee
My Lords, I chair the Steering Group for Change, which advises and supports the House of Lords Commission and the management board on continued efforts to improve the workplace culture of the House. We create a space where Members and staff can work toge
2025-03-03
Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
My Lords, it has become a tradition for me to follow my noble friend Lord Jones on this subject. I thank the Minister for her presentation and the proposed uplift. I also pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott, for the work that she did wh
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Thornton for this debate, and it is great to see her on top form. My inspiration has always been the theatre. To be taken as a schoolchild to Stratford by our English teacher to see, for example, Paul Scofield’s “Ki
2025-01-30
Musculoskeletal Health
I am a member of the APPG on osteoporosis, and we are very worried that fracture liaison services have been deprioritised in the recent NHS planning guidance. We know that the pump-priming transformation fund works because we have seen it working in Wale
2025-01-30
Musculoskeletal Health
My Lords—
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Gardiner, for his very clear annunciation of the report. It is tempting to look backwards, to dwell on the sorry story of complete failure of political will and the shocking neglect of our heritage. To an extent, it
My Lords, I will concentrate on why this issue is a matter of such urgency. The description of the contents of the Bill was exemplary, as was the preparation of the noble Baroness, Lady Owen, for her Private Member’s Bill.
It is urgent because somethi
2024-12-05
Retail Crime: Effects
I congratulate my noble friend Lord Hannett on initiating this debate and pay tribute to his years of campaigning for the rights of shop workers. I have worked with many women activists from USDAW over the years, particularly when I was a member of the w
2024-12-04
Fracture Liaison Services
I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Black of Brentwood, for moving this debate so clearly and comprehensively. I hope that this is not an example of winning the argument, winning the campaign and then losing the starting gun. We need three things to ha
2024-11-28
Stellantis Luton
I thank my noble friend the Minister for the Statement. This must go down as one of the more difficult jobs that any Minister has to do in any circumstances, so I thank her for the clarity of her replies so far.
My sympathies go to the families of the
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Party history
2010-06-26 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2013-11-12 → 2014-03-31
Personal Service Companies
2014-06-12 → 2016-08-31
Information Committee (Lords)
Chair
+£14,876/yr
2019-07-02 → 2020-04-23
EU Internal Market Sub-Committee
Chair
+£15,509/yr
2015-06-23 → 2020-04-23
EU Internal Market Sub-Committee
2018-07-18 → 2018-07-18
Sub-Committee on Lords' Conduct
2018-10-16 → 2019-04-30
SLSC Sub-Committee B
2019-05-09 → 2023-01-31
Conduct Committee
2019-07-01 → 2021-03-31
European Union Committee
2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31
EU Services Sub-Committee
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2021-04-14 → 2023-01-31
Industry and Regulators Committee
2024-01-24 → present
Financial Services Regulation Committee
2025-01-30 → 2025-10-20
UK Engagement with Space Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
donaghyr@parliament.uk
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 1 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 1 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
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)
1 bills
0 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2017-07-19 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.