The Baroness Wheatcroft
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Wheatcroft's full title is The Baroness Wheatcroft. Her name is Patience Jane Wheatcroft, 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
23 Content(14.2%)
20 Not-Content(12.3%)
119 didn't vote(73.5%)
2026-04-23
Not-Content
152–207
Not-Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Not-Content
201–169
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
Child Poverty
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the clearly heartfelt remarks of the noble Baroness, Lady Nargund.
Child poverty is a scourge on society, and that it should be at such a high level in this country is truly appalling. The Government’s latest strat
2026-06-17
Thames Water
My Lords, given that Thames Water was saddled with unsustainable debts and a very poor level of investment, does the Minister accept that, however justified, continuing to levy massive fines on a company for underperformance will simply and inevitably wo
My Lords, the Social Market Foundation report shows that misinformation flourishes particularly where conventional news has withdrawn from the market. Could the Minister consider ways in which schools might be encouraged to get their older students invol
2026-06-04
National Arts Bank
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Gill, and I agree with everything she said. The impact that something like this could have on NEETs, for instance, has had no attention but really deserves it. I applaud the suggestion of the
2026-06-01
Middle East: Economic Response
My Lords, attractions such as zoos and galleries have been campaigning for a long time for a cut in VAT. They argue that such a cut would result in equally high spending, because once people got over the threshold they would spend more in shops and resta
2026-05-21
Higher Earners: Emigration
My Lords, does the Minister agree that the tax avoidance industry in this country appears to continue to thrive? If so, how does he explain that?
2026-05-21
Higher Earners: Emigration
My Lords—
2026-05-20
King’s Speech
My Lords, as we enjoy day 4 of the debate on the King’s Speech, I will concentrate my remarks on health, although inevitably that is inextricably linked with housing. I am happy to endorse the remarks of the noble Baroness, Lady Donaghy, because what she
2026-02-23
V-levels
Will the Minister tell the House just how successful T-levels have been? Take-up by employers is said to have been mixed at best. That being the case, how is she going to persuade employers to take part in V-levels?
My Lords, the Justice and Home Affairs Committee deserves congratulations on producing such an excellent and thorough report. Congratulations are also due to those who have delivered their maiden speeches today, all of excellent quality—and I am sure the
2026-02-11
Ministry of Defence: Palantir Contracts
My Lords, on 5 January, I asked the Government if they could give us details of contracts with Palantir and Anduril. The noble Baroness, Lady Anderson, said that, as an honorary captain in the defence of the country through the Royal Navy, it was of pri
2026-02-11
Ministry of Defence: Palantir Contracts
With Anduril.
2026-02-05
Civil Service Pensions: Capita
My Lords, in the wake of the Post Office scandal, we have seen the Government continuing to give contracts to the company that behaved so badly in relation to Post Office employees. Can the Minister assure the House that Capita will not get the same sort
2026-02-04
Land Covenants: Supermarket Chains
My Lords, in considering the use of land by supermarkets, does the Minister agree with me that there is huge acreage sitting unused on top of supermarkets throughout the country? Given the housing shortage, would it not make sense to put pressure on supe
My Lords, the Minister has made the case for why the Government did not provide any compensation. Quite clearly, the retirement age had to be aligned fairly quickly. In the interests of fairness, we would all support that. But will she accept that, in th
2026-01-27
Best Start Family Hubs
My Lords, pilot schemes under which parents are trained, particularly by charities, to help other parents with the necessary skills in bringing up children are shown to have a high rate of success. What are the Government doing to encourage local authori
2026-01-23
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Would the noble Lord accept, however, that it would be deeply unfair if somebody whose major wish was to end their terminal illness, and the pain and intolerable suffering that was coming with it, was to be denied that right because they were also concer
My Lords, the retail and hospitality industries are often where youngsters who find it difficult to get into the workplace get their first foothold. Understandably, there have to be increases in the overheads that these organisations are paying, but can
2026-01-08
Broadcasting: Recent Developments
My Lords, I add my thanks to those who have given theirs to the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, for securing this debate. He has been a seasoned journalist, a campaigner on issues such as AIDS and has now taken up the cudgels on behalf of the really important i
2026-01-05
Government Communications: X
My Lords, if the Government are not going to review their links with X, I ask that they tread carefully in their links with other companies connected to Elon Musk, particularly Anduril and Palantir, the two defence companies. It will be very interesting
2025-12-18
UK-EU Common Understanding Negotiations
My Lords, this is really good news and I welcome it on all counts, in particular the food and drink deal we are moving towards, because so many small businesses have simply stopped exporting to the EU. Can the Minister say how those small firms will now
2025-12-15
Resident Doctors: Industrial Action
My Lords, has not the time come for the BMA to reject the way the resident doctors committee is behaving? I do not believe that the NHS I know would be supportive of its actions.
2025-12-12
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Can the noble Baroness tell the Committee whether she actually listened to what the GP in our midst said about how practices work?
2025-12-11
Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry
My Lords, many of the victims at the centre of the inquiry were victims at least twice over: they were abused by the gangs but also by those who were supposed to be caring for them. The inquiry will be looking at systemic failures in the system and will
2025-12-08
OBR: Resignation of Chair
How much stress does the Minister think should be put anyhow on forecasts of relatively small numbers that can turn out to be extremely wrong?
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Register of Interests · 6 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Chair, Appointments and Oversight Committee of the Financial Times
registered 2014-12-16 · amended 2025-04-05
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Freelance journalism including regular column for The New European
registered 2011-07-20 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Ferrari NV (luxury sports car manufacturer)
registered 2020-08-18 · amended 2025-04-05
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Stellantis NV (formerly Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV)
registered 2017-06-19 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Flat in London SE13 from which rental income is received
registered 2022-04-28 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Party to a legal challenge against the Government for alleged failure to investigate foreign state interference in the UK’s democratic process, which has been crowd funded by The Citizens (For The Citizens Limited is a non-profit organisation registered as a UK limited company)
registered 2020-11-02 · amended 2025-04-09
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Party history
2021-01-05 → present
Crossbench
current
2019-11-11 → 2021-01-04
Non-affiliated
2010-12-22 → 2019-11-10
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2011-07-20 → 2011-12-13
Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee)
2012-06-19 → 2012-07-24
Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2012-10-17 → 2014-12-03
Constitution Committee
2015-12-08 → 2016-03-04
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2014-01-08 → 2014-03-11
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2012-12-04 → 2013-03-05
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2013-05-16 → 2013-11-06
Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Committee
2026-01-27 → present
Economic Affairs Committee
2014-11-25 → 2017-04-27
Economic Affairs Committee
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
Communications and Digital Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Corporate Governance Group
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | BT · British American Tobacco · British Telecom · Deloitte LLP · M & G Corporate · Mazars · McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP | 4 | 2025-05-13 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Challenger Banks and Building Societies
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Allica Bank · Barndoor Strategy · Metro Bank · Perenna | 9 | 2023-06-26 |
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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)
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
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Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.