The Baroness Worthington
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Worthington's full title is The Baroness Worthington. Her name is Bryony Katherine Worthington, and she is currently on leave of absence from the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
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Lords votes · 2026
No Lords votes recorded for 2026.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2023-03-28
Energy Bill [HL]
I want to press on the question of what is being trialled. The Minister mentioned feasibility, benefits and costs, but what about the environmental impacts of this trial? We are talking here about a global warming gas, and a very slippery gas because it
2023-03-28
Energy Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak to the amendments in this group but I do not propose to detain the House for long. My views on hydrogen are relatively well known, and we had a good debate in Committee on Clauses 111 and 112. I support the previous speeches and th
2023-03-28
Energy Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, to the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, for adding her name, to the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, for her support, and to the Minister for his comments. This is indeed my last outing befor
2023-03-28
Energy Bill [HL]
My Lords, Amendment 40 relates to the carbon take-back obligation. We had an excellent debate towards the end of Committee about the question of what government policy is on the supply side of the equation of tackling climate change and environmental imp
2023-03-28
Energy Bill [HL]
2023-03-28
Energy Bill [HL]
My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 18 in respect of who should be paying a hydrogen levy. I do not consider that hydrogen is going to play a large role in our broader economy. I think it will have specialised uses: it will be used where it is already
2023-03-28
Energy Bill [HL]
I shall speak briefly to Amendment 58, which the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, has so eloquently spoken to. I definitely support the nuclear element of this amendment, and I am grateful to the noble Lord for bringing this to our attention, as well as to t
2023-03-23
Financial Services and Markets Bill
I thank the Minister for her response and I am encouraged and reassured to know that those powers already exist. I will go away and consider that.
I am going to come back on a couple of points. It is true that some initiatives have been launched—I was
2023-03-23
Financial Services and Markets Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, for lending her name to this amendment. I am not at all wedded to the exact wording of it. I would welcome discussions with the Government about approaches to this issue; however, I stress that
2023-03-23
Financial Services and Markets Bill
2023-03-07
Financial Services and Markets Bill
That is great, but my point still stands. It would have been good to have had the refresh before the legislation so that we could have incorporated any findings into the Bill.
On my amendment on the assessment of risk in relation to capital requiremen
2023-03-07
Financial Services and Markets Bill
My Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s reply to this varied group of amendments covering a range of issues that fundamentally speak to the need for the financial sector to take a more serious look at how it can help prevent the exacerbation of enviro
2023-03-07
Financial Services and Markets Bill
Yes.
2023-03-07
Financial Services and Markets Bill
The amendment lists certain sectors which are likely to be most affected. It does not in any way say it is limited to those sectors, and I think it is egregious to assume that this is a narrow amendment when it is, in fact, a very broad amendment.
2023-03-07
Financial Services and Markets Bill
My Lords—
2023-03-07
Financial Services and Markets Bill
I will interject on behalf on the amendment I drafted, as the noble Lord has completely mischaracterised what we are attempting to do here and has narrowed the debate into a very narrow conversation about oil and gas assets. We are talking here about cli
2023-03-01
Financial Services and Markets Bill
My Lords, moving on to a different set of topics, Amendment 168 is in my name, and I am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Sheehan and Lady Drake, for lending their support. This is the only amendment in the group which has my name on it but I am bro
2023-03-01
Financial Services and Markets Bill
2023-02-28
Domestic Heat Pumps: Budget Underspend
My Lords, I request a similarly detailed answer from the Minister on the costs of the hydrogen trials. As he will know, I do not support this way of moving forward. However, had we taken the same approach to heat pumps, ground source heat pumps in partic
2023-02-28
Heat and Buildings Strategy: Gas Boilers
I agree with the Minister in his statement that there is a multiplicity of solutions for decarbonising heat. One very promising technology is the use of heat loops, or networked ground source heat pumps. These are much more efficient than even air source
My Lords, it is my pleasure to take part in the debate this afternoon, and I add my congratulations to the committee on such an excellent and thorough report conducted in very difficult circumstances. I particularly thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brown,
2023-02-07
Energy Profits Levy
My Lords, in retrospect, would it not have been more sensible to have negotiated with the providers of those resources from the North Sea to our domestic consumers and capped the price? Instead, we have allowed prices to rise, with no underlying rise in
2023-01-26
Net Zero
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, for securing this debate. I echo her comments about the sheer number of opportunities ahead of us in the near term to address some of the recommendations in legislation before us, whether that is the Ene
2023-01-25
Financial Services and Markets Bill
My Lords, I am genuinely grateful to the Minister for her response, which was very helpful and contained information about which I was not aware—I thank her for that. I will read Hansard in great detail. In her letter, can she explain a little more about
2023-01-25
Financial Services and Markets Bill
I shall seek to remember where I was in my speech. I was talking about international co-ordination and how the FCA currently is part of a global network of regulators, and therefore has a more effective chance of spotting systemic risks building up in th
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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On leave of absence; exempt from registration
registered 2023-05-21
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Party history
2018-04-16 → present
Crossbench
current
2017-04-27 → 2018-04-15
Non-affiliated
2011-01-31 → 2017-04-26
Labour
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
2012-09-06 → 2015-09-18
Opposition Whip (Lords)
2011-10-07 → 2015-11-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)
Committee memberships
None recorded.
Contact
Parliamentary office
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020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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.
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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)
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Vehicle Trading Scheme and Road Usage Duty (Consultation) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-23 |
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introduction. Sorted newest first.