The Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Kennedy of Cradley's full title is The Baroness Kennedy of Cradley. Her name is Alicia Pamela Kennedy, 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
3 Content(1.9%)
130 Not-Content(80.2%)
29 didn't vote(17.9%)
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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
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 7 in my name. I declare my interest as chief operating officer of Natasha’s Foundation, the UK’s food allergy charity, which was previously known as the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation.
At Second Reading, my nob
2026-03-25
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, please bear with me again; I will keep to the two-minute limit. I too speak in favour of Amendments 105B and 105C, tabled in lieu in Motion M, and in doing so declare my interest as COO of the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, the UK’s food
2026-02-03
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I support Amendments 209, 210 and 212 and declare my interest as the chief operating officer of the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, the UK’s food allergy charity.
While some schools manage food allergies well, too many do not and, as th
2026-01-16
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Lord to speak.
2026-01-16
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, as Amendment 30ZA is an amendment to Amendment 30, I call the noble Baroness, Lady Lawlor.
Amendment 30ZA (to Amendment 30)
2025-11-27
Crime and Policing Bill
Before we move on, I clarify that the lead amendment in this group, Amendment 271F, was not moved so we have moved on to Amendment 272, which has been proposed as the lead amendment, and the group will continue as normal.
2025-09-16
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I support Amendment 502YG. I declare my interest as the chief officer of the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, the UK’s food allergy charity.
Regrettably, we have an education system completely unprepared for the growing numbers of food-a
2025-07-15
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 104 in my name in this group and, in doing so, I declare my interest as a trustee of the Nationwide Foundation. First, I thank my noble friend Lady Taylor of Stevenage for the excellent meeting we had, together with th
2025-07-07
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I thank every noble Lord who has spoken on this group. I reassure my noble friend Lady Taylor of Stevenage and the noble Lords, Lord Fuller and Lord Jamieson, that the intention behind this amendment is clear: it is not about banning guarantors
2025-07-07
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I declare my interest as a trustee of the Nationwide Foundation. Amendment 61 seeks to address a growing and deeply concerning issue in the private rented sector: the overuse, and often misuse, of guarantor requests. This amendment was expertly
2025-07-07
Renters’ Rights Bill
2025-05-14
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, it is a privilege to speak after the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, because I agreed with every word she said in her excellent opening speech. I will speak to Amendment 244A in my name. This amendment would apply the civil standard of proof fo
2025-05-14
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I support Amendment 222 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, and all the amendments in this group, including Amendment 228 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, and the noble Lord, Lord Best, to which I have added my na
2025-05-14
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I support Amendment 220, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Best, to which I have added my name.
Amendment 220 neatly ensures that the Bill is clear about who the PRS database is for. I understand the Government’s need to consider privacy, but i
2025-05-12
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I rise briefly to support Amendment 170 in the name of my noble friend Lady Lister of Burtersett. I declare my interests as a trustee of the Nationwide Foundation.
There is a growing use of guarantors in the PRS. Generation Research last yea
2025-04-30
Homelessness: Young Adults
My Lords, Monday this week marked three years since the repeal of the Vagrancy Act was given Royal Assent. Yet each night since then, young people forced to sleep on the streets have still faced criminalisation because each day nothing has been done to c
2025-04-28
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I support Amendment 90 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. Many housing and tenant-focused organisations, such as Generation Rent, and organisations on the Renters’ Reform Coalition support this amendment. Put simply,
2025-01-21
Homelessness
My Lords, today marks 1,000 days since Royal Ascent was given to repeal the Vagrancy Act. Repealing this outdated law, which punishes people experiencing homelessness and pushes them further away from support, had overwhelming support from every party an
2025-01-21
Homelessness
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and in doing so declare my interest as a trustee of the Nationwide Foundation.
2025-01-21
Homelessness
To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they are making on reducing homelessness.
2024-12-19
China: Human Rights and Security
That the House do now adjourn—with thanks and best wishes to our Mace carrier tonight, Mr Cameron-Wood.
2024-11-20
National Youth Strategy
My Lords, I welcome the announcement that we are creating a new strategy, particularly the fact that young people themselves will be central to its design. Young people today face profound, complex challenges and a world very different from a decade ago,
2024-09-12
Electronic Media: False Information
My Lords, the threat posed by electronic media manifests itself in at least two ways. As we saw during the recent riots, electronic media was used to spread lies and misinformation about refugees and asylum seekers, and urged people to use violence. It i
2024-09-12
Electronic Media: False Information
My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend, and with his permission, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his name on the Order Paper.
2024-07-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friends Lord Hunt of Kings Heath and Lady Hayman of Ullock. They will make outstanding contributions to His Majesty’s Government. I declare my interest as a trustee of the Nationwide Foundation, a charity es
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Register of Interests · 3 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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Chief Operating Officer, Natasha's Foundation (previously Natasha Allergy Research Foundation)
registered 2023-04-05 · amended 2026-06-16
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Crimmond Partners Ltd (management consultancy) (interest ceased 5 May 2026)
registered 2020-02-20 · amended 2026-05-07
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Ticket and hospitality received from the Ivor Academy to attend the Ivor Academy Honours, 2 October 2025
registered 2025-10-09 · amended 2025-10-13
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Party history
2023-10-13 → present
Labour
current
2020-06-22 → 2023-10-12
Non-affiliated
2013-09-19 → 2020-06-21
Labour
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2014-01-15 → 2014-04-03
Draft Modern Slavery Bill (Joint Committee)
2014-06-12 → 2015-02-11
Affordable Childcare
2026-01-27 → present
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Contact
Parliamentary office
alicia.kennedy@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Private Rented Sector
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | The Public Affairs Company | 4 | 2024-11-07 |
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the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
14
of 14 tabled
14 answered(100.0%)
6
departments
2026-01-30
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tigray: Politics and Government
Answered
2026-01-30
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Côte d'Ivoire: Politics and Government
Answered
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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
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold Reform (Reasonableness of Service Charges) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2022-07-13 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.