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The Baroness Sheehan

Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords F
Baroness Sheehan's full title is The Baroness Sheehan. Her name is Shaista Ahmad Sheehan, 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.

Political donations made

Total donated (all years on record) £15,782
7 donations across 1 distinct recipient
Matched donor name: Baroness Shas Sheehan
Date Recipient Type EC Ref Amount
2021-04-22 Liberal Democrats · London Cash C0546055 £2,500
2017-09-30 Liberal Democrats · Central Party Cash C0337837 £5,950
2017-05-25 Liberal Democrats · Sutton Cash C0322939 £2,000
2016-12-31 Liberal Democrats · Central Party Cash C0262561 £2,226
2016-03-31 Liberal Democrats · London Cash C0241916 £1,600
2014-12-31 Liberal Democrats · Merton Borough Non Cash NC0146430 £506
2014-12-31 Liberal Democrats · Merton Borough Non Cash NC0146431 £1,000
Showing the 7 most recent donations on record. Source: Electoral Commission donations register (search.electoralcommission.org.uk). Match confidence: unique-surname.

Lords votes · 2026

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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25

2026-06-15 Digital Waste Tracking (England) Regulations 2026
I may have missed it, but I want to be reassured that the discussions now taking place within the department will ensure that all producers of waste are included. We will never be able to turn the tap off unless we can do it at source, with the producers
2026-06-15 Digital Waste Tracking (England) Regulations 2026
It is a pleasure to follow my noble friend, if I can refer to my erstwhile colleague on the Environment and Climate Change Committee as that, so I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, for her contribution. I would be very interested to hear the Minis
2026-06-15 World Ocean Day
My Lords, the Blue Belt is the Government’s programme to assist the UK overseas territories in protecting and enhancing ocean health and enabling sustainable growth through evidence-based marine management and protection. Last week, I had the pleasure to
2026-05-21 Offshore Oil and Gas: Venting and Flaring
My Lords, I am sure the Minister is very aware that rapidly reducing methane emissions can help us to rapidly cool the planet, effectively buying time for longer-term carbon reduction efforts. Will the Government mandate independent third-party verific
2026-04-23 Sustainable Farming Incentive: Flood Prevention and Drought Resilience
Can the Minister say whether the SFI will provide support for on-farm reservoir projects aimed at mitigating environmental impacts from drought at the catchment scale?
2026-04-22 Plastic Pollution Reduction
My Lords, what progress are the Government making in revising school uniform policy to require PFAS-free alternatives so as to allow families to buy from suppliers that are known to avoid PFAS-based finishes?
2026-04-16 Data Centres: Energy Demand
My Lords, what requirements will be put in place to ensure that energy efficiency and waste heat recovery measures are implemented?
2026-04-15 Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling
My Lords, can the Minister confirm that the Government’s approach will align with their 30 by 30 commitments and nature recovery goals? How will the Government measure that delivery?
2026-03-02 Forest-Risk Commodities
My Lords, the national security assessment, which the Government still refuse to publish in full, has been leaked in full to ITV News. It states that nature loss, including deforestation, is already slowing UK growth and productivity and could leave annu
2026-03-02 Forest-Risk Commodities
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to implement due diligence requirements for forest-risk commodities.
2026-02-23 Global Biodiversity Loss and National Security
My Lords, the assessment is explicit that nature is a foundation of national security, yet independent analysis, not least by the Government’s own watchdog, the OEP, in its recent annual report, shows that the UK is not on track to meet its own nature re
2026-02-12 Environment Agency: Waste Crime
My Lords, as chair of the Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee I am delighted to have an opportunity to debate our inquiry into waste crime. I begin by thanking all noble Lords who will be contributing to this debate, particularly as it is the
2026-02-12 Environment Agency: Waste Crime
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the performance of the Environment Agency in addressing waste crime.
2026-02-05 Construction Industry: Timber
: My Lords, what measures are the Government introducing to promote the reuse of reclaimed timber in construction projects, as outlined in the 2025 timber road map’s circular economy commitments?
2026-01-14 Large-scale Waste Crime
My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of your Lordships’ Environment and Climate Change Committee which produced the report on waste crime. On 16 December, the Environment Agency wrote to the committee stating that 749 new illegal waste sites had been
2026-01-14 Large-scale Waste Crime
My Lords—
2026-01-06 Nitrogen Reduction, Recycling and Reuse (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report)
My Lords, I repeat that a key recommendation in our report was simplification of the regulatory system and toughening of enforcement. There are some low-hanging solutions, such as reducing inputs of nitrogen and optimising their application, improving ma
2026-01-06 Nitrogen Reduction, Recycling and Reuse (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report)
I thank the Minister for her response, which has finished bang on the dot of 20 minutes. I take this opportunity to thank all colleagues who have participated in the debate. The contributions have been fantastic and reaffirm yet again the breadth and dep
2026-01-06 Nitrogen Reduction, Recycling and Reuse (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report)
That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Environment and Climate Change Committee Nitrogen: time to reduce, recycle, reuse (2nd Report, HL Paper 161).
2026-01-06 Nitrogen Reduction, Recycling and Reuse (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report)
My Lords, it is my pleasure as chair of the Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee to open this debate on its report Nitrogen: Time to Reduce, Recycle, Reuse. I convey my thanks to our committee clerk Andrea Ninomiya, our policy analyst Lily Paul
2025-12-09 Tropical Forest Forever Facility
My Lords, I welcome the Minister to his new role. It is deeply disappointing that the Government have let down historic allies such as Brazil, Norway and Germany by not investing in the Tropical Forest Forever Facility at COP 30. It is a desperately need
2025-12-09 Tropical Forest Forever Facility
To ask His Majesty’s Government what contributions and initiatives they have undertaken in support of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility.
2025-11-04 Energy Market Reforms
My Lords, I declare my interest as a director of Peers for the Planet. In response to the Government’s Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan published last week, Nigel Topping, the chair of the Government’s statutory Climate Change Committee, said: “
2025-10-28 Offshore Oil and Gas: Venting and Flaring
My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the Environment and Climate Change Committee, which last year produced a report on methane. Methane is responsible for a full third of the global warming we see today, but it behaves very differently from carbo
2025-10-14 West Papua: Deforestation
My Lords, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, due to be launched at COP 30, is the Brazilian Government’s proposed blended finance mechanism to ensure that Governments and businesses around the world are able to provide the much-needed finance to stop
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.

Register of Interests · 5 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 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)

  • Gresham House Timberland LP
    registered 2024-05-16 · amended 2025-04-05
  • 3i Group plc (investments)
    registered 2024-05-16 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Gresham House Sustainable Timber and Energy LP (formerly FIM Sustainable Timber and Energy LP)
    registered 2015-11-18 · amended 2025-04-05

Category 3: Land and property

  • Grazing land in Oxfordshire
    registered 2022-04-29 · amended 2025-04-05

Category 4: Sponsorship

  • The member also receives research assistance from Peers for the Planet Ltd in her role as Director for the Peers for the Planet Group
    registered 2023-07-20 · amended 2025-09-09
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly. Read the full Lords Code of Conduct for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.

Party history

2015-10-02present
Liberal Democrat current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2016-10-282021-01-04
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (International Development)

Committee memberships

2015-12-142019-07-02
EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee
2019-07-012023-01-31
Science and Technology Committee
2024-01-31present
Environment and Climate Change Committee Chair +£17,806/yr

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 3 active officership(s) · 4 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Air Pollution
Subject Group
Vice Chair UK 100 12 2024-05-15
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Britain-Pakistan Trade and Tourism
Subject Group
Vice Chair 15 2024-01-29
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis
Subject Group
Vice Chair Results UK 5 2021-06-12
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Showing 6 of 6 tabled 4 answered(66.7%) 2 departments
2026-06-11
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pending
2026-06-11
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pending
2026-05-14
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Wigan
Answered
2026-05-14
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste: Crime
Answered
2026-04-13
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste Management
Answered
2026-04-13
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste Management: Digital Technology
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking member has a register entry it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full question and the department's answer.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

1 bills 1 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Corporate Waste Responsibility Bill [HL] Lead 2nd reading 2026-06-04
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)

3 bills 3 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Corporate Waste Responsibility Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2026-06-04
Petroleum (Amendment) Bill [HL] Sponsored 1st reading 2022-03-24
Petroleum (Amendment) Bill [HL] Sponsored 2nd reading 2020-01-15
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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