The Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green's full title is The Baroness Hunt of Bethnal Green. Her name is Ruth Elizabeth Hunt, 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
5 Content(3.1%)
53 Not-Content(32.7%)
104 didn't vote(64.2%)
2026-04-23
Not-Content
152–207
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
135–154
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
65–173
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
115–197
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
64–140
Not-Content
2026-03-24
Not-Content
70–132
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
210–131
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
2026-06-03
Equality Act 2010: Code of Practice
We have loads of time; it is all going to be okay.
I thank the Minister for his approach and response to these questions. It has been 12 months of trying to clarify the code and clarify the interpretation from the Supreme Court. I am seeing a signific
2026-06-03
Equality Act 2010: Code of Practice
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his tone and approach—
2026-03-10
Equality Act 2010: Section 106
My Lords, I completely agree that measuring the number of people who are applying to participate in politics is a vital mechanism to enable us to manage that process. Does the Minister have any thoughts on the emerging trends—including increased hostilit
2026-03-04
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I want to acknowledge and thank the Minister for the introduction of this amendment. It is a vast improvement on the amendment laid in the other place. We discussed it at Second Reading and in Committee, and it is great to see it on Report.
My Lords, it is a source of pleasure and pride to follow the maiden speech of my noble friend Lady Neate and to welcome her to this House. We have truly just heard a speech of clarity, authority and lived experience, and many of us will feel that her pre
2026-02-02
Single-Sex Spaces: EHRC Guidance
The Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, has said in answering the numerous questions on this topic that the code must be legally robust. In the absence of any significant leaks to the press over the last few weeks, can the Minister clarify what tes
2026-02-02
Single-Sex Spaces: EHRC Guidance
My Lords—
My Lords, on a number of occasions in this House the Government have outlined how they are carefully considering the draft code and following proper process. Can the Minister clarify how the Government understand the balance between the independence of t
2026-01-15
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I wish to speak briefly in opposition to this amendment, but I will resist the temptation to give a Second Reading speech. My understanding is that it would abolish the entire statutory framework relating to hate crime and hatred-based offendin
2026-01-15
Crime and Policing Bill
I thank the noble Baroness for her intervention. It is a really important question, and I will try to remember to keep speaking in the third person, because I do want to just talk.
Has the proliferation of legislation helped prevent hate crime? During
My Lords, given that equality law operates across the United Kingdom, with devolved dimensions, can the Minister confirm whether the Governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will have full access to His Majesty’s Government’s analysis of the d
2025-10-16
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I begin by congratulating the Minister on an exceptionally comprehensive introduction to what is, by any measure, a wide-ranging and ambitious Bill. In the time available, I will confine my remarks to three aspects of the Bill: the Government’s
2025-10-15
Equality Act 2010: Meaning of “Sex”
My Lords, I serve on the UK delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. I have not had any dealings with the Commissioner for Human Rights, but is the Minister aware that yesterday he shared his observations that inconsistencies be
2025-06-30
School Libraries
My Lords, does the Minister share the view, consistent with the Government’s wider commitment to freedom of speech, that students should be trusted to engage with challenging material rather than being shielded from it through library censorship? What sk
2025-06-04
Special Educational Needs: Dyscalculia
My Lords, I join others in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Bull, for securing this debate and for her relentless efforts to raise awareness and understanding of this most overlooked of subjects. I share some of the difficulties in pronouncing it, but
2025-05-19
Sport England: Equality Act 2010
My Lords, the Minister will be aware that Sport England is committed to ensuring that LGBT people get as many opportunities and as much support to get active as others, as she has confirmed. I am slightly confused by the initial snapshot provided by the
2025-05-19
Sport England: Equality Act 2010
My Lords—
My Lords, it is a genuine honour and privilege to speak today because, as the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin, referred to, had Hitler won I doubt very much that I would be here. Over the last five years up until the end of March this year, I have worked with
My Lords, the Minister will be aware, as has already been alluded to, that the Equality Act and the Gender Recognition Act have always allowed trans people to be excluded from sports, and the Supreme Court judgment has not changed that. The most complica
My Lords, is the Minister considering any possible unintended consequences of this guidance? As a lesbian who is frequently told she is in the wrong toilets and who is addressed as “my Lord” and “sir” frequently around this place—which is always cute—doe
I very much thank the Minister for her answers to the questions so far and the manner in which this debate has taken place. Does the Minister agree that we would need to see, through further research, an increase in the level of scientific understanding
My Lords, I welcome the kind remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Young, but I am not trans, although I like accessorising. There are many ways to be a woman. I thank the noble Lord for his comments.
My Lords, it is a testament perhaps to the strength of this House that I am able to follow the noble Lord, Lord Morrow. I may not agree with him, but I welcome the fact that there has been an opportunity for a range of views to be expressed in this House
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his thoughtful reply to the Question and his curiosity about this subject area. I think that some issues and data that have just been shared are subject to debate and are not quite as substantial as has been suggested.
2022-03-16
Health and Care Bill
My Lords, I will be very brief because it is extraordinarily late. I have just a few short observations. First, as a lesbian woman in this House I have spent many years reading Hansard and watching the House’s proceedings, and hearing lesbians being refe
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Register of Interests · 10 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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Speaking engagement, 16 June 2026, Shell: Winning from within: Inclusion and Performance Culture at Shell, London
registered 2026-06-16
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Speaking engagement, 19 May 2926, “At the heart of democracy” International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, Eversheds Sutherland, virtual
registered 2026-05-22
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Speaking engagement, 17 March 2026, People Matter: Disrupting the status quo, Textile Services Association National Congress, Edinburgh
registered 2026-03-18
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Speaking engagement, 4 July 2025, Building inclusive cultures, Cabot Learning Federation
registered 2025-07-07
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Speaking engagement, 1 July 2025, Pride Event, King
registered 2025-07-07
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Speaking engagement, 26 June 2025, Womble Bond Dickinson Pride event
registered 2025-06-28
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Speaking engagement, 17 June 2025, Women in leadership breakfast talk for Gordon Brothers and their guests, London
registered 2025-06-23
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Director, Deeds and Words Limited (consultancy services and leadership programmes relating to inclusion, culture and behaviours)
registered 2019-11-12 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Deeds and Words Limited (owned jointly with partner) (consultancy services and leadership programmes relating to inclusion, culture and behaviours)
registered 2020-07-31 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 4: Sponsorship
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The member receives research support from a PhD student from King’s College London, as part of a training scheme for which the student receives a stipend
registered 2022-10-25 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2019-10-16 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
None recorded.
Contact
Parliamentary office
huntr@parliament.uk
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.
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)
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.