The Baroness Lawlor
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Lawlor's full title is The Baroness Lawlor. Her name is Sheila Margaret Mary Lawlor, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£6,678
18 days attended across 1 published month
Travel claims
£411
Attendance £411
Total claimed
£7,089
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
96 Content(50.8%)
5 Not-Content(2.6%)
88 didn't vote(46.6%)
2026-09-08
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2026-07-22
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2026-07-21
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173–234
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2026-07-13
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142–138
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2026-07-13
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-05
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193–143
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2026-03-05
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2026-01-05
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2026-01-05
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2026-01-05
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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, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord. I thank the committee for its thoughtful work and report on the manifesto commitment that Peers retire at 80, the implications of such a retirement age and their participation in the functioning of thi
My Lords, this is another statutory instrument to update EU law enforcement on plant health, seeds, seed potatoes and plant propagating material so that it operates effectively in Northern Ireland. It therefore aligns the operation of Northern Ireland’s
2026-09-07
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe’s amendment, which would leave out Clause 3. I very much agree with the noble, Lord Vaux, and other noble Lords who have spoken.
I support these amendments on constitutional grounds, because of th
My Lords, this EU regulation banning the import of certain fresh food products into this country imposes EU laws on GB by negative statutory instrument. It anticipates the dynamic alignment for the whole agri-food sector proposed by the EU reset. As has
2026-07-22
Category 4 Steel Imports: Tariff-free Quotas
I thank the Minister very much for answering questions on the Statement so fully. My understanding is that, under this round, imports of galvanised steel to the UK will triple. Some of the concerns have been about the impact on production here. As my nob
2026-07-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe’s Amendment 172D. The problem of debanking has reached a serious level in the UK, with roughly half a million people reported to be affected last year alone. I welcome and recognise that the Governme
2026-07-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
Can I ask the noble Lord to clarify? Judicial review can determine a matter only if there is a matter of law involved, not a matter of adjudication; is that right?
2026-07-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
I thank the noble Lord, but he was speaking about 2022, which was light years away for the financial sector. Things have moved on and have changed. We have different regimes in place now. As my noble friend Lady Noakes has explained, the banks are now re
2026-07-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
I thank the noble Lord, but it is about where the line is drawn in law, so that businesses can be certain and have predictability, because activities change day by day.
2026-07-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am delighted to have the debate, and I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Pitt-Watson, for raising questions which have encouraged debate, but I support my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe’s opposition to Clause 39 standing part of the B
2026-07-06
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
I endorse the concern of the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, about the political pressure that the Treasury will be under to recognise certain countries. Without adequate scrutiny, wider advice and deep analysis, the problem of overleveraging in some bankin
2026-07-06
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will say a few words in support of my noble friend Lord Massey’s amendment. We should not forget that many of these small firms coming into the market are to be valued in Britain’s highly competitive industry—until there was too much regulati
2026-07-06
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, but I shall confine my remarks to Amendment 165 and the linked Amendment 173 from my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe for an FCA operational readiness report presented by the Treasury. Amendment 165 wo
2026-07-01
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 133 and 135, in the name of my noble friend Lord Bridges, and I shall say a few words about them. I have also tabled Amendment 135A, which amends Amendment 135.
Two of the questions raised by the Bill are h
2026-06-24
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
I say a word of support in favour of these amendments. This industry, financial services, is one of the most innovatory and dynamic industries in this country and has led the world in its imaginative, entrepreneurial approach for centuries. What we are s
2026-06-22
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I hesitate to follow the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, who, although he is not a specialist in this area, is a lawyer. I will speak in support of this group of amendments; I would have done the same for the first group, had I been here. It is impor
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
Can the Minister say whether there is official evidence of when an application is made, and whether the authorities assess official documents supporting a request for housing? Just as a clarification, I certainly did not seek to stigmatise people who wer
2026-06-17
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Jackson of Peterborough, and I support all the amendments in this group, particularly those from the noble Baronesses, Lady Teather and Lady Bakewell, my noble friends Lord Farmer and Lord Jackson
2026-06-15
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, I rise to speak to my Amendment 58A in this group. I am delighted to support the other amendments in the group about which the noble Baroness, Lady O’Neill, has spoken, asking the Government for various assessments of impact.
The Government
2026-06-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Sikka; I always learn from his speeches. The Bill is laudable in its aim to promote growth by cutting regulatory barriers, compliance, duplication and fragmentation, and, in doing so, to reduce th
2026-06-01
Social Housing Bill [HL]
—to earn enough to pay a market rent and take responsibility for themselves and their families. State housing, subsidised by the taxpayer and owned and managed by the state, is not home ownership. It is state dependency.
2026-06-01
Social Housing Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Sahota, and to hear his contribution on the housing problems in his area.
I endorse our Front Bench particularly and the opening speech we heard on some of the problems with this Bill. In passi
2026-05-21
King’s Speech
My Lords, it is always a challenge to follow a bishop, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester is no exception. The Prime Minister says that a central aim of the new legislative programme is to strengthen security, the economy, energy and
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords—
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, the amendment this morning from the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, to the noble and learned Lord’s amendment asks us, when we note the progress of scrutiny today, to recognise the recommendations and findings of both House of Lords Committees:
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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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Research Director, Politeia (not-for-profit forum for social and economic thinking)
registered 2022-12-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Politeia (not-for-profit forum for social and economic thinking)
registered 2022-12-08 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Flat in London E1 from which rental income is received
registered 2022-12-08 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2022-11-03 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2024-01-31 → 2025-01-30
European Affairs Committee
2025-01-30 → present
International Agreements Committee
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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