The Lord Barber of Ainsdale
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Barber of Ainsdale's full title is The Lord Barber of Ainsdale. His name is Brendan Paul Barber, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£6,307
18 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£6,307
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
6 Content(3.2%)
162 Not-Content(85.7%)
21 didn't vote(11.1%)
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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-09-15
Tax Burden and Economic Growth
My Lords, our new Prime Minister has talked about growth in every postcode. He is surely right to set that objective so that communities are not left behind. How will the Government ensure that the revenues raised through taxation help to deliver growth
My Lords, does my noble friend agree that, as ACAS research has shown, commercial and competitive success in delivering job opportunities is much more likely to be achieved in workplaces where people feel valued and respected and their voice can be heard
My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 69 in my name. I begin by declaring my interest as the current president of BALPA. This amendment proposes an annual report by the CAA on pilot licence holders. I am grateful for the chance to discuss the issue
2026-07-02
Employment Tribunals
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce waiting times for consideration of cases in the Employment Tribunal system.
2026-07-02
Employment Tribunals
Can the Minister assure me that enforcement of awards will be taken firmly into consideration in developing new proposals to overhaul the whole system?
2026-07-02
Employment Tribunals
I thank my noble friend for that reply and I very much welcome the work that has been and is being done with ACAS and others to address this challenge. I hope that proposals for change will quickly be developed. The waiting period for employment tribuna
My Lords, I begin by recording my registered interest as the president of BALPA. I strongly echo the point made so clearly by the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, about the importance of engagement with the pilot community on many of the key issues in the B
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 101A. I declare an interest as I am currently president of the British Airline Pilots Association.
It is clear that we have ambitious targets for growth in this sector. It is a sector with tremendous growth potenti
2026-06-15
Middle East: Iran Conflict
My Lords—
My Lords, I first declare an interest, as noted in the register, in that I am the current president of BALPA, the British Airline Pilots’ Association. BALPA is strongly supportive of the Bill’s objectives to modernise aviation regulations and to enable a
2026-04-28
RMT Strikes: Impact on Businesses
I, too, thank the Minister for her reply to this Question. I have spent a lot of time in my working life trying to help resolve disputes; in my experience, there are often faults on both sides when disputes arise, but I particularly recognise the impact
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I have spoken only once previously in the many long hours of debate on the Bill. That was at Second Reading, when I told the story of Daniel, the much-loved son of my noble friend Lord Monks, who, in the absence of any form of assisted dying in
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
With great respect, I would like to conclude my remarks.
There were many cases of honourable Members weighing their positions after close consultation with deeply interested constituents. Noble Lords may disagree with the Bill and oppose its objectiv
2026-04-14
Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Bill
My Lords, this House is often confronted by issues of great complexity, but happily today we are dealing with a rather straightforward single issue on which I hope we will be united.
Like others, I am a relative newcomer to this place. Since my arriva
2025-12-10
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, the subjects covered by these amendments have been more than extensively debated already, so I do not need to rehearse all the arguments around each issue. Nor do I need, I hope, to remind the House that this whole Bill represents the fulfilmen
2025-12-04
Autumn Budget 2025
My Lords, there is no disguising the scale of the economic challenges facing our country, and the Budget had commendable clarity in its central objectives: tackling the high cost of living, which has hit so many families so hard; maintaining the investme
2025-12-01
Sentencing Bill
I thank my noble friend the Minister for his response. On Amendment 77, I noticed that he placed proper emphasis on payback to our communities from the unpaid work we are discussing, but I would hope that proper consideration is also given to payback to
2025-12-01
Sentencing Bill
My Lords, I rise to move this amendment on behalf of my noble friend Lord Woodley, who is a little unwell today. Amendments 77 and 135 are in his name.
As a lifelong trade unionist, I have seen too often the damaging impact that privatisation can ha
2025-12-01
Sentencing Bill
2025-11-05
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
My Lords, I also support these amendments on the right of asylum seekers to work, and in particular Amendment 45, which makes the eminently reasonable proposal for there to be opportunities to review the evidence, if necessary year on year, on the impact
2025-09-12
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I have been asked by my long-standing friend and TUC colleague, my noble friend Lord Monks, of Blackley, to contribute to this debate. My noble friend Lord Monks is unable to be present today due to family reasons, and what follow are his remar
2025-07-23
Employment Rights Bill
Do shareholders get an opt-out facility from political donations that the company is making on behalf of the owners of the company?
2025-07-23
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, this is an issue with a long history. In 1909 the Osborne judgment ruled that trade unions could not legally use their general funds for political purposes. Subsequently, the Trade Union Act 1913 was passed by the Liberal Government led by HH A
2025-06-10
Employment Rights Bill
Will the noble Baroness permit an intervention? As my noble friend Lord Prentis mentioned, there are 48 unions affiliated to the TUC; 13 of them also affiliate, subscribe and contribute to the funding of the Labour Party, and 35 do not. Most of those 35
2025-06-05
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, I have Amendment 322 in this group, which requires the Secretary of State, after the establishment of the new arrangements to deliver fair pay in the social care sector, to set out a timetable and process for an assessment of whether this appro
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Register of Interests · 2 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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Honorary President, British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) (role is unpaid but donation will be made by British Airline Pilots Association to charities of member’s choice)
registered 2025-11-24
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Board member, Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry
registered 2025-02-06 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2025-01-20 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2026-01-27 → present
Industry and Regulators Committee
Contact
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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