The Baroness Longfield CBE
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Baroness Longfield's full title is The Baroness Longfield CBE. Her name is Anne Elizabeth Longfield, and she is currently on leave of absence from the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
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Lords votes · 2026
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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 21
2025-11-12
Sentencing Bill
My Lords, I pay tribute to Baroness Newlove. I had the privilege of working alongside her when I was the Children’s Commissioner and she was the Victims’ Commissioner. It is a hugely sad loss, and she was a fantastic advocate. My thoughts are with her fa
2025-09-18
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendments 469 and 470, and I thank my noble friend for making such a strong and clear case for why they are important.
As a former Children’s Commissioner who worked very much within the framework of the UNCRC as
2025-09-16
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I shall add something on those points, although I do not want to drag this on. Clearly, this arouses a lot of emotions, but we are mixing a lot of things up. There are rooms full of evidence on how these effectively work, not least on the things that the
2025-09-16
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for her response and the emphasis that she has placed throughout on inclusion. The ambition is for all children to be able to benefit from a great education and for them to be able to thrive in school.
Th
2025-09-16
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 450 on managed moves, as well as Amendment 453, which is in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Storey.
The amendments concern a group of children who are literally moved between schools. At the moment, they are pre
2025-09-16
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
2025-09-02
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I will make a quick intervention, if I may, just to counter the claim that the troubled families programme achieved nothing. The evidence does not tell us that, so it is important not to allow us to think that.
2025-07-24
Young Futures Hubs
My Lords, Young Futures has such potential to deliver transformative change for young people, and I am grateful for the support that has been expressed for it. I have to declare an interest; it was an approach that a commission that I chaired put forward
2025-06-23
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I feel the need to add some thoughts of my own to this conversation, which I am very pleased that we are having. I declare my interest as the executive chair of the Centre for Young Lives. I thank noble Lords for their kind comments on that.
This is a
2025-06-19
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I have already indicated my intention to withdraw my amendment.
2025-06-19
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I beg to move.
2025-06-19
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, Amendment 142 is in my name. It sets out to make the case for the inclusion of supported accommodation in the scope of the proposed profit cap. Following clarification from my noble friend the Minister, including in answers to questions in earl
2025-06-19
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
2025-06-17
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, my Amendments 108 to 116 focus on the distance from home of placements for children in care, and the impact of the move to regional care co-operatives. I welcome the move to regional care arrangements of this kind, as well as the significant in
2025-06-09
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I, too, support the amendment and thank noble Lords for putting it forward. This is not a new debate: I called for this change in law many years ago, including when I was Children’s Commissioner for England. I have not changed my view. As we ha
2025-05-22
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Yes—I apologise for that on many levels. We have to move forward at pace, but also with confidence and determination, while also checking along the way that we are giving support where it is needed.
Finally, we need to ensure that investment is there,
2025-05-22
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Perhaps I might add a few thoughts from my experience. As Children’s Commissioner for six years, I found that the greatest level of responsibility was around children in care, and I looked in detail at the experience of children in care throughout that t
2025-05-20
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I support the amendment and will not add more to the case put forward by Action for Children, although I am grateful for its input and for that of my team at Centre for Young Lives. Schools and colleges are the public bodies and the people who often know
2025-05-20
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
I support the amendments tabled by my noble friend Lady Armstrong. I appreciate having this opportunity to discuss in more detail family group decision-making. I welcome the measures in the Bill that seek to offer families the chance to build solutions t
2025-05-01
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, it is a huge pleasure to take part in this important debate, and I draw attention to my interests in the register. All of us in this Chamber want the children of our country to succeed, but I think we also know that many will not do so without
2025-03-20
Crown Court Criminal Case Backlog
My Lords, I draw attention to my interests in the register. It is a privilege to be part of this debate today, and an honour of my life to be giving my maiden speech in this great House.
I start with thanks to all my new colleagues on these Benches an
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Party history
2025-12-09 → present
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2025-01-31 → 2025-12-08
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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