The Baroness Rafferty DBE FRCN
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Rafferty's full title is The Baroness Rafferty DBE FRCN. Her name is Anne Marie Rafferty, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£7,049
19 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£7,049
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
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5 Content(2.6%)
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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 19
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Nargund. The Prime Minister reiterated his commitment to social care in his response to questions on his Statement to the Commons on Tuesday. While we wait for the recommendations from the review
2026-05-21
King’s Speech
My Lords, I rise to speak as a nurse on the health aspects of the strategic defence review and some of the implications it holds for the National Health Service. I shall be brief, as the review is admirably concise in its analysis. As I was unable to spe
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I speak for the first time in this debate as a nurse and former dean of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King’s College London. Our patron saints include Florence Nightingale and Cicely Saunders. I
2026-04-21
Midwives: Graduate Guarantee
My Lords, the graduate guarantee applies also to nurses but, sadly, the provision is quite patchy. What steps are the Government taking to support employers to recruit newly qualified nurses?
2026-04-21
Cancer Outcomes in the UK
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Watkins, a fellow nurse. I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, on securing such a timely debate. There is a lot to commend in the National Cancer Plan for England, but, speak
2026-03-02
NHS: Violence Against NHS Staff
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce violence against NHS staff.
2026-03-02
NHS: Violence Against NHS Staff
I thank my noble friend the Minister for her, as ever, detailed and insightful response, but I am sure she is also aware that certain groups are disproportionately affected by violence in the workplace. Black and Asian nurses make up over 30% of the tota
2026-02-24
Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper
My Lords, I too commend the work of the Open University in opening access to higher education. Can my noble friend the Minister confirm that there is a targeted pathway in place to reduce the numbers of young people not in employment, education or traini
2026-02-10
Better Start Longitudinal Programmes
My Lords, would my noble friend the Minister confirm what the Department of Health and Social Care has taken from the Better Start work to inform its maternity and baby strategy?
2025-12-04
Autumn Budget 2025
My Lords, it is a pleasure to add my congratulations to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Portsmouth on his excellent maiden speech. I look forward to working with him in the future. I speak as a nurse, past president of the Royal College of Nursi
2025-11-21
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I thank the noble Baroness so much. I speak as a nurse and a former president of the Royal College of Nursing. I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of London for referring to the broader family of health practitioners who are impacted by the Bil
2025-11-21
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords—
My Lords, it is an honour to speak on this important day and to follow the remarks of the noble Baroness, Lady Harris of Richmond, who has already praised the many brilliant stories and speeches that we have heard today. I add my congratulations to the r
2025-04-23
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I support this Bill, and I am delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Jopling, is still alive to speak so eloquently on the topic of prevention. I also thank my noble friend the Minister for navigating us so clearly through a path to prevention. T
2025-03-27
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. I, too, welcome the quartet of maiden speeches, especially those from our Benches.
I welcome this Bill, one of whose aims is to repeal the pernicious Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023. These l
2025-03-19
NHS England Update
My Lords, can my noble friend the Minister kindly confirm that the role of the Chief Nursing Officer for England will migrate to DHSC?
2025-03-12
US Steel and Aluminium Tariffs
My Lords—
2025-03-12
US Steel and Aluminium Tariffs
My Lords, I welcome the Opposition’s sudden interest in the fortunes of the British steel industry—a sector which was neglected over the past 15 years and has suffered enormously as a result. This Government launched a consultation on a steel strategy e
2025-03-06
International Women’s Day
My Lords, I draw attention to my interests in academic nursing as professor of nursing policy at King’s College London.
My heartfelt thanks go to my noble friend Lady Smith, the Leader of the House, for her incredible support up to and during my intro
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Professor of Nursing Policy, King's College London
registered 2025-03-05 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2025-02-10 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2026-01-27 → present
Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Committee
2026-05-13 → present
Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art
2026-06-01 → present
Environment and Climate Change Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
raffertya@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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