Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Portrait

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

Crossbench - Life peer

Became Member: 28th June 2001


Integration of Primary and Community Care Committee
31st Jan 2023 - 27th Nov 2023
Procedure and Privileges Committee
1st Jul 2019 - 31st Jan 2023
National Policy for the Built Environment Committee
11th Jun 2015 - 11th Feb 2016
Public Service and Demographic Change Committee
29th May 2012 - 5th Mar 2013
Science and Technology Committee (Lords)
19th Nov 2002 - 30th Oct 2007
Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I
13th Nov 2002 - 30th Oct 2007
Science and Technology Committee
19th Nov 2002 - 30th Oct 2007
Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee)
22nd Jul 2004 - 11th Jul 2005
Committee on the Assisted Dying for the terminally ill Bill
30th Nov 2004 - 7th Apr 2005


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff has voted in 4 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

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Sparring Partners
Baroness Merron (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
(8 debate interactions)
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour)
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(3 debate interactions)
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour)
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
(2 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Department of Health and Social Care
(6 debate contributions)
Home Office
(5 debate contributions)
Department for Education
(4 debate contributions)
Department for Business and Trade
(2 debate contributions)
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Lords initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.


4 Bills introduced by Baroness Finlay of Llandaff


Parallel Parliament Note:

The provisions of the Bill were ultimately enacted through the Online Safety Act 2023.

A Bill to require OFCOM to establish a unit to advise the Secretary of State regarding the use of social media platforms to encourage or assist serious self-harm and activities associated with risk of suicide; and for connected purposes

Lords Completed

Last Event - 3rd Reading
Friday 16th June 2023
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A Bill to make provision for equitable access to palliative care services; for advancing education, training and research in palliative care; and for connected purposes

Lords Completed

Last Event - 3rd Reading : House Of Lords
Tuesday 23rd February 2016

A bill to make provision for NHS service commissioners to ensure that persons for whom they have responsibility for commissioning physical and mental health services have access to specialist and generalist palliative care and support services; to enable hospices to access pharmaceutical services on the same basis as other services commissioned by a clinical commissioning group; and to make provision for treatment of children with a life-limiting illness

Lords - 40%

Last Event - 2nd Reading
Friday 7th February 2020
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A Bill to make provision for equitable access to palliative care services; for advancing education, training and research in palliative care; and for connected purposes.

Lords - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading : House Of Lords
Thursday 9th June 2016

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 4 Written Questions

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16th Dec 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to launch their new Road Investment Strategy; and whether lowering the drink-drive limit will be included as part of the strategy.

DfT is committed to long term strategies for road investment. As announced in the October Budget, a decision was taken to postpone the start of the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3), to allow Ministers time to make an assessment of priorities for roads. DfT will provide funding through an Interim Settlement to National Highways covering 2025-26, to allow for important maintenance and enhancement activities to continue. The planned start of RIS3 is April 2026 and the drink-drive limit will not form part of the RIS.

This Government takes road safety seriously, and we are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. Since the general election, the Department has begun work on a new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade. The Department will share more details in due course.

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
7th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to secure funding for and expand access to minimally invasive cancer therapies approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence across NHS Trusts.

Both NHS England and integrated care boards (ICBs) are required to put in place access for any treatment that carries a positive recommendation from the Technology Appraisal programme, operated by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Where treatments are approved by NICE through the Technology Appraisals programme, the National Health Service is required to fund and make them available within agreed timescales, which vary by technology. Implementation of any NICE approvals will be supported by the service readiness assessment and the development of additional capacity where necessary.

During 2024/25, NHS England will continue to support all ICBs in integrating the planning and commissioning of suitable specialised services with their wider population-level commissioning responsibilities, in line with their individual timeline for delegation. Service Development Funding (SDF) is available to support Cancer Alliances to deliver the priorities set out in the 2024/25 NHS Operational Planning Guidance; £266 million in SDF is being provided to Cancer Alliances in 2024/25. Funding comprises two allocations: place-based, provided to all Alliances on a fair shares basis; and, targeted, provided to a selection of Alliances for agreed targeted projects. Cancer SDF is provided to Cancer Alliances via their lead ICBs to enable them to deliver on NHS-wide priorities for cancer, in line with their local delivery plans which are included in their funding agreement.

Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
7th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that NHS Trusts have the necessary funding and trained staff to deliver minimally invasive cancer therapies.

The adoption of new treatments, including increasing the number and availability of minimally invasive cancer treatments, into the National Health Service in England is generally the result of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance and commissioner decisions. Both NHS England and the integrated care boards (ICBs) are required to put in place access for any treatment that carries a positive recommendation from the Technology Appraisal programme, operated by the NICE.

Where treatments are approved by the NICE through the Technology Appraisals programme, the NHS is required to fund and make them available within agreed timescales, which vary by technology. Implementation of any NICE approvals will be supported by the service readiness assessment and the development of additional capacity where necessary.

During 2024/25, NHS England will continue to support all ICBs in integrating the planning and commissioning of suitable specialised services with their wider population-level commissioning responsibilities, in line with their individual timeline for delegation.

We are committed to training the staff we need to get patients seen on time. The Government will make sure the NHS has the staff it needs to be there for all of us when we need it, including cancer patients.

Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
2nd Sep 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they have of unrelieved symptom distress in patients when care assistants are prohibited from administering prescribed medication at home; and how many errors have been recorded when care assistants have administered prescribed breakthrough medication in the patient's home.

Good practice for homecare is set out in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance, which can be found on the NICE’s website, in an online only format.

Services need to submit statutory notifications to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) when a medicines incident reaches a specific threshold. This includes an allegation of abuse, the death of a person, an incident reported to or investigated by the police, or a serious injury.

Data on anything that does not constitute the CQC threshold is not held by the CQC, but may be held by individual providers as a recorded incident.

Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)