Baroness Finn
Conservative - Life peer
Became Member: 14th October 2015
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)
(since November 2024)1 Former APPG membership
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
(3 debate interactions)
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
(2 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(6 debate contributions)
(3 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(2,375 words contributed)
(1,069 words contributed)
Lords initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Baroness Finn, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
Baroness Finn has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Baroness Finn has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 10 Written Questions
(View all written questions)The Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (known as the HD Committee) only has one sub-committee, the Advisory Military Sub-Committee. There are no other sub-committees or working groups for the committee.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The conventions of the House are unaffected by the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill. The Bill fulfills a manifesto commitment to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords. As such, the Bill clearly engages the Salisbury-Addison convention.
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
The Cross Government Gender Network is a Civil Service wide forum made up of staff networks working towards advancing gender equality and parity in the Civil Service and across arms-length bodies. The change in name from the Cross-Government Women’s Network took place in 2020, under the previous administration. It does not represent any change in Government policy or activity and a public sector equality duty (PSED) assessment was not undertaken by the previous administration.
There are currently no centrally set time allocation limits for cross Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion networks.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Football Governance Bill, and policy decision making in this area, is led by the Ministers in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Any hospitality received by Ministers is declared in accordance with the Ministerial Code. The Cabinet Office publishes details of ministers’ hospitality on a quarterly basis, and this will move to a monthly basis in future. Hospitality received by ministers in a non-ministerial capacity is published on the parliamentary registers in line with the parliamentary codes of conduct.
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
As has been the case under successive administrations, the Prime Minister allocates official residences to ministers, either on the grounds of security or to allow them to better perform their official duties. The following official residences are formally allocated to ministers:
The flats above 10 and 11 Downing Street, are allocated to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Prime Minister respectively.
1 Carlton Gardens is allocated to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.
The Chequers and Dorneywood estates are owned by trusts and managed by trustees; these are allocated to the Prime Minister and Chancellor respectively.
The Chevening estate is also owned by a trust and managed by trustees. The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs is the nominated person for the use of the estate.
Hillsborough Castle is available for Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office while on duty in Northern Ireland.
One of the flats in Admiralty House is allocated to the Deputy Prime Minister. The previous time limited allocation, referred to in Answer of 23 October 2024 to Question 10698 has come to an end.
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
Appointments to the ten independent honours committees are not ministerial or regulated public appointments and are not on the Public Appointments Order in Council. Honours committee appointments have always been made through fair and open competition with appointments made on merit, in line with the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments's (OCPA) best practice. However, they are not bound by OCPA codes as they are not regulated public appointments.
Under the previous administration, between August 2022 and September 2024, the Prime Minister was responsible for making committee appointments, with advice from the Head of the Civil Service. This was a novel and significant introduction of ministerial involvement in honours.
In September 2024, the HD Committee made a recommendation to His Majesty the King to return control over the appointment of independent honours committee members to the Head of the Civil Service to insure political independence of process. This process was approved by His Majesty the King in September 2024. This means that under the current administration, the Head of the Civil Service is responsible for oversight of the honours system and is the appointing authority for all independent honours committee appointments. The Prime Minister is informed of all honours committee appointments once approved by the Head of the Civil Service.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Appointments to the ten independent honours committees are not ministerial or regulated public appointments and are not on the Public Appointments Order in Council. Honours committee appointments have always been made through fair and open competition with appointments made on merit, in line with the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments's (OCPA) best practice. However, they are not bound by OCPA codes as they are not regulated public appointments.
Under the previous administration, between August 2022 and September 2024, the Prime Minister was responsible for making committee appointments, with advice from the Head of the Civil Service. This was a novel and significant introduction of ministerial involvement in honours.
In September 2024, the HD Committee made a recommendation to His Majesty the King to return control over the appointment of independent honours committee members to the Head of the Civil Service to insure political independence of process. This process was approved by His Majesty the King in September 2024. This means that under the current administration, the Head of the Civil Service is responsible for oversight of the honours system and is the appointing authority for all independent honours committee appointments. The Prime Minister is informed of all honours committee appointments once approved by the Head of the Civil Service.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Appointments to the ten independent honours committees are not ministerial or regulated public appointments and are not on the Public Appointments Order in Council. Honours committee appointments have always been made through fair and open competition with appointments made on merit, in line with the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments's (OCPA) best practice. However, they are not bound by OCPA codes as they are not regulated public appointments.
Under the previous administration, between August 2022 and September 2024, the Prime Minister was responsible for making committee appointments, with advice from the Head of the Civil Service. This was a novel and significant introduction of ministerial involvement in honours.
In September 2024, the HD Committee made a recommendation to His Majesty the King to return control over the appointment of independent honours committee members to the Head of the Civil Service to insure political independence of process. This process was approved by His Majesty the King in September 2024. This means that under the current administration, the Head of the Civil Service is responsible for oversight of the honours system and is the appointing authority for all independent honours committee appointments. The Prime Minister is informed of all honours committee appointments once approved by the Head of the Civil Service.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)