Baroness Neville-Rolfe
Conservative - Life peer
Became Member: 10th September 2013
Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
(since September 2022)13 Former APPG memberships
Cyber Security, Dark Skies, Digital Identity, Future of UK Freight and Logistics, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Internet, Communications and Technology, London's Planning and Built Environment, Music Education, Nuclear Energy, SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders, South East Asian Nations, Trade and InvestmentDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Sparring Partners
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
(6 debate interactions)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
(2 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(5 debate contributions)
(3 debate contributions)
(2 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(761 words contributed)
Lords initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Baroness Neville-Rolfe, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
5 Bills introduced by Baroness Neville-Rolfe
A Bill to make provision about procurement
This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th October 2023 and was enacted into law.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th March 2015 and was enacted into law.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th March 2015 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 27th April 2017 and was enacted into law.
To make provision about improved access to finance for businesses and individuals; to make provision about regulatory provisions relating to business and certain voluntary and community bodies; to make provision about the exercise of procurement functions by certain public authorities; to make provision for the creation of a Pubs Code and Adjudicator for the regulation of dealings by pub-owning businesses with their tied pub tenants; to make provision about the regulation of the provision of childcare; to make provision about information relating to the evaluation of education; to make provision about the regulation of companies; to make provision about company filing requirements; to make provision about the disqualification from appointments relating to companies; to make provision about insolvency; to make provision about the law relating to employment; and for connected purposes.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th March 2015 and was enacted into law.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 8 Written Questions
(View all written questions)The UK Integrated Security Fund has been delivering programmes to tackle the highest priority threats to UK security at home and overseas since it began on 1 April 2024. The Government will consider the Fund as part of the upcoming Spending Review.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The controls outlined in the Civil Service Equality Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance which was published on 14 May, including those relating to ministerial controls, a presumption against external equality, diversity and inclusion expenditure and centralisation of equality, diversity and inclusion guidance remain in place.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Staff Network time allocation is agreed between networks and departments as the employer. The majority of staff time spent on diversity staff networks is voluntary and unpaid.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Government is working on reducing frictions at the border as part of the reset of our relationship with the European Union. We look forward to discussing with EU partners, and with UK and EU industry, how best to achieve this.
Work is ongoing on the Border Target Operating Model and the Single Trade Window.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Procurement Act 2023 is currently expected to come into effect on 28 October 2024.
The Procurement Act 2023 introduces a range of reforms to make it easier for SMEs to access public sector supply-chains, and we will be ensuring that the powers in the Act are utilised to support the new government’s priorities.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
All special advisers are subject to the same checks as other civil servants in terms of security vetting, and are contractually obliged to meet the standards set out in both the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers, and the Civil Service Code’s values of Honesty and Integrity.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Government is committed to ensuring the safety of our roads for all road users, and will look for early opportunities to address the problems that can be caused by unregulated e-bike hire schemes and the illegal use of e-scooters.
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Ian Corfield was appointed on a short-term basis to carry out urgent work in support of the government’s International Investment Summit in October. A full recruitment process could not have been completed in the time available. He has since been appointed, unpaid, as a direct ministerial appointment.
Louise Tinsley has been a civil servant for 7 years. She had passed a selection board for a role at director level prior to the election. She has been appointed to her current role for an initial period of 6 months.
The Treasury does not comment on individual appointments at Deputy Director level or below.
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
Due to an administrative error, an unredacted version of the Chancellor’s speech was uploaded to GOV.UK. This was swiftly amended as soon as the error was flagged and an updated, redacted version was uploaded having been reviewed by senior managers.
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Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)