Baroness Neville-Rolfe Portrait

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

Conservative - Life peer

Became Member: 10th September 2013

Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

(since September 2022)

Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
21st Sep 2022 - 5th Jul 2024
Built Environment Committee
14th Apr 2021 - 20th Sep 2022
European Union Committee
27th Jun 2017 - 31st Mar 2021
EU Services Sub-Committee
23rd Apr 2020 - 31st Mar 2021
EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee
27th Jun 2017 - 23rd Apr 2020
Commercial Secretary (Minister of State) (HM Treasury)
21st Dec 2016 - 13th Jun 2017
Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
17th Jul 2016 - 21st Dec 2016
Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
13th Sep 2016 - 9th Nov 2016
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
12th May 2015 - 17th Jul 2016
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Intellectual Property)
17th Jul 2014 - 17th Jul 2016
Affordable Childcare
12th Jun 2014 - 17th Jul 2014


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Baroness Neville-Rolfe has voted in 1 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 Smith of Basildon (Labour)
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
(6 debate interactions)
Baroness Twycross (Labour)
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
(6 debate interactions)
Baroness Merron (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
(2 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Leader of the House
(5 debate contributions)
Cabinet Office
(3 debate contributions)
Department of Health and Social Care
(2 debate contributions)
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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

Introduced: 11th May 2022

A Bill to make provision about procurement

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th October 2023 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 28th January 2014

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th March 2015 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 28th January 2014

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th March 2015 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 14th March 2017

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.

Introduced: 25th June 2014

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

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30th Jul 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government for a progress report on the Integrated Security Fund, including new projects in the Middle East.

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 Twycross
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
30th Jul 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 14 May (HLWS462), whether they intend to (1) continue with the ministerial spending controls and presumption against external equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) spending, (2) centralise and consolidate all EDI guidance across the Civil Service; and what is their policy on restricting diversity network time during core working hours in the Civil Service.

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 Twycross
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
30th Jul 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for (1) the Border Target Operating Model, and (2) the Single Trade Window.

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 Twycross
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
30th Jul 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government when they anticipate the Procurement Act 2023 will fully come into effect; and what steps they are taking to encourage buying from small and medium-sized British businesses by government departments, local authorities and the NHS.

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 Twycross
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
30th Jul 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 25 July (HC Deb col 797), what consideration they give to past breaches on security and probity in government in subsequent government security vetting; whether, when re-appointing Damian McBride as a government special adviser, they reviewed his autobiography to assess whether there was any evidence within it of him breaching a relevant code of conduct; and what account they took of any such evidence when deciding to re-appoint him.

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 Twycross
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
17th Jul 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to license e-bikes and e-scooters to improve public safety.

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.

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
2nd Sep 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government which Treasury Minister or Ministers (1) requested and (2) approved, (a) the appointment of Ian Corfield, (b) the appointment of Oliver Newton, as civil servants, and (c) the promotion to Director for Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement of Louise Tinsley; which senior individual or individuals in the Treasury authorised the Recruitment Principles exceptions; and whether any Ministerial Code declaration of interest was made by Treasury Ministers to (i) the Permanent Secretary, or (ii) the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests.

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.

Lord Livermore
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
30th Jul 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the publication of the Chancellor statement on public spending inheritance on gov.uk on 29 July, what edited changes were made in the "update to redacted content" on 29 July; whether a ministerial speech was originally posted on gov.uk with party political content and, if so, why; whether the Permanent Secretary was consulted on the original upload or the subsequent changes; and what steps are being taken to ensure ongoing compliance of HM Treasury’s departmental communications with both the Civil Service Code and the Government Communication Service's Propriety & Ethics Guidance for Government Communicators.

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.

Per best practice, this was tagged as “information has been added, updated or removed” and is visible on GOV.UK as “update to redacted content.”

Lord Livermore
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)