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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 06 Feb 2026
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

"Does the noble Baroness, Lady Gerada, agree that the cardinal difference between suicide and voluntary assisted death is that voluntary assisted death applies to people who are already dying? There is no way that they are going to survive, and that seems to make the whole difference. What we seek …..."
Baroness Whitaker - View Speech

View all Baroness Whitaker (Lab - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Division Vote (Lords)
4 Feb 2026 - Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 - View Vote Context
Baroness Whitaker (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 165 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 62 Noes - 295
Division Vote (Lords)
3 Feb 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Whitaker (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 131 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 36 Noes - 144
Division Vote (Lords)
3 Feb 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Whitaker (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 131 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 140
Division Vote (Lords)
3 Feb 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Whitaker (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 166 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 295 Noes - 180
Written Question
Prisoners: Travellers
Tuesday 3rd February 2026

Asked by: Baroness Whitaker (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Timpson on 26 January (HL13694), why prisoners from the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are not recorded in the table attached to that Answer.

Answered by Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

In accordance with the Office of National Statistics Census definitions (also reflected within the more detailed prisoner ethnicity data published as part of our Offender Management Statistics “Prison Population” annual tables), the 'Irish Traveller or Gypsy' and 'Roma' groups are counted as part of the "White" ethnicity group.

The ethnicity grouping presented in the table is consistent with that published quarterly for the prison population in Offender Management Statistics, for comparability.

Written Question
Natural Gas: Safety
Monday 2nd February 2026

Asked by: Baroness Whitaker (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to strengthen leak detection, odourisation and public health-related standards for gas used in domestic homes and other premises used for cooking fuelled by gas.

Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

There is already robust regulation in place to detect leaks and odourise gas. Gas Industry standards are set by the relevant industry standard setting bodies, for example, the Institute for Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM), British Standards Institute (BSI) and Liquid Gas UK.

The Health and Safety Executive has regulatory responsibility for public health-related standards in commercial premises, but not in domestic homes.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 30 Jan 2026
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

"My Lords, that provision is in the Bill, if the noble Baroness would just look. I am afraid that I cannot put my finger on the actual clause, but the assessing doctor is required to provide interpreters where necessary...."
Baroness Whitaker - View Speech

View all Baroness Whitaker (Lab - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Division Vote (Lords)
28 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Whitaker (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 88 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 16 Noes - 92
Division Vote (Lords)
28 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Whitaker (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 156 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 255 Noes - 183