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Baroness O'Loan

Crossbench - Life peer

Became Member: 11th September 2009


1 APPG membership (as of 20 Nov 2024)
CAFOD
3 Former APPG memberships
Hong Kong, Pro-Life, Public Accountability
Windsor Framework Sub-Committee
14th Apr 2021 - 30th May 2024
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
8th Jun 2015 - 1st Jul 2019
SLSC Sub-Committee B
4th Sep 2018 - 30th Apr 2019
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
9th Jun 2010 - 30th Mar 2015
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
14th Jun 2012 - 30th Mar 2015
EU Sub Committee E - Justice, Institutions and Consumer Protection
17th May 2012 - 30th Mar 2015


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Baroness O'Loan has voted in 13 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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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
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour)
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
(2 debate interactions)
Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour)
Minister of State (Home Office)
(2 debate interactions)
Baroness Sherlock (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
(2 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Department for Work and Pensions
(2 debate contributions)
Home Office
(1 debate contributions)
Department for Transport
(1 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Holocaust Memorial Bill 2022-23
(739 words contributed)
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Lords initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Baroness O'Loan, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.


1 Bill introduced by Baroness O'Loan


A Bill to lower the gestational time limit for abortion from twenty-four weeks to twenty-two weeks.

Lords - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Thursday 7th December 2023
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Baroness O'Loan has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 2 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
30th Jul 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that abortion providers verify that a woman is not being coerced into an abortion before she is sent abortion pills to be taken at home.

Abortion providers are required to have effective arrangements in place to safeguard children and vulnerable adults, in compliance with the Department’s required standard operating procedures for the approval of independent sector places for termination of pregnancy in England. Providers must ensure that all staff are trained in recognising the signs of potential abuse and coercion in adult women, and how to respond.

In addition, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has published national safeguarding guidance for under 18-year-olds accessing early medical abortion services, which will ensure that robust safeguarding processes are embedded across all abortion services. We expect all providers to have due regard to the RCPCH safeguarding guidance.

Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
30th Jul 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that police receive adequate training in ECHR rights with regard to policing safe access zones around abortion clinics.

Under section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, the police have an obligation to comply with the ECHR in all aspects of their work. Officer training is a matter for individual forces, which are independent of the Government.

Lord Hanson of Flint
Minister of State (Home Office)