Biography
Baroness Kidron has engaged on children's wellbeing and digital policy through nine debate speeches, with contributions spanning schools mobile phone use, the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, and data protection frameworks. While the seven health and social care topics listed do not appear substantively in the provided extracts, her parliamentary activity demonstrates consistent focus on child safeguarding, artificial intelligence regulation, and digital rights issues affecting young people.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…That is not a technical question, but a political one. AI is brilliant—it is able to identify cancers, anticipate environmental disasters, accelerate scientific research and improve productivity. It will transform human life. But technology is never neutral.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism441st of 8998.0
- Mental health603rd of 8804.0
- Children's health131st of 1572.0
- Diabetes154th of 1902.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- Maternity & neonatal363rd of 4382.0
- Public health & prevention573rd of 6882.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, I will speak to my Motion A2. Before I do, however, I wish to say that if the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, decides to divide the House on Motion C1, I will support her. I hope, though, that some other accommodation has been made.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2026-04-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I thank the Minister for his words and his roll-call of that incredible list of speakers who supported the amendments. That was a wonderful list of people from all sides of the House, who did indeed have slightly varying reasons to support the amendment, but they were all positive.”
Crime and Policing Bill · 2026-03-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, it is an absolute pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate, because I am going to mirror his words in many ways. Before I start, I thank our warm-up act, the noble Baroness, Lady Penn. It is a fantastic result. I hope that the Minister gives her all that she wants.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2026-01-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I would like to understand whether they are to be backed up by other support, such as autism screening and therapeutic support. Many at the front line of this issue say that there is a serious lack of resource, and I would be interested to hear from Ministers how young people are to be supported once diverted, and whet…”
Crime and Policing Bill · 2025-10-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…t the £126 billion creative industry is largely made up of freelancers whose income, sickness benefit, pension, maternity and holiday pay are not contractual but provided by royalties—royalties that are dependent on copyright.”
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] · 2025-06-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
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