Baroness Kidron

House of Lords

Crossbench

Baroness Kidron's full title is The Baroness Kidron OBE. Her name is Beeban Tania Kidron, and she is a current member of the House of Lords. Sits on the National Security Strategy (Joint Committee).

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

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Ranks 713th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 56%. 9 contributions since 2024-11-28.

What they’ve raised

Baroness Kidron's recent contributions have focused predominantly on children's welfare and digital rights, with nine debate speeches addressing topics including schools policy, mobile phone use in education, and artificial intelligence's impact on society. While the topics listed span cancer, learning disability, mental health and other health areas, the Hansard extracts provided show her engagement centred on children's wellbeing, data protection, and safeguarding rather than these broader health and social care subjects. Her speeches demonstrate sustained advocacy for child protection frameworks, particularly concerning technology and its effects on young people.

Generated from their own Hansard record, below

Record by topic

Learning disability & autism439th of 8988.0
Mental health593rd of 8674.0
Children's health127th of 1532.0
Diabetes150th of 1862.0
Cancer495th of 6132.0
Maternity & neonatal354th of 4272.0
Public health & prevention568th of 6832.0

What they’ve said

“…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.”
Artificial Intelligence: Impact on Human Relationships and Society · 2026-06-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“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 ·