Baroness Lister of Burtersett
House of Lords
LabourBaroness Lister of Burtersett's full title is The Baroness Lister of Burtersett CBE. Her name is Ruth Margot Aline Lister, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 440th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 35%. 21 contributions since 2024-10-14.
What they’ve raised
Baroness Lister of Burtersett has primarily engaged through 21 debate speeches across a range of social policy topics, with particularly strong focus on child poverty, employment rights, and support for vulnerable groups including unpaid carers and asylum-seeking children. Her contributions have consistently emphasised the impact of policy on those on low incomes, drawing on evidence from stakeholder organisations and highlighting gaps between Government objectives and practical implementation. While her tracked topics include nine health and social care areas, her recent speeches demonstrate her primary legislative engagement has been on welfare, asylum, and employment matters rather than direct health policy.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Mental health219th of 86716.0
- Unpaid carers91st of 2776.0
- Public health & prevention371st of 6834.0
- Learning disability & autism591st of 8984.0
- Maternity & neonatal208th of 4274.0
- Heart disease & stroke146th of 3864.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing232nd of 2952.0
- Palliative & end of life care437th of 552
What they’ve said
“…As well as education, a number of noble Lords made important points about health and public health. My noble friends Lady Nargund, Lord Brooke, Lord Sikka and the noble Baroness, Lady D’Souza, all referred to health in different ways.”
Child Poverty · 2026-06-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Lords that its abolition represents the single most effective means of reducing child poverty at a stroke, supported by modest real increases in the universal credit standard allowance for the rest of this Parliament.”
Child Poverty · 2026-06-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ely increase insecurity for both refugees and migrants and their children, with damaging implications for their mental health and the Government’s aim of better integration.”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…al of the two-child limit is the one most effective measure open to the Government to reduce child poverty at a stroke. To quote CASE at the LSE, “changes in parental employment, whilst important, will never deliver change to child poverty rates on the scale we need to see.”
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill · 2026-03-12 · Read on Hansard ↗