Biography
Baroness Longfield has made six debate speeches across 2025, focusing primarily on children's welfare and social care reform rather than the three topics listed. Her contributions have emphasised systemic gaps affecting vulnerable children, regional care arrangements, school involvement in identifying children at risk, and the exclusion of young people from sentencing reform benefits. She has drawn on her previous experience as Children's Commissioner and her work through various advisory bodies to support policy development in these areas.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, I pay tribute to Baroness Newlove. I had the privilege of working alongside her when I was the Children’s Commissioner and she was the Victims’ Commissioner. It is a hugely sad loss, and she was a fantastic advocate. My thoughts are with her family.”
Record by topic
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Public health & prevention373rd of 6884.0
- Care home closures & provider failure39th of 472.0
What they’ve said
“…itation and the risk of getting involved in crime are also those in poverty, struggling in school or in need of mental health support. Just as Sure Start demanded that departments worked together and that different teams and services in an area worked together, Young Futures demands that too.”
Young Futures Hubs · 2025-07-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…sts, cuts to early-intervention funding, and workforce challenges, leading to what can be seen only as a broken care market. The national issue has had a significant impact on the experiences and outcomes of children in care, who too often are moved to homes that are unable to meet all their needs or moved far away fro…”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-06-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Schools and colleges will actively assess children’s well-being and regularly refer children for mental health support. They will know when children are not in school and when they are of concern. They also know the local context and any concerns locally around exploitation, drugs, county lines and the like.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-05-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, it is a huge pleasure to take part in this important debate, and I draw attention to my interests in the register. All of us in this Chamber want the children of our country to succeed, but I think we also know that many will not do so without extra help.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-05-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…0 years of my working life focusing on: families and children growing up in poverty, in poor housing, with poor mental health, living with domestic abuse and addiction—those children most likely to fall through the gaps.”
Crown Court Criminal Case Backlog · 2025-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
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