Baroness Noakes
House of Lords
ConservativeBaroness Noakes's full title is The Baroness Noakes DBE. Her name is Sheila Valerie Noakes, and she is a current member of the House of Lords. Sits on the Financial Services Regulation Committee, Financial Services Regulation Committee.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 788th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 62%. 7 contributions since 2024-12-17.
What they’ve raised
Baroness Noakes has engaged on health and social care through seven debate speeches, with a particular focus on assisted dying and end-of-life legislation. Her contributions on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill highlighted specific clinical challenges, such as motor neurone disease patients' difficulty meeting the six-month diagnosis requirement, while she voiced support for the legislation based on consistent public backing of around 80% over three decades. She also raised concerns about the impact of National Insurance Contributions changes on healthcare providers, including GPs, NHS dentists, and hospices, arguing that impact assessments should have been conducted given the scale of disruption to these sectors.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care205th of 5526.0
- Assisted dying161st of 3474.0
- Learning disability & autism591st of 8984.0
- Dentistry access174th of 1912.0
- Rare diseases168th of 1982.0
What they’ve said
“…e speed of progression of the disease usually means that getting a six-month diagnosis is almost impossible, so motor neurone disease patients will find it very difficult to fit themselves within this. This is, I think, widely acknowledged.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Like my noble friend Lady Barran, I ask the Minister to say how much will be spent on SEND after 2027-28, which budget will pay for it and what will happen to the accumulated local authority deficits that have been growing while they have been funding the rising SEND bill over recent years.”
Autumn Budget 2025 · 2025-12-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I support the Bill. Much has changed in the many years that your Lordships’ House has been debating assisted dying for the terminally ill, but public support for it has been constant. The British Social Attitudes survey has found around 80% in favour and 20% against consistently for the past 30 years.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I want to underline a point made by my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe about hospices. At the earlier stages of the Bill, the Minister kept repeating that the Government were putting £100 million into hospices and £26 million into children’s hospices.”
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill · 2025-03-24 ·