Baroness Sherlock

House of Lords

Labour

Overall, across health & social care this Parliament

Alive and kicking!

Ranks 96th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 7%. 74 contributions since 2024-07-24.

Record by topic

“My Lords, I am not pre-empting anything that the commission will say, but the Government are very aware of the position of people who have terminal illnesses. As the noble Baroness of course knows very well, we have looked at some of the rules around how, for example, the benefits system can best assist people.”
Pensions Commission · 2026-07-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I now realise that I did a terrible job, because repeatedly during the passage of the Pension Schemes Act I tried to explain why that was not right, and I utterly failed—I will have one last go. The Government set out a pensions investment review to look at the state of the landscape of private pension saving.”
Pensions Commission · 2026-07-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The noble Baroness is absolutely right to focus on support. Alan Milburn made the point very strongly about the need—across the system, not just in employment—to engage with support and early prevention work rather than just dealing with the outcomes of inactivity among young people.”
Unemployment: People with Autism · 2026-06-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…done and from the early report from the Department of Health, which looked into questions around prevalence of autism and other neurodivergent conditions, that one challenge is that people are having to seek out diagnosis in order to get support. In fact, we need to make sure that support is not dependent on diagnosis.”