Baroness Penn
The Baroness Penn
Conservative
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 9 October 2019
Parliamentary Activity
Recent Debate Contributions
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Employment Rights Bill
15/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, given the hour, I shall be brief. The Minister said that the Government have delivered on a manifesto commitment to launch a review, but the...
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, and the noble Lords, Lord Palmer and Lord Hampton, for their support, and all noble Lords ...
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
22/06/2025 • Lords
I will be brief. I really appreciate what the Minister said on early years. I think it goes a bit beyond safeguarding, but I will look really carefull...
My Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 183CA and 183CB in this group. Before I do so, I will add my support to Amendment 177, from my noble friends L...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
18/06/2025 • Lords
To be really specific, will the outcomes of that monitoring and evaluation be made available before the regulations are laid to implement breakfast cl...
I just have one more question for the Minister before we move on from breakfast clubs. I really appreciate what she said about the pathfinder schools ...
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Employment Rights Bill
17/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, given the hour, I will be incredibly brief. My noble friend and I do not always find common cause—even though we are on the same Benches—but...
Okay. Perhaps it might be good to sit down between now and Report and clarify the exact proposed powers in that Bill. If it does—although the powers a...
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Spending Review 2025
11/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, today’s growth figures make tax rises in the autumn all the more likely, but one rise that we do not have to wait for is the 5% increase to ...
Winter Fuel Payment
09/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, when your Lordships’ House debated the original changes to the winter fuel payment, it was suggested that we should not means-test the winte...
Preterm Birth Committee Report
05/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, this has been an excellent debate so far, based on an excellent report. That is unsurprising, since it has taken place under the expert chai...
Ofcom: Protection of Children Codes
01/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the Minister talked about the research that the Government are doing on the impact of phones on children. The research is overwhelming on th...
Employment Rights Bill
12/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 127, 128 and 139 in my name. Before doing so, I would like to add my support to all the amendments in this group,...
Employment Rights Bill
12/05/2025 • Lords
I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord again. He has just talked about the importance of a day-one right to paternity leave, giving fathers the abilit...
Is that to start the review?
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