Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
House of Lords
CrossbenchBaroness Finlay of Llandaff's full title is The Baroness Finlay of Llandaff. Her name is Ilora Gillian Finlay, and she is a current member of the House of Lords. Sits on the Standing Orders (Private Bills) Committee (Lords), Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 77th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 6%. 85 contributions since 2024-07-19.
What they’ve raised
Baroness Finlay has engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on end-of-life care and assisted dying, where she has tabled multiple amendments to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and raised concerns about palliative care provision in Wales. Her contributions span broader healthcare themes including rare cancers, mental health prevention (notably parental alcoholism and physical punishment of children), unpaid carers support, and public health measures such as alcohol labelling. She frequently draws on her professional expertise as a professor of palliative medicine and declarations of interest at Cardiff University and Velindre cancer centre to ground her arguments.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care14th of 55280.0
- Assisted dying20th of 34748.0
- Mental health80th of 86744.0
- Cancer25th of 61336.0
- Public health & prevention71st of 68318.0
- Children's health6th of 15318.0
- Heart disease & stroke26th of 38614.0
- GP access18th of 23212.0
What they’ve said
“…rs are now adhering to the principles of Hugh’s law when there is a seriously or critically ill child and those unpaid carers are particularly severely affected. Will the consultation cover the issue of children who are very seriously ill? Will the Government also consider —and I declare my interest in Cardiff Universi…”
Unpaid Carers · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ubsidised from other income streams, but, as my noble friend Lord Trees highlighted, that model is fragile when international recruitment falls. To illustrate this, we cross-subsidised research by tens of millions of pounds in 2023-24, as well as receiving around 40% of UKRI funding coming to Wales in our major role in…”
Higher Education: Affordability and Quality · 2026-07-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Do the Government recognise that, as the report said, school staff often see the antecedents of mental health? Two areas where there is strong evidence are parental alcoholism, with a threefold increase in children considering suicide and a fivefold increase in eating disorders, and repeated physical punishment, partic…”
Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Services · 2026-07-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Minister assure us that the industry itself will not be involved in consultations and in designing public health programmes? To date, the tiny pictograms on bottles, particularly of wine and other alcohol products, are so small that they are ineffective.”