Baroness Golding Portrait

Baroness Golding

Labour - Life peer

Became Member: 13th July 2001


Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee)
9th Sep 2003 - 22nd Jul 2004
Home Affairs Committee
5th May 1987 - 15th Nov 1988


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Baroness Golding has voted in 429 divisions, and 2 times against the majority of their Party.

18 Mar 2021 - Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021 - View Vote Context
Baroness Golding voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 3 Labour No votes vs 130 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 252 Noes - 274
29 Nov 2021 - Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Baroness Golding voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 4 Labour No votes vs 78 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 147 Noes - 211
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Debates during the 2019 Parliament

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Legislation Debates
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Lords initiatives

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Baroness Golding has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

Baroness Golding has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 3 Written Questions

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12th Jul 2023
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of pharmacies closing permanently.

No assessment has been made of any shortfall in community pharmacy funding. The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework commits £2.592 billion a year to fund the provision of National Health Service pharmaceutical services in England. In September 2022 we made an additional £100 million one-off investment to fund the increase in clinical services delivery by the sector. In May 2023, as part of the Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care we committed to a further investment of up to £645 million to support a Pharmacy First service which will include expanded treatment options for seven common conditions, including earache, sore throat and urinary tract infection, and more blood pressure checks and oral contraception consultations in community pharmacy.

Pharmacy openings and closures in England are published by NHS Business Services Authority. Between 31 December 2022 and 30 June 2023, the number of pharmacies reduced by 222. This reduction is mainly driven by the large multiples reducing their portfolios. To address the disproportionately high rate of closures of 100-hour pharmacies, legislation was amended in April to allow those pharmacies to reduce their hours to a minimum of 72. The Department is monitoring the market, and access to pharmaceutical services remains good, with 80% of people in England living within 20 minutes walking distance of a community pharmacy and twice as many pharmacies in the more deprived areas.

Lord Markham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
12th Jul 2023
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any shortfall in funding affecting pharmacies in England for each year between 2015 and 2023.

No assessment has been made of any shortfall in community pharmacy funding. The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework commits £2.592 billion a year to fund the provision of National Health Service pharmaceutical services in England. In September 2022 we made an additional £100 million one-off investment to fund the increase in clinical services delivery by the sector. In May 2023, as part of the Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care we committed to a further investment of up to £645 million to support a Pharmacy First service which will include expanded treatment options for seven common conditions, including earache, sore throat and urinary tract infection, and more blood pressure checks and oral contraception consultations in community pharmacy.

Pharmacy openings and closures in England are published by NHS Business Services Authority. Between 31 December 2022 and 30 June 2023, the number of pharmacies reduced by 222. This reduction is mainly driven by the large multiples reducing their portfolios. To address the disproportionately high rate of closures of 100-hour pharmacies, legislation was amended in April to allow those pharmacies to reduce their hours to a minimum of 72. The Department is monitoring the market, and access to pharmaceutical services remains good, with 80% of people in England living within 20 minutes walking distance of a community pharmacy and twice as many pharmacies in the more deprived areas.

Lord Markham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
12th Jul 2023
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the trends behind the number of pharmacy closures this year.

No assessment has been made of any shortfall in community pharmacy funding. The Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework commits £2.592 billion a year to fund the provision of National Health Service pharmaceutical services in England. In September 2022 we made an additional £100 million one-off investment to fund the increase in clinical services delivery by the sector. In May 2023, as part of the Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care we committed to a further investment of up to £645 million to support a Pharmacy First service which will include expanded treatment options for seven common conditions, including earache, sore throat and urinary tract infection, and more blood pressure checks and oral contraception consultations in community pharmacy.

Pharmacy openings and closures in England are published by NHS Business Services Authority. Between 31 December 2022 and 30 June 2023, the number of pharmacies reduced by 222. This reduction is mainly driven by the large multiples reducing their portfolios. To address the disproportionately high rate of closures of 100-hour pharmacies, legislation was amended in April to allow those pharmacies to reduce their hours to a minimum of 72. The Department is monitoring the market, and access to pharmaceutical services remains good, with 80% of people in England living within 20 minutes walking distance of a community pharmacy and twice as many pharmacies in the more deprived areas.

Lord Markham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)