Member of Parliament
Lord Bates
Member since
30 Jun 2008
Bills sponsored
13
Speeches (30d)
3
Speeches (all)
604
Written questions
0
Last spoke
21 Apr 2026
Recent contributions (604)
HANSARDUK Development Partnership AssistanceMy Lords, I join others in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Featherstone, on securing this debate and the way in which she introduced it. Following the noble Lord, Lord…29 Jan 2026HANSARDAtrocity CrimesMy Lords, in addition to thanking the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for securing this timely debate, I thank him for all he does in advocating for the rights of those most in need…20 Jan 2026HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of any humanitarian impacts of actual and planned reductions in Official Development Assistance.13 Jan 2026HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy Lords, I shall never forget it. It was late morning on 25 June 2017. I was then the Minister for International Development. We were visiting the Al-Sabbah Children’s Hospital…13 Jan 2026HANSARDGaza and SudanMy Lords, I join those welcoming the commitment made in the Statement of £125 million of British taxpayer funding to Sudan and welcome the “life-saving support”, as it says, to…19 Nov 2025
Bills sponsored (13)
BILLSupply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2019Royal Assent15 Mar 2019EnactedBILLFinancial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL]Report stage26 Feb 2019ActiveBILLFinance Act 2019Royal Assent12 Feb 2019EnactedBILLTaxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018Royal Assent13 Sept 2018EnactedBILLSupply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2018Royal Assent19 Jul 2018EnactedBILLFinance Act 2018Royal Assent