Information between 18th April 2026 - 27th July 2026
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20 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 174 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 259 Noes - 180 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 173 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 276 Noes - 169 |
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20 Apr 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 169 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 284 Noes - 158 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 131 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 199 Noes - 146 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 126 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 208 Noes - 138 |
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23 Apr 2026 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 130 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 209 Noes - 145 |
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20 Jul 2026 - Social Housing Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 145 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 162 Noes - 220 |
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15 Jul 2026 - Sporting Events Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 139 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 212 Noes - 171 |
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19 May 2026, 6:33 p.m. - House of Lords "Kestenbaum and Lord Willetts. It is a particular concern of mine, as is " Baroness Hunter of Auchenreoch (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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19 May 2026, 10:26 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord Lord Willetts. However, we have recognised as the Nuclear " Lord Markham (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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19 May 2026, 9:51 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord Willetts, noble Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe, my noble friend Baroness Garden support for " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Jun 2026, 12:56 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Willetts, the Milburn Review said this I quote the apprenticeship levy has been " Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Jun 2026, 12:55 p.m. - House of Lords " It's a pleasure. >> To follow. In the wake of my noble friend Lord Willetts, and to join others in commending my noble " Lord Young of Cookham (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Jun 2026, 2:24 p.m. - House of Lords "friend. My noble friend Lord Austin, and the noble Lord Lord Willetts, " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Jun 2026, 2:25 p.m. - House of Lords "and T level placements. And I can say to the noble Lord Lord Willetts, we have. We are considering the " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Jun 2026, 11:28 a.m. - Public Accounts Committee "I would say that there was a review that the government, the government instigated that Lord Willetts carried out about how you should write business cases and, and formulate the assessment that you, that you do for science, specifically for research and innovation specifically. " Speaker 2 - View Video - View Transcript |
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2 Jul 2026, 4:34 p.m. - House of Lords "far, and propose 1 or 2 related questions. The first is, I particularly want to commend the excellent speech of Lord Willetts, " Lord Stevens of Birmingham (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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2 Jul 2026, 4:13 p.m. - House of Lords "do not. As Lord Willetts has pointed out, if you look at the " The Earl of Clancarty (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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2 Jul 2026, 5:08 p.m. - House of Lords "creative arts courses are not performing. And again, with Lord Willetts, I agree that perhaps " Baroness Cash (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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2 Jul 2026, 5:27 p.m. - House of Lords "by the noble Lord Lord Willetts about the noble Lady. Baroness Cash about the returns to " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Jul 2026, 2:05 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord, Lord Willetts, is right that we need to use data effectively to be able to identify, " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2026, 1:08 p.m. - House of Lords "into the department. And I pay tribute to the noble Lord Lord Willetts for his role in that. A business leader said to us there " Baroness Ashton of Upholland (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2026, 2:07 p.m. - House of Lords "noble friend Lord Willetts comment about the current government's reluctance to take advantage of its " Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2026, 2:13 p.m. - House of Lords "importance of sovereign UK launch capability. Noble Lord Willetts, noble Baroness Ashton Baroness " Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2026, 2:26 p.m. - House of Lords "by the way, with with the remarks of my noble friend Lord Willetts, " Viscount Camrose (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2026, 2:31 p.m. - House of Lords "technical advantage that the noble Lord Lord Willetts referred to. Our " Baroness Lloyd of Effra, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2026, 2:32 p.m. - House of Lords "the noble Lord Lord Willetts and the noble Lord Lord Clement-Jones " Baroness Lloyd of Effra, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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9 Jul 2026, 2:39 p.m. - House of Lords "and by Lord Willetts and Baroness " Baroness Lloyd of Effra, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jul 2026, 9:34 a.m. - Science, Innovation and Technology Committee "Tom Adeola, the Executive Chair of innovate UK and later this morning we'll be talking to Lord Willetts, chair of the Regulatory Innovation Office. " Speaker 1 - View Video - View Transcript |
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14 Jul 2026, 11:46 a.m. - Science and Technology Committee "Um, Lord Willetts did a study into the business case process as applied to research and innovation and whether it was fit for purpose. " Speaker 2 - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Jul 2026, 12:32 p.m. - House of Lords "university. Although my noble friend Lord Willetts, I no doubt will address this problem. More and more young people are wanting " Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Jul 2026, 1:26 p.m. - House of Lords "on young people but on the wrong things. My neighbours, friends Baroness Coffey, Baroness Stedman-Scott, Lord Willetts and " Baroness Spielman (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Jul 2026, 1:29 p.m. - House of Lords "gig economy and AI and Lord Dear. Lord Willetts talked about employability schemes, and I think it's important to recognise the " Lord John of Southwark (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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15 Jul 2026, 4:30 p.m. - Lords Grand Committee "Um, I think though Lord Willetts will probably be able to elaborate with the idea that you should basically have people going up and up and up in levels all the time. " Speaker 6 - View Video - View Transcript |
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Tuesday 14th July 2026 9 a.m. Science, Innovation and Technology Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The work of Innovate UK and the Regulatory Innovation Office At 9:30am: Oral evidence Tom Adeyoola - Executive Chair at Innovate UK At 10:30am: Oral evidence Lord Willetts - Chair at Regulatory Innovation Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Government Record on Education, Employment and Welfare
55 speeches (19,531 words) Thursday 16th July 2026 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Con - Life peer) At a time when there is disenchantment with university—my noble friend Lord Willetts will no doubt address - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Spielman (Con - Life peer) lot on young people, but on the wrong things.My noble friends Lady Coffey, Lady Stedman-Scott, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech 3: Lord John of Southwark (Lab - Life peer) entering a very different world of work with the challenges of the gig economy and AI.The noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Willetts, is right that we need to use data effectively to be able to identify at - Link to Speech |
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Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026
20 speeches (5,429 words) Wednesday 15th July 2026 - Grand Committee Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (XB - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Willetts, will probably be able to elaborate. - Link to Speech |
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The Space Economy (UK Engagement with Space Committee Report)
28 speeches (13,965 words) Thursday 9th July 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Baroness Ashton of Upholland (Lab - Life peer) the UK space agency, before it was folded into the department—I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech 2: Lord Tarassenko (XB - Life peer) As the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, will remember, back in 2007, the newly formed Science and Technology - Link to Speech 3: Viscount Camrose (Con - Life peer) I was particularly concerned by the remarks of my noble friend Lord Willetts that the National Wealth - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab - Life peer) , while retaining the world-leading expertise and technical advantage to which the noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech |
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Higher Education: Affordability and Quality
48 speeches (21,932 words) Thursday 2nd July 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Lord Stevens of Birmingham (XB - Life peer) related questions.The first is that I particularly commend the excellent speech of the noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Cash (Con - Life peer) it is not so good, there are so many factors to consider that what we need—as the noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) from the undoubted outcomes and lifelong benefits that higher education brings.The noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech |
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Welfare Reforms and Youth Unemployment
58 speeches (23,941 words) Thursday 11th June 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) It is a pleasure to follow in the wake of my noble friend Lord Willetts and to join others in commending - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) I strongly agree with my noble friend Lord Austin and the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, about the need to - Link to Speech |
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King’s Speech
149 speeches (53,868 words) Tuesday 19th May 2026 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Baroness Hunter of Auchenreoch (Lab - Life peer) the growing number of NEETs, as mentioned by my noble friend Lord Kestenbaum and the noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech 2: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) I absolutely share in the support of the noble Lords, Lord Smith of Finsbury and Lord Willetts, the noble - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) advanced modular reactors as part of our clean energy mission.On the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 14th July 2026
Oral Evidence - Regulatory Innovation Office Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Found: Lord Willetts: That is a good example. |
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Tuesday 14th July 2026
Oral Evidence - UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Science and Technology Committee Found: Lord Willetts did a study into the business case process as applied to research and innovation and whether |
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Tuesday 14th July 2026
Oral Evidence - Innovate UK Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Found: Lord Willetts: That is a good example. |
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Thursday 11th June 2026
Oral Evidence - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, UKRI, and Science and Technology Facilities Council Public Accounts Committee Found: Professor Chapman: The Government instigated a review that Lord Willetts carried out about how you should |
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Wednesday 20th May 2026
Written Evidence - EngineeringUK YEET0096 - Youth employment, education and training Youth employment, education and training - Work and Pensions Committee Found: Source: EngineeringUK’s published analysis of DfE data Lord Willetts and Lord Knight led an inquiry |
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Wednesday 20th May 2026
Written Evidence - EngineeringUK YEET0096 - Youth employment, education and training Youth employment, education and training - Work and Pensions Committee Found: Lord Willetts and Lord Knight led an inquiry published by EngineeringUK, looking at how engineering |
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Tuesday 12th May 2026
Report - 9th Report - Higher Education and Funding: Threat of Insolvency and International Students Education Committee Found: ministers involved in government during and after the cap was removed, namely Lord Johnson, Lord Willetts |
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Friday 10th July 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Source Page: Modernising regulatory pathways for assisted reproductive technologies: a case study on IVG Document: (PDF) Found: reproductive technologies: a case study on in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) 2 Forewords The Rt Hon Lord Willetts |
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Friday 26th June 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Source Page: DSIT: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel, meetings, January to March 2026 Document: (webpage) Found: Crowell & Moring, Royal Academy of Engineering, Challenge Works, University of Oxford, CBI To launch Lord Willetts |
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Friday 26th June 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Source Page: DSIT: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel, meetings, January to March 2026 Document: View online (webpage) Found: Challenge Works University of Oxford CBI | To launch Lord Willetts | |
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Thursday 25th June 2026
Department for Business and Trade Source Page: DBT: senior officials’ business expenses, hospitality, and meetings, January to March 2026 Document: (webpage) Found: Smith 2026-04-26 University of Oxford To discuss investment opportunities Ceri Smith 2026-04-26 Lord Willetts |
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Thursday 25th June 2026
Department for Business and Trade Source Page: DBT: senior officials’ business expenses, hospitality, and meetings, January to March 2026 Document: View online (webpage) Found: |
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Jul. 14 2026
UK Space Agency Source Page: UK Space Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2025-2026 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: Lord David Willetts FRS HonFREng – Chair of the Board Lord Willetts was appointed Chair of the UK Space |
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Jul. 10 2026
Regulatory Horizons Council Source Page: Modernising regulatory pathways for assisted reproductive technologies: a case study on IVG Document: (PDF) Statistics Found: reproductive technologies: a case study on in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) 2 Forewords The Rt Hon Lord Willetts |
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Oct. 21 2025
Regulatory Innovation Office Source Page: Regulatory Innovation Office report: One Year On Document: (PDF) Policy paper Found: The Rt Hon Lord Willetts FRS Chair, Regulatory Innovation Office 3 In Engineering Biology RIO-funded |
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May. 02 2025
Regulatory Innovation Office Source Page: Regulatory Innovation Office Chair: terms of reference Document: Regulatory Innovation Office Chair: terms of reference (webpage) Guidance and Regulation Found: Terms of reference for the appointment of Lord Willetts the independent chair of the Regulatory Innovation |
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Mar. 10 2025
Regulatory Innovation Office Source Page: Former Science Minister appointed as innovative regulation Chair to bring game-changing tech like drone medicine deliveries to the public faster Document: Former Science Minister appointed as innovative regulation Chair to bring game-changing tech like drone medicine deliveries to the public faster (webpage) News and Communications Found: Lord Willetts to lead the Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) to bring high-growth innovations from |