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23 Oct 2025, 12:35 p.m. - House of Lords
"boss. She is one of our Guildford Three, along with James Purnell and "
Baroness Browning (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
18 Dec 2025, 2:18 p.m. - House of Lords
"years ago and working with the then Pensions Minister, James Purnell, "
Baroness Altmann (Non-affiliated) - View Video - View Transcript


Parliamentary Debates
BBC Charter Renewal
77 speeches (14,643 words)
Tuesday 6th January 2026 - Westminster Hall
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Mentions:
1: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) At the time, although I got on very well with James Purnell and I worked with him when he was Secretary - Link to Speech

Pension Schemes Bill
53 speeches (37,010 words)
2nd reading
Thursday 18th December 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Lord Willetts (Con - Life peer) shadow Work and Pensions Secretary 20 years ago, when I worked with the then Pensions Minister James Purnell - Link to Speech

Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025
39 speeches (24,986 words)
Thursday 23rd October 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Baroness Hunter of Auchenreoch (Lab - Life peer) She is one of our Guildford three, along with James Purnell and Tim Allan, close schoolfriends, ferociously - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Monday 24th November 2025
Oral Evidence - BBC, Sir Robbie Gibb, and Caroline Thomson

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Found: There has been Gavyn Davies and James Purnell.

Monday 24th November 2025
Oral Evidence - Caroline Daniel, and Michael Prescott

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Found: There has been Gavyn Davies and James Purnell.

Wednesday 16th July 2025
Written Evidence - The Constitution Society
MSM0004 - Ministerial Statements and the Ministerial Code

Ministerial Statements and the Ministerial Code - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: The Daily Mail article included direct quotes from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions James Purnell

Thursday 13th February 2025
Written Evidence - New College Leicester, Learning and Sports Village
GAM0010 - Game On: Community and school sport

Game On: Community and school sport - Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Found: Who can forget some of the ministerial fall outs like the announcement by James Purnell in late 2007

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Oral Evidence - Department for Education

Civil Service Leadership and Reform - Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Found: doubly so since the politicians I worked for at Islington included Stephen Twigg, Meg Hillier, James Purnell

Tuesday 5th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Institute for Government, Institute for Government, and Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield

Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government - Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government

Found: We have a great quote from James Purnell in the report we did on the Pensions Commission, saying that



Parliamentary Research
The old State Pension - CBP-10114
Oct. 15 2024

Found: triple lock 59 Pensions Bill 2006 -07 Public Bill Committee Deb 25 January 2007, cc87 -88 [James Purnell



Department Publications - Transparency
Tuesday 16th December 2025
Department of Health and Social Care
Source Page: DHSC: special advisers' gifts, hospitality and meetings, July to September 2025
Document: View online (webpage)

Found:

12/08/2025 James Purnell

Tuesday 16th December 2025
Department of Health and Social Care
Source Page: DHSC: special advisers' gifts, hospitality and meetings, July to September 2025
Document: (webpage)

Found: Patrick Maguire (Chief Political Correspondent at The Times) Lunch Yes Heather Iqbal 12/08/2025 James Purnell