Lord Drayson

Labour Peer

Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 8 June 2004

Positions held at time of appointment: Co-Founder, PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc. (from Number 10 press release)

Currently held offices

  • Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (since 31 Jan 2024)

Other offices held in the past

  • Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (13 Oct 2009 to 11 May 2010)
  • Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (10 Jun 2009 to 11 May 2010)
  • Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (10 Jun 2009 to 13 Oct 2009)
  • Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (also in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) ( 9 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
  • Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Science and Innovation) (also in the Ministry of Defence) ( 9 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
  • Minister of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills ( 6 Oct 2008 to 10 Jun 2009)
  • Minister of State (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills) (Science and Innovation) ( 3 Oct 2008 to 5 Jun 2009)
  • Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Business and Regulatory Reform) (29 Jun 2007 to 7 Nov 2007)
  • Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Defence Equipment and Support) (also Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (29 Jun 2007 to 7 Nov 2007)
  • Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (28 Jun 2007 to 18 Jan 2008)
  • Minister of State, Ministry of Defence ( 7 Mar 2007 to 8 Nov 2007)
  • Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Defence Equipment and Support) ( 7 Mar 2007 to 28 Jun 2007)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Defence Procurement), Ministry of Defence ( 6 Jun 2006 to 7 Mar 2007)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Defence Procurement), Ministry of Defence (17 Jun 2005 to 8 May 2006)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence (18 May 2005 to 17 Jun 2005)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Procurement) (10 May 2005 to 6 Mar 2007)
  • Member, Information Committee (Lords) ( 7 Dec 2004 to 7 May 2005)
  • Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I ( 1 Dec 2004 to 7 May 2005)

Recent appearances

  • Ministers: Legal Costs - Question 12 Mar 2024

    My Lords, part of the role of the Science Minister is to champion the scientific community within government and to protect it from political interference. What action are the Government taking to repair the damage caused by the Secretary of State’s highly regrettable actions and the libel case that followed?
  • Industrial Strategy - Motion to Take Note 1 Feb 2024

    It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, and to join him in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Rosenfield, on an excellent maiden speech. We look forward to his contributions to this House in the future. I thank my noble friend for securing this debate. He will recall our time together as Ministers in the MoD and my enthusiasm then for industrial strategy for defence, and he...
  • Cancer Research: Funding Gap - Question 29 Jan 2024

    My Lords, UK citizens willingly volunteer to allow excellent initiatives such as UK Biobank, Genomics England and Our Future Health to generate databases of health data that are excellent for cancer research. These databases are a sovereign UK asset funded by taxpayers, yet we allow the IP to leak abroad without any meaningful contribution to Treasury coffers. When will the Government...

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