Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 24 November 2015

Previously MP for Neath until 30 March 2015 — General election

Entered the House of Commons on 4 April 1991 — unknown

Also represented Neath

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @peterhain
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Wales
• Treasury
• Work and Pensions
• Transport
• Home Department
• Japan Tobacco International: Ministerial Policy Advisers
• Japan Tobacco
• Japan Tobacco International
• Domestic Visits
• Official Hospitality

Currently held offices

• Member, Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee (since 30 Jan 2025)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Windsor Framework Sub-Committee (14 Apr 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, COVID-19 Committee (11 Jun 2020 to 28 Apr 2022)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (12 May 2010 to 14 May 2012)
• The Secretary of State for Wales ( 6 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (28 Jun 2007 to 24 Jan 2008)
• The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ( 6 May 2005 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Chair, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee (16 Jul 2003 to 12 Jul 2005)
• Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee ( 7 Jul 2003 to 16 Jul 2003)
• Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal (12 Jun 2003 to 6 May 2005)
• The Secretary of State for Wales (24 Oct 2002 to 24 Jan 2008)
• Minister of State (Europe) (11 Jun 2001 to 24 Oct 2002)
• Minister of State (Energy and Competitiveness in Europe) (25 Jan 2001 to 7 Jun 2001)
• Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (29 Jul 1999 to 24 Jan 2000)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Welsh Office) ( 6 May 1997 to 29 Jul 1999)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) ( 1 Jun 1996 to 1 Jun 1997)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 1 Jun 1995 to 1 Jun 1996)

Recent appearances

• Companies House: Filing of Annual Accounts by Small Companies - Question 8 Jul 2025

  My Lords, on the Economic Crime Act 2023, can my noble friend explain what the Government are doing to block the £90 billion that is laundered through the United Kingdom annually, often by kleptocrats buying properties or via “onshore London” as a means of tax avoidance in UK Overseas Territories or Crown dependencies, labelled “Britain’s second Empire”, such as the Cayman Islands,...

• Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 - Motion to Approve: Amendment to the Motion 3 Jul 2025

  Of course democracy did not exist in South Africa at the time and women did not have the vote at the time. I concede that point but, frankly, Palestine Action members spraying paint on military aircraft in Brize Norton seems positively moderate by comparison with what the suffragettes did, and those alleged to have done this are being prosecuted for criminal damage, as indeed they should be.

• Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 - Motion to Approve: Amendment to the Motion 3 Jul 2025

  I totally agree with the noble Lord, but it is like that that they have been charged. There are plenty of other criminal offences that such activity could attract rather than treating young people as terrorists because they feel frustrated about the failure to stop mass killings and bombings of Palestinians in Gaza. That is the point I am making. There is plenty of ammunition in the legal...

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