Lord Watson of Invergowrie

Labour Peer

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1997

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Currently held offices

  • Chair, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (since 30 Jan 2025)
  • Chair, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (since 30 Jan 2025)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee (24 Jan 2024 to 28 Mar 2025)
  • Member, Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee (31 Jan 2023 to 23 Nov 2023)
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Education) (18 Sep 2015 to 28 Apr 2022)
  • Member, Draft Protection of Charities Bill (Joint Committee) (10 Nov 2014 to 3 Feb 2015)
  • Member, EU Sub-Committee F (12 Jan 1998 to 11 Nov 1999)
  • Member, Public Accounts Committee (20 Jan 1995 to 21 Mar 1997)
  • Member, Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (15 Dec 1989 to 2 Mar 1995)

Recent appearances

  • Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Committee (8th Day) (Continued): Amendment 208 3 Jul 2025

    My Lords, I am pleased to speak to Amendment 209 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Young, to which I have added my name, and I thank him for introducing it so effectively. A young carer is defined as someone who is under the age of 18 and is looking after a family member or close friend. Often being forced to balance school and their social life with caring duties could seem an impossible...
  • Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Committee (8th Day): Amendment 195 3 Jul 2025

    I have listened with interest to what the noble Lord said, as I always do. I prefer the politics of his father, the author of the 1945 Labour manifesto, rather more than his own, but that is something else. The point he is making about the Combined Cadet Force is interesting. Earlier, I mentioned my son; he is in the air cadets, not associated with a school. The Combined Cadet Force should be...
  • Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Committee (8th Day): Amendment 195 3 Jul 2025

    My Lords, I am in favour of Amendment 196, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hampton. That may surprise my colleagues on the Front Bench—to some extent, it surprises me—but I will speak from personal, recently lived experience. My son is in year 9 at an academy in London. In the Easter break, he moved from one academy to another, so we had to have a complete change of uniform in that...

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