Lord Whitty

Labour Peer

Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1996

Currently held offices

  • Member, European Affairs Committee (since 30 Jan 2025)
  • Member, Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee (since 24 Jan 2024)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Environment and Climate Change Committee (14 Apr 2021 to 31 Jan 2024)
  • Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (17 Sep 2020 to 4 Feb 2021)
  • Member, Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee (13 Jun 2019 to 23 Jun 2020)
  • Member, Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding Committee (28 Jan 2016 to 29 Feb 2016)
  • Chair, EU Internal Market Sub-Committee (23 Jun 2015 to 2 Jul 2019)
  • Chair, EU Internal Market Sub-Committee (23 Jun 2015 to 2 Jul 2019)
  • Member, European Union Committee ( 8 Jun 2015 to 1 Jul 2019)
  • Member, EU Sub Committee D - Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy (17 May 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
  • Member, EU Sub-Committee G - Social Policies and Consumer Protection (22 Jun 2010 to 16 May 2012)
  • Member, EU Sub-Committee B - Internal Market ( 8 Oct 2007 to 8 Apr 2010)
  • Member, Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee) (23 Apr 2007 to 3 Aug 2007)
  • Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I ( 6 Jun 2005 to 8 Nov 2006)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Food, Farming and Sustainable Energy) (13 Jun 2003 to 10 May 2005)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (12 Jun 2001 to 13 Jun 2003)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (11 Jun 2001 to 11 May 2005)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions) (31 Jul 1998 to 11 Jun 2001)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (28 Jul 1998 to 11 Jun 2001)
  • Government Whip ( 7 May 1997 to 28 Jul 1998)

Recent appearances

  • Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs: OBR Costing - Commons Urgent Question 27 Jan 2025

    My Lords, while I am not entirely happy about this policy, I recognise that it has been done and that it will stand. However, I suggest to the Treasury and Defra that, if they are looking for taxation from landowners, they should look at the companies, individuals and institutions buying agricultural land to set against their profits elsewhere—or indeed to greenwash their carbon-creating...
  • Local Government: Funding - Question 27 Jan 2025

    To ask His Majesty’s Government whether, before or alongside changes in local government structure in England, they will undertake a thorough review of the sources of funding, basis, and equity of local government financial resources at all levels, having regard to both the responsibility of individual councils and the balance of responsibility between central and local government.
  • Local Government: Funding - Question 27 Jan 2025

    My Lords, first, I am sure that the whole House endorses my noble friend’s opening words. It is indeed a moving day. On my Question, the biggest problem for local authorities is not structure or assessment. This Government and every other Government depend on local authorities’ ability to deliver many of their most important policies and strategies, and yet local government depends on an...

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