Lord Mendelsohn Portrait

Lord Mendelsohn

Labour - Life peer

Became Member: 5th September 2013


International Relations and Defence Committee
1st Jul 2019 - 11th Nov 2021
Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
14th Jul 2016 - 25th Jan 2018
Shadow Spokesperson (International Trade)
1st Jul 2016 - 25th Jan 2018
Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills)
28th May 2015 - 14th Jul 2016


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Lord Mendelsohn has voted in 7 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

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Lords initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Lord Mendelsohn, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.


1 Bill introduced by Lord Mendelsohn


A bill to make provision to amend the statutory limits for payment of invoices; make provision for a statutory time limit for resolving payment disputes; amend interest for late payments and penalties for persistent late payments and non-compliance; prohibit specified payment practices, on-boarding and pay-to-stay; require payments becoming due under public sector construction projects to be held in project bank accounts; amend the remit, role and powers of the Small Business Commissioner in regard to late payments; provide for a duty on auditors to publish late payment data; and for connected purposes

Lords - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Lord Mendelsohn has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 2 Written Questions

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28th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether immunocompromised people eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine this winter, who have had an adverse reaction to Spikevax in the past, will be compensated if advised by local services to pay privately to access a Comirnaty vaccine.

Guidance from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) states that there are very few individuals who cannot receive the COVID-19 vaccines approved in the United Kingdom. Anyone concerned about possible reactions to a vaccine should in the first instance speak to the clinician responsible for their care for advice. Published UKHSA clinical guidance for health professionals and immunisation practitioners on COVID-19 vaccination includes guidance for the management of patients with a history of allergy, including circumstances where a person may be referred to an expert allergist and, after a review of the individual’s risks and benefits of vaccination, and where it is indicated, they could then be vaccinated in hospital under clinical supervision. NHS England will continue to follow this clinical guidance and offer the appropriate vaccination to those who are eligible, including those who are immunocompromised, under expert supervision in a hospital setting, where appropriate.

Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
28th Oct 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether all integrated care boards in England have been supplied with stock of both the Spikevax and the Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccines this winter.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) manages the central storage and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for the United Kingdom’s programme. For the autumn and winter programme, the UKHSA has supplied both the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (Spikevax) and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) to the National Health Service.

NHS England works closely with the regional and integrated care board (ICB) teams to ensure they deliver the right vaccine to the right place at the right time. Every ICB has received both vaccines as part of the autumn and winter campaign.

Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)