Information between 30th April 2024 - 5th November 2024
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30 Apr 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 166 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 67 Noes - 175 |
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14 May 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 197 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 221 Noes - 222 |
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14 May 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 195 Conservative No votes vs 3 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 228 Noes - 213 |
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21 May 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 179 Conservative No votes vs 2 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 91 Noes - 192 |
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21 May 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 188 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 203 Noes - 198 |
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21 May 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 194 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 211 Noes - 208 |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: Science and Technology: Economy
Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (633 words) Thursday 31st October 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: Climate Agenda
Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (894 words) Thursday 24th October 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: Higher Education Funding
Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (566 words) Thursday 12th September 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: King’s Speech
Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (771 words) Friday 19th July 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: Higher Education (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)
Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (2,014 words) Tuesday 21st May 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Education |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (300 words) Committee stage part one Tuesday 14th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life
Lord Willetts contributed 2 speeches (1,101 words) Thursday 9th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Lord Willetts contributed 4 speeches (2,359 words) Tuesday 7th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Tuesday 14th May 2024 10 a.m. Science and Technology Committee (Lords) - Oral evidence Subject: Engineering biology At 10:15am: Oral evidence Dr Clive Dix - Executive Chair at C4X Discovery The Rt Hon Lord Willetts - Co-founder at SynBioVen Sara Holland - Patent Attorney at Potter Clarkson At 11:15am: Oral evidence Graeme Cruickshank - Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at Centre for Process Innovation Professor Nick Talbot - Executive Director and Group Leader at The Sainsbury Laboratory View calendar |
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Science and Technology: Economy
57 speeches (21,249 words) Thursday 31st October 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) One of his ideas was the catapult initiative, which I think the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, in his time - Link to Speech 2: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I noted a sense of ruefulness from my noble friend Lord Willetts as he said that the role of the Science - Link to Speech 3: Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Willetts, rightly identified cell and gene therapy as a crucial and transformative - Link to Speech |
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Climate Agenda
49 speeches (24,400 words) Thursday 24th October 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) Fossil fuel energy, as a number of noble Lords have outlined and as the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, identified - Link to Speech 2: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) I feel a little ashamed when my noble friend Lord Willetts mentions air travel, because I enjoy travelling - Link to Speech 3: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) Willetts, referred to. - Link to Speech 4: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab - Life peer) I certainly warmed to the noble Lords, Lord Randall, Lord Willetts and Lord Ahmad. - Link to Speech 5: Lord Lilley (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Willetts, reminded us of her concern for the just about managing in our own country - Link to Speech |
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Higher Education Funding
47 speeches (19,204 words) Thursday 12th September 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Con - Life peer) As ever, I find myself in very strong agreement with my noble friend Lord Willetts, who I note incidentally - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) My noble friend Lord Howarth, the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, and his campaign manager, the noble Lord - Link to Speech |
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Winter Fuel Payment
257 speeches (27,349 words) Tuesday 10th September 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: George Freeman (Con - Mid Norfolk) It was my good friend the now noble Lord Willetts in a coalition Government with the Liberal Democrats - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
137 speeches (11,316 words) Thursday 5th September 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Jonathan Reynolds (LAB - Stalybridge and Hyde) I am often struck by the comments that Lord Willetts made in the Policy Exchange pamphlet about the lack - Link to Speech |
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Higher Education (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)
37 speeches (23,609 words) Tuesday 21st May 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Wharton of Yarm (Con - Life peer) This is a topic on which I have had a number of conversations with the noble Lord, Lord Willetts. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Parekh (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Willetts, will correct me if I am wrong, but I think there is no differential fee - Link to Speech 3: Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Con - Life peer) My noble friend Lord Willetts made the point before.In his great report on higher education sometime - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Willetts, spoke about the social mobility aspect of universities, which I would - Link to Speech |
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Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
57 speeches (12,069 words) Committee stage part two Tuesday 14th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, I rise to move this amendment with the permission of the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, who, owing - Link to Speech |
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Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
56 speeches (10,615 words) Committee stage part one Tuesday 14th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Blackstone (Lab - Life peer) Willetts, and other speakers on the fiduciary duties of local government pension funds and their ability - Link to Speech 2: Lord Warner (XB - Life peer) accepting technical amendments endorsed by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, the noble Lord, Lord - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) the noble Baronesses, Lady Drake, Lady Janke and Lady Blackstone, and the noble Lords, Lord Shipley, Lord - Link to Speech |
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Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life
68 speeches (32,218 words) Thursday 9th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Patten (Con - Life peer) and sometimes four in the top 10 and in the top 100—I forget the figure; doubtless my noble friend Lord - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Lab - Life peer) I add my support to the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, who questioned the defunding of BTEC courses. - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) Willetts and Lord Lingfield and the noble Baroness, Lady Garden. - Link to Speech |
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Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
59 speeches (17,228 words) Tuesday 7th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: None Finally, like the noble Lord, Lord Mann, and my noble friend Lord Willetts—I have added my name to his - Link to Speech 2: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) Yes, as the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, has pointed out, what happens in universities really matters. - Link to Speech 3: None As the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, said, it is not relevant in practice to decision-making. - Link to Speech 4: None I put it to my noble friend Lord Willetts, and the Committee, that universities should be open spaces - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 29th October 2024
Agendas and papers - Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2025 Liaison Committee (Lords) Found: This proposal is supported by Lord Willetts. |
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Tuesday 14th May 2024
Oral Evidence - Centre for Process Innovation, and The Sainsbury Laboratory Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee Found: We are very much in the area that Lord Willetts described as non- medical biotechnology. |
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Tuesday 14th May 2024
Oral Evidence - C4X Discovery, SynBioVen, and Potter Clarkson Engineering biology - Science and Technology Committee Found: Lord Willetts did that just now. |
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Wednesday 8th May 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation relating an independent review of the DSIT business case and approvals process Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Found: dsit 2 May 2024 W: www.gov.uk/dsit [Month Year] Dear Greg, GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO LORD |
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Expenditure
Asked by: Peter Kyle (Labour - Hove and Portslade) Monday 13th May 2024 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2024 to Question 22348 on Public Expenditure, what his planned timetable is for publishing the response to David Willetts’ report. Answered by Andrew Griffith - Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade DSIT published the response to Lord Willetts’ independent review of the DSIT business case and approvals process on 1 May on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reforming-the-dsit-business-case-process |
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May. 10 2024
HL Bill 38-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill 2022-23 Amendment Paper Found: BARONESS DRAKE LORD THOMAS OF CWMGIEDD LORD SHIPLEY LORD WILLETTS 27_ The Schedule, page 12 |
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May. 02 2024
HL Bill 38-III Third marshalled list for Committee Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill 2022-23 Amendment Paper Found: LORD WILLETTS BARONESS CHAPMAN OF DARLINGTON LORD WALLACE OF SALTAIRE LORD JOHNSON OF MARYLEBONE |
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Jul. 29 2024
UK Space Agency Source Page: UK Space Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2023-2024 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: The work of our Chair, Lord Willetts, and key leaders across the Agency and Department to improve the |