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Division Votes
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
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
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
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
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
5 Nov 2024 - Crown Estate Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 166 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 220 Noes - 139
5 Nov 2024 - Crown Estate Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 172 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 193 Noes - 226
20 Nov 2024 - Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 172 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 279 Noes - 136
20 Nov 2024 - Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 184 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 210 Noes - 213

Speeches
Lord Willetts speeches from: Universities Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (968 words) Thursday 14th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education
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
Lord Willetts speeches from: Climate Agenda Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (894 words) Thursday 24th October 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office
Lord Willetts speeches from: Higher Education Funding Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (566 words) Thursday 12th September 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education
Lord Willetts speeches from: King’s Speech Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (771 words) Friday 19th July 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education
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
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 mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] 73 speeches (20,647 words) Committee stage Thursday 21st November 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Knight of Weymouth (Lab - Life peer) medium-sized employers, that granularity is really challenging.I am glad to see the noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech
Universities 45 speeches (20,932 words) Thursday 14th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Lab - Life peer) I am pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, as the commissioner for chapter 6, is contributing to - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab - Life peer) Nobody should have to follow the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, on the subject of higher education: I want - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Prashar (XB - Life peer) I was very pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, gave a broader perspective to this. - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Willetts, raised the issue of visa problems deterring international students. - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) The department will come forward with proposals, as raised by the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, about the - Link to Speech
Science and Technology: Economy 57 speeches (21,249 words) Thursday 31st October 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Lord Waldegrave of North Hill (Con - Life peer) result of some outstanding Ministers; I think of Lord Sainsbury of Turville and my noble friend Lord Willetts - Link to Speech 2: 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 3: 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 4: 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
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) of that carbon energy—the external costs, which the noble Lords, Lord Browne of Madingley and Lord Willetts - 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
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
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
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
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
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
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) in my name adds to the important points raised by my noble friend Lady Drake, the noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech 2: None pension schemes require them to have a policy on stewardship—a point that I think the noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech 3: Lord Warner (XB - Life peer) accepting technical amendments endorsed by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, the noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) noble Baronesses, Lady Drake, Lady Janke and Lady Blackstone, and the noble Lords, Lord Shipley, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 29th October 2024 Agendas and papers - Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2025 Liaison Committee (Lords) Found: This proposal is supported by Lord Willetts.
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.
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.

Written Answers

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

Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
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

Deposited Papers

Thursday 30th May 2024 Department for Education Source Page: Letter dated 24/05/2024 from Baroness Barran to Lord Willetts regarding the Government’s post-16 qualification reforms, as discussed during the debate on Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life. 4p. Document: Letter_from_Baroness_Barran_to_Lord_Willetts.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 24/05/2024 from Baroness Barran to Lord Willetts regarding the Government’s post-16 qualification