Greg Hands Portrait

Greg Hands

Conservative - Former Member for Chelsea and Fulham

First elected: 5th May 2005

Left House: 30th May 2024 (Dissolution)


Greg Hands is not a member of any APPGs
10 Former APPG memberships
Brazil, Estonia, France, Germany, Nutrition for Growth, Peru, Romania, Russia, Trade out of Poverty, Turkey
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
13th Nov 2023 - 5th Jul 2024
Party Chair, Conservative Party
7th Feb 2023 - 30th May 2024
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]
7th Feb 2024 - 20th Feb 2024
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
7th Feb 2023 - 13th Nov 2023
Minister of State (Department for International Trade)
9th Oct 2022 - 7th Feb 2023
Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
16th Sep 2021 - 7th Sep 2022
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill
9th Nov 2021 - 25th Nov 2021
Minister of State (Department for International Trade)
13th Feb 2020 - 16th Sep 2021
Minister of State (Department for International Trade)
9th Jan 2018 - 21st Jun 2018
Minister of State (Department for International Trade) (and Minister for London)
13th Jun 2017 - 9th Jan 2018
Minister of State (Department for International Trade)
15th Jul 2016 - 13th Jun 2017
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
8th May 2015 - 14th Jul 2016
Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
7th Oct 2013 - 8th May 2015
Committee of Selection
9th Oct 2013 - 30th Mar 2015
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
14th Oct 2011 - 7th Oct 2013
Shadow Minister (Treasury)
19th Jan 2009 - 6th May 2010
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
27th Jun 2006 - 6th May 2010
European Scrutiny Committee
12th Mar 2007 - 6th May 2010
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee
27th Jun 2006 - 6th May 2010
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
16th Jan 2006 - 27th Jun 2006


Division Voting information

Greg Hands has voted in 3328 divisions, and 34 times against the majority of their Party.

9 Apr 2019 - Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019 - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 97 Conservative No votes vs 131 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 420 Noes - 110
8 Apr 2019 - European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 74 Conservative Aye votes vs 112 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 85 Noes - 392
27 Mar 2019 - EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 94 Conservative No votes vs 157 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 160 Noes - 400
15 Jan 2019 - European Union (Withdrawal) Act - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 23 Conservative Aye votes vs 282 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 24 Noes - 600
15 Jan 2019 - European Union (Withdrawal) Act - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 118 Conservative No votes vs 196 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 202 Noes - 432
25 Jun 2018 - National Policy Statement: Airports - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 8 Conservative No votes vs 286 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 415 Noes - 119
11 Mar 2015 - Ark Pension Schemes - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 103 Conservative No votes vs 122 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 367 Noes - 113
24 Nov 2014 - Recall of MPs Bill - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 63 Conservative No votes vs 79 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 236 Noes - 65
10 Feb 2014 - Children and Families Bill - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 99 Conservative No votes vs 127 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 376 Noes - 107
21 May 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 124 Conservative Aye votes vs 134 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 366 Noes - 161
20 May 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 99 Conservative No votes vs 121 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 150 Noes - 340
20 May 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 95 Conservative No votes vs 125 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 339
20 May 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 92 Conservative No votes vs 126 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 163 Noes - 321
5 Feb 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 131 Conservative Aye votes vs 139 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 400 Noes - 175
7 Sep 2011 - Health and Social Care (Re-committed) Bill - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 94 Conservative Aye votes vs 115 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 118 Noes - 368
14 Jan 2010 - Canterbury City Council Bill - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 9 Conservative No votes vs 34 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 99 Noes - 11
14 Jan 2010 - Nottingham City Council Bill - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 8 Conservative No votes vs 27 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 85 Noes - 10
29 Oct 2008 - Manchester City Council Bill [Lords] (By Order) - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 22 Conservative No votes vs 52 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 317 Noes - 24
29 Oct 2008 - Manchester City Council Bill [Lords] (By Order) - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 10 Conservative No votes vs 54 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 11
29 Oct 2008 - Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [Lords] (By Order) - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 13 Conservative No votes vs 45 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 245 Noes - 15
29 Oct 2008 - Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [Lords] (By Order) - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 13 Conservative No votes vs 35 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 228 Noes - 14
29 Oct 2008 - Canterbury City Council Bill (By Order) - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 9 Conservative No votes vs 19 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 12
29 Oct 2008 - Canterbury City Council Bill (By Order) - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 6 Conservative No votes vs 21 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 154 Noes - 7
22 Oct 2008 - Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2) - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 30 Conservative Aye votes vs 85 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 322 Noes - 157
3 Jul 2008 - Members’ Salaries - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 35 Conservative No votes vs 46 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 196
3 Jul 2008 - Members’ Salaries - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 34 Conservative No votes vs 46 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 141 Noes - 216
3 Jul 2008 - Members’ Salaries - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 37 Conservative No votes vs 42 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 123 Noes - 224
10 Jun 2008 - Counter-Terrorism Bill - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 12 Conservative No votes vs 181 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 269 Noes - 331
20 May 2008 - Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 50 Conservative Aye votes vs 67 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 84 Noes - 387
6 May 2008 - Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 36 Conservative Aye votes vs 48 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 0 Noes - 0
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 55 Conservative Aye votes vs 121 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 337 Noes - 224
1 Nov 2006 - Legislative Process - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 34 Conservative Aye votes vs 105 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 122 Noes - 354
1 Nov 2006 - Legislative Process - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 55 Conservative No votes vs 69 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 365 Noes - 62
5 Jul 2006 - Ambulances (County Durham) - View Vote Context
Greg Hands voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 17 Conservative No votes vs 122 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 409 Noes - 53
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All Debates

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Barry Gardiner (Labour)
(88 debate interactions)
Alan Whitehead (Labour)
(70 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Department for International Trade
(882 debate contributions)
HM Treasury
(191 debate contributions)
Department for Business and Trade
(135 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Trade Bill 2019-21
(41,257 words contributed)
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act 2022
(24,640 words contributed)
Trade Bill 2017-19
(20,493 words contributed)
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Latest EDMs signed by Greg Hands

22nd January 2019
Greg Hands signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd January 2019

CENTENARY OF THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF WHIP'S OFFICE

Tabled by: Lord McLoughlin (Conservative - Derbyshire Dales)
That this House congratulates the Office of the Government Chief Whip on reaching its centenary year; further congratulates Sir Roy Stone, Principal Private Secretary, on his knighthood in the 2019 New Year's Honours list; notes that Sir Roy is only the fourth person since 1919 to hold the position of …
35 signatures
(Most recent: 12 Feb 2019)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 27
Labour: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Liberal Democrat: 1
Independent: 1
Scottish National Party: 1
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Commons initiatives

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

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Greg Hands has not been granted any Urgent Questions

1 Adjournment Debate led by Greg Hands

Monday 13th September 2010

1 Bill introduced by Greg Hands


A Bill to make provision for the implementation of a regulated asset base model for nuclear energy generation projects; for revenue collection for the purposes of that model; for a special administration regime for licensees subject to that model; and about the circumstances in which bodies corporate are not associated with site operators for the purposes of programmes relating to funding the decommissioning of nuclear sites.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 31st March 2022 and was enacted into law.

Greg Hands has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 9 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
19th Dec 2018
What plans he has to change the time limit on the entitlement of UK citizens living overseas to register to vote in UK parliamentary elections.

British citizens living abroad retain strong links with the United Kingdom, no matter how far they have travelled.
The Government is supporting my Hon friend the Member for Montgomeryshire’s Private Member’s Bill on Overseas Electors which delivers our manifesto commitment to introducing votes for life.

What plans he has to change the time limit on the entitlement of UK citizens living overseas to register to vote in UK parliamentary elections.

British citizens living abroad retain strong links with the United Kingdom, no matter how far they have travelled.
The Government is supporting my Hon friend the Member for Montgomeryshire’s Private Member’s Bill on Overseas Electors which delivers our manifesto commitment to introducing votes for life.

5th Sep 2019
What recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of recommendations of the Alternative Arrangements Commission on arrangements on the Irish border after the UK leaves the EU.

I welcome the report by the Alternative Arrangements Commission co-chaired by my Right Honourable Friend and I thank him for his continued engagement.

We have considered it alongside input from technical experts and businesses to inform our approach to removing the backstop and avoiding a hard border in Northern Ireland in the context of negotiations on the future agreement between the UK and the EU.

13th May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what has been Transport for London's budget for the British Transport Police (a) each year since 2015 and (b) what that budget proposal is for (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21 and (iii) 2021-22.

Transport for London’s budget for the British Transport Police is a matter for the Mayor of London to determine and the Department does not hold this data.

13th May 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers there have been on the Transport for London network in each of the last five years; and how many of those officers are planned to work on the Transport for London network in (a) 2019 and (b) each of the next three years.

The table below shows the budgeted number of British Transport Police (BTP) police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) funded by TfL for the TfL network. BTP reimburse TfL with funding for vacant posts throughout the year.

Year

Police Officer budgeted TfL establishment

PCSO budgeted TfL establishment

2015/16

775

141

2016/17

813

128

2017/18

808

126

2018/19

760

100

2019/20

759.5

100

The above data is at 1 April of each year. The data for the current year is subject to review.

The policing resource for future years is subject to negotiation between TfL, BTP and the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA).

2nd Apr 2019
What plans he has to strengthen the UK's relations with Pacific Alliance countries.

Latin America is an increasingly important partner to the UK. We have strong and close relationships with all four member states of the Pacific Alliance: Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Trade with the bloc increased by 4.5% from 2017 to 2018. We are strengthening partnerships using tools like the Prosperity Fund, Conflict Stability and Security Fund and International Climate Finance to implement programmes of mutual interest, for example in good governance, green growth, security and justice reform, infrastructure and rural and urban development in order to create the conditions for sustainable economic growth and increased trade.

1st Apr 2019
What recent steps he has taken to assist victims of motor vehicle theft.

We recognise the distressing and disruptive impact vehicle theft can have on victims, and we are determined to ensure we do all we can to prevent these crimes.

In January, I chaired the first meeting of a new Vehicle Theft Taskforce which brings together industry, the police, and others to help ensure the response is as robust as it can be.

4th Mar 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) owns or (b) leases the former Kodak processing unit at 26-38 Rylston road in Fulham; and if he will make a statement.

The Department does not own or lease the former Kodak processing unit at 26-38 Rylston Road, Fulham.

30th Oct 2019
What recent discussions he has had with the Irish Government on ensuring that there is no hard border on the island of Ireland.

I have regular discussions with the Irish Government concerning the UK's exit from the EU.

The Government is fully committed to ensuring there will be no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. The Prime Minister has negotiated a new deal which ensures that will be the case.