2 APPG Officer Positions (as of 20 Oct 2025)
Dark Skies, Scientific1 APPG Membership
Heritage Rail1 Former APPG Officer Position
Artificial IntelligenceDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(19 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(24 debate contributions)
(22 debate contributions)
(10 debate contributions)
(7 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(4,294 words contributed)
(1,841 words contributed)
(1,489 words contributed)
(878 words contributed)
Lords initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Viscount Stansgate, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
Viscount Stansgate has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Viscount Stansgate has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 8 Written Questions
(View all written questions)Following the statement made by Buckingham Palace on 30 October, the entitlement to the title of ‘Prince’ and the style of ‘Royal Highness’ has been removed by Letters Patent. The title of the Duke of York has been removed from the Roll of the Peerage and will no longer be used officially. There is therefore no need for legislation to implement the measures that have been announced.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Counsellors of State Act 2022 added two additional Members of the Royal Family to the list of those eligible to act as Counsellors of State in order to provide greater resilience in this aspect of our constitutional arrangements.
In practice, reflecting a commitment made during the passage of the Act, only working Members of the Royal Family are called upon to act as Counsellors of State.
The Government has no plans to amend the Counsellors of State Act 2022.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Titles Deprivation Act 1917 authorised enemies of the United Kingdom to be deprived of their peerages during the First World War.
The Government has no plans to amend the Titles Deprivation Act 1917.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
As stated in the answer given on 24 February 2025 (HL4720), the Government takes the function of the Cabinet Manual seriously and we will keep it under review:
HL4720
Q: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish an updated edition of the Cabinet Manual.
A: The Government takes the function of the Cabinet Manual seriously and we will keep it under review.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
There are no plans to make any changes to the eligibility criteria for Counsellors of State.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Government is aware of the function of the Cabinet Manual and we will keep this under review.
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
1 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Viscount Stansgate's Defra questions)Minister Hardy holds responsibility for issues involving light pollution.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)