Lord Bates

Conservative

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

batesm@parliament.uk 020 7219 6528

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeForeign and Commonwealth OfficeHome Office

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Minister of State (Department for International Development)

Department for International Development

Oct 2016 - Apr 2019

Minister of State (Home Office)

Home Office

May 2015 - Mar 2016

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Home Office

Aug 2014 - May 2015

Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

HM Household

Oct 2013 - Aug 2014

Lords Spokesperson (Department for Work and Pensions)

Department for Work and Pensions

Oct 2013 - Aug 2014

Shadow Minister

Opposition Department

Jul 2009 - May 2010

Paymaster General (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury

Dec 1996 - May 1997

Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)

HM Treasury

Jan 1995 - Jan 1996

Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury

Jul 1994 - Jan 1995

Constituencies

Langbaurgh

Elected 1 time

Apr 1992 - May 1997

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

No voting records found

Committee Memberships

Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillCommons Administration CommitteeCommons Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance CommitteeCommons Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)Lords Autism Act 2009 CommitteeLords Backbench Business CommitteeCommons Bishop's Stortford Cemetery BillCommons Built Environment CommitteeLords Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Commons Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]: Programming sub-committeeCommons Business and Trade CommitteeCommons Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsCommons City of London (Markets) BillCommons Committee of PrivilegesCommons Committee of SelectionCommons Committee of Selection (Lords)Lords Committee on StandardsCommons Committees on Arms Export ControlsCommons Commons Reference Group on Representation and InclusionCommons Communications and Digital CommitteeLords Conduct CommitteeLords Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)Joint Constitution CommitteeLords Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) BillCommons Court of RefereesCommons Courts (Remote Hearings) BillCommons Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeCommons Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and DisinformationCommons Defence CommitteeCommons Defence Sub-CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

18 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the official development assistance budget was committed to humanitarian aid in (1) 2023, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025; and what proportion they plan to commit in 2026.

Answered