Lord Whitty

Labour

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroDepartment for TransportDepartment for Business, Innovation and SkillsForeign and Commonwealth Office

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Food, Farming and Sustainable Energy)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Jun 2003 - May 2005

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Jun 2001 - Jun 2003

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions)

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Jul 1998 - Jun 2001

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

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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

40 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have a strategy for dealing with trifluoroacetic acid in waterways and the water supply.

Answered

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 4 Jun 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what support they plan to offer to enhance energy efficiency in housing, office buildings and public buildings as part of the drive for net zero.

Answered

To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero • 4 Jun 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what terms of reference apply to the activities of practitioner-patient consultative groups; and what guidance they give to such groups.

Answered

To: Department of Health and Social Care • 4 Jun 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's ability to check the competence of drivers following convictions and, in the case of older drivers, renewing their licences, (2) the rigour wit

Answered

To: Department for Transport • 4 Jun 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government when they anticipate that Ofgem, under its new powers in the Energy Act 2023, will produce regulations for heat networks and district heating.

Answered

To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero • 20 Nov 2024

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Positions Held

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Food, Farming and Sustainable Energy)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Jun 2003 - May 2005

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Jun 2001 - Jun 2003

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions)

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Jul 1998 - Jun 2001