Lord Touhig

Labour

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Ministry of DefenceDepartment for Work and PensionsDepartment for EducationHome OfficeDepartment of Health and Social Care

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow Spokesperson (Defence)

Ministry of Defence

Apr 2020 - May 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Defence)

Ministry of Defence

Sept 2015 - Oct 2017

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Whips Office (Lords)

Sept 2015 - Sept 2016

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Veterans)

Ministry of Defence

May 2005 - May 2006

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Constitutional Affairs) (also in Wales Office)

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Jun 2003 - May 2005

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)

Wales Office

Jun 2001 - May 2005

Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury

Nov 1999 - Jun 2001

Constituencies

Islwyn

Elected 3 times

May 1997 - May 2010

Islwyn

Elected 1 time

Feb 1995 - 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

345 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have provided financial support to the World Bank's HEAL project in Ukraine.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 10 Dec 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what support the United Kingdom has given to internally displaced people in Ukraine.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 10 Dec 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to join the Council of Europe Development Bank.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 9 Dec 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government whether, as part of talks seeking an end to the war in Ukraine, they plan to raise the issue of Ukrainian children living in Russian-occupied territories being detained and taken to Russia.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 2 Dec 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied migrant children reported missing have been found in each of the past five years.

Answered

To: Department for Education • 18 Nov 2025

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Positions Held

Shadow Spokesperson (Defence)

Ministry of Defence

Apr 2020 - May 2021

Shadow Spokesperson (Defence)

Ministry of Defence

Sept 2015 - Oct 2017

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Whips Office (Lords)

Sept 2015 - Sept 2016

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Veterans)

Ministry of Defence

May 2005 - May 2006

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Constitutional Affairs) (also in Wales Office)

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Jun 2003 - May 2005

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)

Wales Office

Jun 2001 - May 2005

Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury

Nov 1999 - Jun 2001

Constituencies

Islwyn

Elected 3 times

May 1997 - May 2010

Islwyn

Elected 1 time

Feb 1995 - May 1997