Lord Lilley

Conservative

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department for Energy and Climate ChangeDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyDepartment of Health and Social CareHM TreasuryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

HM Treasury

Jun 1997 - Jun 1998

Secretary of State for Social Security

Department of Social Security

Apr 1992 - May 1997

Secretary of State for Trade

Department of Trade and Industry

Jul 1990 - Apr 1992

Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury

Jul 1989 - Jul 1990

Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury

Jun 1987 - Jul 1989

Constituencies

Hitchin and Harpenden

Elected 2 times

May 2010 - May 2017

Hitchin and Harpenden

Elected 3 times

May 1997 - May 2010

St Albans

Elected 3 times

Jun 1983 - May 1997

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993

AyePassed

19 Apr 2017

Technical and Further Education Bill: Lords Amendment 1 Motion to disagree

AyePassed

19 Apr 2017

Early Parliamentary General Election

AyePassed

19 Apr 2017

Finance (No.2) Bill: Second Reading

AyePassed

18 Apr 2017

Finance (No.2) Bill: Second Reading: reasoned amendment

NoRejected

18 Apr 2017

Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill: Lords Amendment 3 Motion to disagree

AyePassed

15 Mar 2017

Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017

AyePassed

15 Mar 2017

Draft Bereavement Support Payment Regulations 2017

AyePassed

15 Mar 2017

Budget Resolution Motion 40: Alcoholic liquor duties (rates)

AyePassed

14 Mar 2017

Budget Resolution Motion 34: Insurance premium tax (standard rate)

AyePassed

14 Mar 2017

Budget Resolution Motion 19: Business investment relief

AyePassed

14 Mar 2017

EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Lords Amendment 2 Motion to disagree

AyePassed

13 Mar 2017

EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Lords Amendment 1 Motion to disagree

AyePassed

13 Mar 2017

European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Programme (No. 2) Motion

AyePassed

13 Mar 2017

Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations)

AyePassed

13 Mar 2017

Standing Orders (Public Business)

AyePassed

7 Mar 2017

Children and Social Work Bill (Lords): Report Stage Amendment 12

NoRejected

7 Mar 2017

Children and Social Work Bill (Lords): Report Stage New Clause 14

NoRejected

7 Mar 2017

Local Government Finance (England)

AyePassed

22 Feb 2017

European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading

AyePassed

8 Feb 2017

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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

86 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings of the Chagossian contact group have been attended by a Minister of the Crown.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 21 Nov 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Chagossian contact group will continue to meet on a quarterly basis for the period in which the UK-Mauritius Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia is in effect.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 21 Nov 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the legal advice that ministers received about the right to self-determination in respect of the Chagos Archipelago.

Answered

To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 21 Nov 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with EU counterparts at the level of the Joint Committee to fulfil paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol which states that the Joint Committee “shall adopt appropri

Answered

To: Northern Ireland Office • 1 Sep 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wilson of Sedgefield on 27 June (HL 8452), whether the analysis by the National Energy System Operator drew directly on (1) information published in audited accounts of special purpose

Answered

To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero • 30 Jun 2025

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