The Rt Hon. the Lord Boateng
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Boateng's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Boateng. His name is Paul Yaw Boateng, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£6,307
17 days attended across 1 published month
Postage / secretarial / family travel
£17
Total claimed
£6,324
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
1 Content(0.5%)
78 Not-Content(41.3%)
110 didn't vote(58.2%)
2026-09-08
Not-Content
26–63
Not-Content
2026-07-21
Not-Content
173–234
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2026-07-13
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158–239
Not-Content
2026-06-09
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13–66
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
115–197
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
64–140
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2026-03-24
Not-Content
80–166
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2026-03-12
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26–134
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2026-03-05
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193–143
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2026-03-05
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194–140
Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-09-16
Railways Bill
My Lords, Amendment 142 is in my name. I speak with apologies for not having attended Second Reading and with some trepidation, given the level of expertise on railways and rail that is clearly present on all sides in this Grand Committee. The noble Lord
2026-07-23
Electricity Bills: VAT Removal
My Lords, the last Conservative Government, in their dying days, made a number of high-profile announcements on carbon capture, usage and storage, nuclear financing and hydrogen production. However, when the Treasury carried out its initial spending aud
My Lords, I am grateful for the indulgence of the chair and the committee for the opportunity to speak in the gap in this important debate. I express at the outset gratitude to our chair for his role in the presentation of this report as well as for his
My Lords, the Minister is not so much a sparrer as a knocker-outer, which is why we love him on this side and why even that lot have to respect him, but I wonder whether he will respond to a question that the whole House has. While it is perfectly true t
2026-04-14
Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Bill
My Lords, I speak in this debate only in my capacity as co-chair of the Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission. The commission welcomes this Bill. On behalf of the commission, I thank the Minister and the representative of the Opposition for their support fo
2026-04-13
Britain’s Battery Future Report
My Lords, two-thirds of the world’s production of cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The UK produces no cobalt whatever, yet our EV manufacturing industry relies heavily upon cobalt. Cobalt is extracted in Africa using child labour,
2026-02-25
Cyclists: Safety
My Lords, will the Minister please tell us what action the Government are going to take to make cyclists more aware of their responsibilities towards pedestrians? All too often, cyclists show a complete disregard for the Highway Code and the safety of pe
2026-01-19
Northern Powerhouse Rail
You have lost us there.
2025-12-02
Criminal Court Reform
By lay people.
2025-12-02
Criminal Court Reform
My Lords, at the end of the day, are not random and conscientious people taken off the street the best safeguards of our civil liberties against an overmighty and oppressive state? If any one of us here were to be charged with a criminal offence, would w
2025-11-26
Visas: Highly Skilled People
My Lords, one of the unintended consequences to which the Minister referred is that hard-pressed and hard-working prison officers, who happen to earn less than £41,700 per year, will, as a result of this Government’s policies, find themselves deported wh
2025-11-26
Visas: Highly Skilled People
My Lords—
2025-10-28
Built Environment Sector
My Lords, gardens play an important part in enhancing the built environment. Will the Minister bring her fresh eyes and keen intellect to the task of ensuring that we do not lose the Gardens Trust as a statutory consultee in these areas?
2025-09-01
Middle East
My Lords, there is a reason Sudan is not mentioned as much and the horrors taking place there are not given the attention they deserve. It is because Sudan is in Africa—that is why—and Africa is not seen as having the same strategic importance as the Mid
2025-07-16
Parthenon Sculptures: Return
My Lords, I know the Minister thinks deeply about these issues. Will she please assure the House that the intention of the Government not to legislate in relation to the Elgin marbles does not extend to the modified bones—sometimes hideously so—of indige
My Lords, as a child, I was profoundly influenced by an advert designed to encourage me to eat—and my mother to buy—instant mashed potato. I survived that experience, as did many others of my generation, as I can see looking around the House. Of much mor
2025-07-02
Police: Facial Recognition Technology
My Lords, a US Government study suggests that facial recognition algorithms are far less accurate in identifying African-American and Asian faces than Caucasian faces, and that African and Asian women are 10 to 100 times more likely to be misidentified t
I am much obliged to the noble Lord, because we know a great deal about the Chagossians. We know that they have been the victims of abuse and deceit over many years. We know that they have been lied to. We know that they have been consistently mistreated
A treaty signed under duress.
Let us be very clear: these islands are African islands. These islands are inhabited by African people brought there as slaves in the economic interest of Britain and France. So, it ill behoves the noble Lord or any of us
My Lords, I support the Motion in the name of my noble and learned friend Lord Goldsmith and thank him for his distinguished chairmanship of the committee of which I happen to be a member. I also thank the secretariat to that committee for all the hard w
2025-06-17
International Vaccine Programmes: Funding
My Lords, the success of Gavi, which I have seen for myself as a former ambassador for Gavi in both Ghana and Tanzania, has been based on partnership with local health ministries and with the workforces in those countries. That partnership is strained by
2025-06-03
Strategic Defence Review
My Lords, thanks are indeed due to my noble friend Lord Robertson and his team for this review, and to the Minister and the Secretary of State for the vigour with which they have addressed the challenge of redressing the balance in the priority we give t
2025-05-15
Immigration System
My Lords, the UK’s world-class creative industries require a globally diverse workforce. Will the Minister give the industry and the general public the reassurance that the qualifications required under any future visa regime will take into account the s
My Lords, it is an honour and a privilege to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Peterborough in this important debate. She brings not just a deep and abiding faith and a passion for community development, the growth of parish congregations a
2025-04-29
Tax: Changes
My Lords, does the Financial Secretary agree with the Chancellor of the Exchequer who said that
“it is not fair that people live in this country for very long periods of their lives benefit from our public services and yet operate under different tax
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Register of Interests · 11 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Chairman, Connect Capital Ltd (UK based AI innovation and investment firm)
registered 2025-07-18
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Member, Advisory Board, GEMS Middle East Holding FZ LLC (educational services company working in Africa and the Middle East)
registered 2024-01-24 · amended 2025-04-05
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Member, Independent Advisory Board, Harcus Parker Claimant Litigation Committee (business energy group litigation)
registered 2023-11-21 · amended 2025-04-05
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Consultant Adviser on emerging market geopolitical and regulatory advice for investments largely in African agricultural sector, Alpha Talents Africa Ltd (agri-industry investment company)
registered 2022-07-22 · amended 2025-04-05
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Member, Advisory Board, Tiso Foundation of South Africa (not for profit organisation promoting education in Africa) (honorarium is received)
registered 2021-04-29 · amended 2025-04-05
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Member, Advisory Board, Bobab Ltd (online digital platform promoting science and innovation in Africa)
registered 2021-01-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chairman of the Board and Director, Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor
registered 2018-05-21 · amended 2025-04-05
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Non-executive Director, Ghana International Bank plc London (the member's annual earnings for this work fall within the £100,001–200,000 band)
registered 2017-03-20 · amended 2025-07-02
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Director, Akyem Law and Advisory Services Limited (company owned 100 per cent by member and wife (see category 2(a)) which receives payments relating to legal, regulatory, political risk and business intelligence consultancy services provided by member)
registered 2012-08-15 · amended 2025-04-07
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Barrister and Legal Consultant
registered 2010-07-23 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Akyem Law and Advisory Services Limited (company owned 100 per cent by member and wife which receives payments relating to legal, regulatory, political risk and business intelligence consultancy services provided by member) (see category 1)
registered 2013-01-16 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
Read the full
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for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
1987-06-11 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2002-05-29 → 2005-05-06
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
2001-06-11 → 2002-05-29
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
1998-10-28 → 2001-06-07
Minister of State (Home Office)
1997-05-06 → 1998-10-28
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health)
Opposition posts
1992-01-01 → 1997-01-01
Shadow Minister (Lord Chancellor's Department)
1989-01-01 → 1992-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury)
Committee memberships
2001-07-16 → 2002-06-24
Public Accounts Committee
2011-09-05 → 2012-03-12
Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
2025-01-30 → present
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2015-12-03 → 2017-04-27
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2014-06-12 → 2015-03-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2021-01-28 → 2024-01-31
International Relations and Defence Committee
2024-01-31 → present
International Agreements Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
boatengp@parliament.uk
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APPGs (2026) · 5 active officership(s) · 9 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ghana
Country, Area or Region Group
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Officer | — | 4 | 2027-07-05 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 15 | 2024-01-21 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Black Health
Subject Group
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Officer | Caribbean & African Health Network | 4 | 2026-05-22 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on St Kitts and Nevis
Country Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2025-05-17 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade out of Poverty
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | ODI | 8 | 2024-05-28 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
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the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
4
of 4 tabled
4 answered(100.0%)
4
departments
2026-09-11
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Museum: Restitution
Answered
2026-09-11
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
British Museum: Collections
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.