The Rt Hon. the Lord Wills
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Wills's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Wills. His name is Michael David Wills, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
4 Content(2.5%)
39 Not-Content(24.1%)
119 didn't vote(73.5%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-12
Not-Content
26–134
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Not-Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Not-Content
194–140
Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
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2026-01-12
Not-Content
201–169
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2026-01-05
Not-Content
210–131
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
My Lords, like all the other speakers, I very much welcome what the Government have done in this area and the emphasis they have placed on the importance of enduring relationships. I am very pleased to see that they have in many ways taken up the cause t
2025-11-13
Hillsborough Law
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for initiating this debate in such a magisterial way. I take this opportunity to thank and pay tribute to him for all his decades of work on behalf of the Hillsborough families.
The Bill is important becau
2024-04-30
Victims and Prisoners Bill
My Lords, I heard what the Minister had to say about this amendment, but in view of the seriousness of what is involved here, the timeliness of a resolution for victims and the bereaved, and the cost to the taxpayer, I would like to test the opinion of t
2024-04-30
Victims and Prisoners Bill
2024-04-30
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Can I just clarify this? I think the Minister accepts how serious an incident this was; I think it is accepted that this sort of contempt for the victims and the bereaved is probably pretty widespread, and that something has to be done to make sure it ne
2024-04-30
Victims and Prisoners Bill
My Lords, Amendment 119 seeks to establish a code of practice for post-mortem processes. It arises out of a traumatic event suffered by Jenni Hicks, who lost her daughters Vicki and Sarah in the Hillsborough tragedy.
Perhaps the best way for your Lord
2024-04-30
Victims and Prisoners Bill
I am extremely grateful, as always, to the Minister for that thorough response to all my points. We made a little progress in Committee, for which I am grateful, as I am for the little progress we have made today. I am grateful to the Minister for the op
2024-04-30
Victims and Prisoners Bill
My Lords, I shall combine my remarks on Amendment 102 with those on Amendments 103, 105 and 106.
Amendments 102, 103 and 105 seek to remove an unfair and irrational restriction on the role of the independent public advocate. I spoke in Committee at so
2024-04-30
Victims and Prisoners Bill
2024-02-13
Victims and Prisoners Bill
My Lords, I rise briefly—the Minister will be relieved to hear—to support these amendments. What is important about them is that they would put on a statutory basis that the views of the victims will be communicated to the Secretary of State. As I have
2024-02-13
Victims and Prisoners Bill
I am grateful to the Minister; he pre-empted me, as he could see where I was going to go next with this. He is quite right that the Inquiries Act 2005 is increasingly widely recognised as clunky and in need of revision, but that is not for now. That is i
2024-02-13
Victims and Prisoners Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has spoken to this group of amendments. I think everyone, with the exception of the Minister, has spoken broadly in support of them. As always, I am particularly grateful to the Minister for his extremely courteous
2024-02-13
Victims and Prisoners Bill
My Lords, this group of amendments addresses the appointments, functions and processes for the independent public advocate in different ways. They are all designed to secure the greater independence and effectiveness of the advocate.
Given that it has
2024-02-13
Victims and Prisoners Bill
2024-02-07
Victims and Prisoners Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has spoken in this short discussion and to the noble Lord, Lord Marks, for his remarks, and particularly for his cogent justifications for these amendments in terms of retrospection, which were an extremely valuabl
2024-02-07
Victims and Prisoners Bill
My Lords, Amendments 119A to 119C in my name have been drafted to allow the independent public advocate to act for the victims of incidents, or series of events, that might have occurred before the passage of the Bill. As currently drafted, the Bill does
2024-02-07
Victims and Prisoners Bill
2023-12-18
Victims and Prisoners Bill
My Lords, this is an important Bill. The Government deserve credit for seeking to address many of the ways that victims of crimes and public disasters have been let down by the state over the years. I pay tribute to the Victims’ Commissioner, as many oth
2023-06-16
Public Advocate Bill [HL]
I am grateful to the Minister; I would not dream of expecting him to make any commitments today, but I am grateful for his willingness to listen, because it suggests a willingness to accept amendments that go in a slightly different direction. He rightly
2023-06-16
Public Advocate Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. It has been a short debate, but I hope it has been another stage in making a profound difference to the lives of those who, in the future, may be involved in public trage
2023-06-16
Public Advocate Bill [HL]
As some noble Lords may remember, this is the second time I have moved that this Bill be read a second time. The first was more than seven years ago, when it received wide cross-party support. I then outlined how the Bill, which provides better support f
2023-06-16
Public Advocate Bill [HL]
That the Bill be now read a second time.
2021-06-14
Hillsborough: Collapse of Trials
My Lords, those of us who have been campaigning in support of the Hillsborough families for many years welcomed the positive and sympathetic response of the Lord Chancellor in the other place, and it has been echoed today by the Minister. Does he agree t
2020-11-25
DHSC Answers to Written Questions
My Lords, I have every sympathy with the unique pressures being placed on the Minister and his department this year. It was inevitable that mistakes would be made, but the crucial thing is to learn from them, not least because, however encouraging recent
2020-11-12
Covid-19 Update
The Minister will be aware that during the first lockdown the utilisation of beds in the private sector, under its partnership agreement with the NHS, was 20%. What reassurance can the Minister give that there will not be a similar underutilisation of ca
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Register of Interests · 3 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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Director, Furze Limited (formerly Eggz Limited) (media) (member's company owned 50 per cent by member and 50 per cent by member's wife)
registered 2016-07-29 · amended 2025-06-23
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Furze Limited (formerly Eggz Limited) (media) (see category 1)
registered 2016-07-29 · amended 2025-06-23
Category 3: Land and property
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Commercial premises in London owned jointly with wife from which rental income is received
registered 2010-09-15 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1997-05-01 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2007-07-02 → 2010-05-06
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
2002-05-29 → 2003-07-11
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Criminal Justice System IT)
2001-06-11 → 2002-05-28
Parliamentary Secretary (Lord Chancellor's Department)
1999-07-29 → 2001-06-10
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Employment)
1999-01-04 → 1999-07-29
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Trade and Industry)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2019-06-13 → 2020-06-22
Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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11 answered(100.0%)
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departments
2026-04-14
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Information Commissioner's Office: Finance
Answered
2026-04-13
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Political Parties: Finance
Answered
2026-04-13
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Political Parties: Finance
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.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
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)
5 bills
4 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Advocate Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2022-06-09 | |
| Public Advocate Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-15 | |
| Public Advocate Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-06-03 | |
| Public Advocate Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-06-11 | |
| Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2008-02-27 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.