The Viscount Hanworth
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Viscount Hanworth's full title is The Viscount Hanworth. His name is David Stephen Geoffrey Pollock, and he was excluded from the House of Lords on 29 April 2026 pursuant to section 1 of the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026.
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
189 divisions
4 Content(2.1%)
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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-04-15
Zimbabwe: Constitution
The question will come. It behoves us to support this spirit of democracy, and to prevail upon other African members of the Commonwealth to exert pressure upon this regime. Might I ask the Minister—
2026-04-15
Zimbabwe: Constitution
My Lords, I begin by declaring that my British wife is also an African Zimbabwean. My father-in-law, who as a young man taught Robert Mugabe, resisted Mugabe’s regime with humour and disparagement. The Zimbabweans have a sophisticated understanding of de
2026-03-26
Curriculum and Assessment Review
My Lords, there are four key stages that have mandatory elements in the maths curriculum. The fourth stage concerns pupils aged 14 to 16. Here there is an abundant list of topics that the student should be taught and which they might presume to know by t
2026-03-16
NHS: In-house Software Capabilities
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have for sustaining and enhancing the in-house software capabilities of the NHS.
2026-03-16
NHS: In-house Software Capabilities
I thank the Minister for that reassuring Answer. The NHS has had a disastrous history of outsourcing its IT technology, which has wasted millions of pounds. A requirement of outsourcing is that there must be sufficient in-house expertise to properly asse
2026-03-10
Foreign Direct Investment
My Lords, the UK has been a premier destination for foreign investment. This has enriched the financial sector, which has mediated the inflows of capital. However, in the process, we have experienced a loss of economic sovereignty. We no longer own our a
2026-01-19
High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
My Lords, our much vaunted nuclear revival is based on the deployment of pressurised light-water reactors. These are grossly inefficient in their use of uranium fuels, which will be in short supply within a decade. They will need to be replaced by safer
2026-01-06
Nitrogen Reduction, Recycling and Reuse (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report)
My Lords, the Environment and Climate Change Committee’s report on nitrogen raises many issues, including the effects of nitrogen emissions on the climate, on the air that we breathe and on the water that we drink. However, I shall confine my attention t
2025-11-27
Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce Review
My Lords, I fear that the revisions to the nuclear regulatory framework have come too late. We have lost to other countries the projects to develop fourth generation nuclear reactors that were intending to conduct their criticality tests in the UK. Can t
2025-11-20
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill
My Lords, the carbon content of fossil fuels has been accumulating over eons by the removal of carbon dioxide from the earth’s atmosphere via biological processes of photosynthesis, depending on chlorophyll and powered by sunlight. Such processes are hig
2025-10-27
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I wish to address one of the practical issues that has been raised. The noble Lord, Lord Lansley, talked about restrictions at the point of use and I wish to talk about restrictions at the point of sale.
The purpose of my Amendment 23 is to
2025-10-22
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
I am happy not to move the amendments. However, I observe that the government amendments are occasioned by the very problems that I have been describing.
2025-10-22
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, Amendments 77 to 79 propose to limit applications for judicial reviews that are without merit. It is proposed that they may be blocked by a judgment of the High Court. The amendments were tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and me. In the like
2025-10-20
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
I am somewhat disappointed by that response, because we face a crisis. There is nothing in the Bill or forthcoming that will address the crisis adequately. However, I must defer to the Government. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
2025-10-20
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I am pleased to move Amendment 23 in my name; I believe it to be of fundamental importance. A similar amendment, Amendment 52, was moved on day one in Committee on 17 July by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, and I spoke in support of i
2025-10-20
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
2025-10-20
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I do not know whether this is premature, but I wish to speak to Amendment 83.
The modern methodology of infrastructure planning is heavily dependent on the computer. Computer-aided design software has replaced the draughtsman’s drawing board
2025-10-15
Modular Nuclear Programme
My Lords, in Britain we are persisting with the development of pressurised water reactors, both large and small. However, the future of nuclear technologies rests with fourth-generation advanced modular reactors that are endowed with passive safety, whic
2025-09-09
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
The supposition of the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, seems to be that the consideration of a project by those that might oppose it is subsequent to the admission of a development order. In fact, usually the opposition long predates that, and so the limita
2025-09-09
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I want to speak in support of Amendment 128. I am uncertain of the provenance of this amendment, but it is certainly well aligned with the Government’s agenda. It seeks to extend the provisions of Clause 12 of the Bill, which apply to nationall
2025-09-04
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
May I interject? The Minister seemed to imply that adopting digital twins would impose extra time and cost on planning. I contend that in fact it expedites planning and reduces the costs. I hope the Minister will consider that assertion.
2025-09-04
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, Amendment 107 might appear to be of a technical and specialised nature, but I insist that it is fundamental to the modern methodology of infrastructure planning. I will talk briefly about the problems in planning before dealing specifically wit
2025-07-24
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I strongly support Amendment 53B, which seeks to relieve newly commissioned nuclear power stations of the burdens of the regulations on ionising radiation. These regulations have accumulated over time and become a byzantine legal code. They req
2025-07-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, Amendment 52 is of prime importance. Our planning system has become sclerotic. According to the Explanatory Notes that accompany the Bill, the time that it takes on average to secure a development consent order, or DCO, for major infrastructure
My Lords, the registration is wholly inadequate. Independent research suggests that numerous UK-registered companies have no UK resident director. Such companies are 17 times more likely to commit fraud, as the Government are in no position to impose UK
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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As a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces, the member receives invitations to breakfast and dinner briefings including from the UK Defence Forum which during the course of the calendar year together amount to more than £300 in value and all of which are paid for by sources listed in the register of APPGs
registered 2016-11-18 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1996-10-23 → 2026-04-29
Labour
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2012-06-19 → 2012-07-24
Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2013-01-22 → 2013-02-13
Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Bill Special Public Bill Committee
2024-09-05 → 2026-04-29
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
2017-07-19 → 2024-05-30
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
2015-06-17 → 2017-04-27
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
2013-07-04 → 2015-03-30
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
2013-10-28 → 2013-12-16
Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Bill [HL]
2014-06-12 → 2015-02-11
The Arctic
2015-06-12 → 2019-07-02
EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee
2016-09-13 → 2016-11-09
Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2018-10-09 → 2019-11-04
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2019-07-04 → 2023-01-31
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2021-01-28 → 2024-01-31
Science and Technology Committee
2024-01-31 → 2026-04-29
Built Environment Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 3 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 3 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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departments
2026-04-22
Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicles and Trains: Fuel Cells
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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