The Rt Hon. the Lord Kakkar KG KBE
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Kakkar's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Kakkar KG KBE. His name is Ajay Kumar Kakkar, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£2,590
14 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£2,590
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
23 Content(12.2%)
20 Not-Content(10.6%)
146 didn't vote(77.2%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
135–154
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
65–173
Not-Content
2026-03-24
Not-Content
80–166
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Content
132–124
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, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth, and, in so doing, join other noble Lords in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton, for the very thoughtful way in which she introduced this important report and
2026-09-07
Neighbourhood Health Services
My Lords, I draw noble Lords’ attention to my registered interest as chairman of King’s Health Partners. The Minister will recognise that, increasingly, pathways of care for the management of chronic diseases will extend across institutional boundaries,
My Lords, I join other noble Lords in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, for the thoughtful way in which he introduced this important report. I declare my own interests as chairman of the Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research. This is n
My Lords, I draw noble Lords’ attention to my registered interest as chairman of King’s Health Partners. In addition to addressing workforce concerns and driving a much-improved culture in the delivery of maternity services, the physical environment in w
2026-05-20
King’s Speech
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Nargund, and in so doing echo her remarks about the remarkable and customarily imaginative and enthusiastic way in which the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, introduced this debate. In so do
2026-05-20
Conduct Committee
That the Report from the Select Committee The conduct of Lord Stone of Blackheath (11th Report of Session 2024-26, HL Paper 295) be agreed to.
2026-05-20
Conduct Committee
My Lords, Lord Stone of Blackheath, the subject of this report, resigned from your Lordships’ House in December last year. Soon after, the commissioner launched an investigation into three complaints, two made by visitors and a third by a member of staff
2026-04-21
Cancer Outcomes in the UK
My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating and thanking my noble friend Lord Patel for having secured this important debate and having introduced it, as he always does, in such a thoughtful and sensitive fashion. In so doing, I remind noble Lor
2026-03-16
Conduct Committee
My Lords, this report is the outcome of the third detailed investigation into Lord Chadlington’s interactions with Ministers and advisers in the Department of Health and Social Care during the Covid-19 pandemic. Given that Lord Chadlington retired from t
2026-03-16
Conduct Committee
That the Report from the Select Committee The conduct of Lord Chadlington (10th Report, HL Paper 272) be agreed to.
2026-03-12
NHS: Heart Valve Disease
My Lords, I declare my interest as chairman of King’s Health Partners. The Minister made reference to AI stethoscopes aiding in the diagnosis of patients with heart conditions. The evidence for this was established in a very large trial—the TRICORDER tri
2026-02-11
Commissioners for Standards
That this House approves the appointment of the Rt Hon Dame Anne Rafferty DBE as a House of Lords Commissioner for Standards for a period of five years; and extends the appointment of Martin Jelley QPM DL as a House of Lords Commissioner for Standards
2026-02-11
Commissioners for Standards
My Lords, the Motion invites the House to approve the appointment of Dame Anne Rafferty as Commissioner for Standards for a five-year term and to approve the extension of the term of the existing commissioner, Martin Jelley, for a further three years. Si
2026-01-16
Rare Cancers Bill
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Browning. In so doing, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Elliott of Whitburn Bay, on the very thoughtful way in which she has introduced this important Bill. I must remind noble Lo
2026-01-07
Public Sector Productivity
My Lords, much of the future improvement in productivity in the NHS is predicated on the adoption of innovative technologies. Is the Minister content that there is sufficient investment in the continuing development of the NHS workforce to facilitate the
2025-12-15
Breast Cancer
My Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my registered interest as chairman of King’s Health Partners. Is the Minister content that sufficient resources are applied to the molecular characterisation of screen-detected breast cancer in such a way that th
2025-12-08
Conduct Committee
That, in accordance with Standing Order 11, Lord Evans of Watford be suspended from the service of the House for a period of five months; and that, in accordance with section 1 of the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015, in the opinion
2025-12-08
Conduct Committee
My Lords, I turn to the second report, which is on the conduct of the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Watford. He too was the subject of a sting operation; it was undertaken by journalists posing as potential clients of a company owned by the noble Lord’s son,
2025-12-08
Conduct Committee
That the Report from the Select Committee The conduct of Lord Evans of Watford (8th Report, HL Paper 220) be agreed to.
2025-12-08
Conduct Committee
That, in accordance with Standing Order 11, Lord Dannatt be suspended from the service of the House for a period of four months; and that, in accordance with section 1 of the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015, in the opinion of this H
2025-12-08
Conduct Committee
My Lords, there are two reports on today’s Order Paper and, while they are unconnected, in the interests of time I shall speak to both. The first report is on the conduct of the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt. This follows the publication of allegations in the
2025-12-08
Conduct Committee
That the Report from the Select Committee The conduct of Lord Dannatt (7th Report, HL Paper 219) be agreed to.
2025-10-23
Conduct Committee
My Lords, the report before the House on the conduct of the noble Baroness, Lady D’Souza, follows a referral by the Metropolitan Police Service to the Commissioner for Standards.
The facts are not in dispute. In February, the noble Baroness wrote to t
2025-10-23
Conduct Committee
That the Report from the Select Committee The conduct of Baroness D’Souza (6th Report, HL Paper 184) be agreed to.
2025-10-23
Conduct Committee
That, in accordance with Standing Order 11, Baroness D’Souza be suspended from the service of the House for a period of eight weeks; and that, in accordance with section 1 of the House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Act 2015, in the opinion of th
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Register of Interests · 6 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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President, Thrombosis Research Institute
registered 2021-10-02 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chairman, King's Health Partners (Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust)
registered 2021-09-02 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Cyte Ltd (clinical research)
registered 2019-09-12 · amended 2025-04-05
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Non-executive director, Howard de Walden Estate and Howard de Walden Holdings
registered 2018-03-02 · amended 2026-02-03
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Scientific adviser/honoraria in the field of thrombosis research to VarmX (interest ceased 18 September 2025)
registered 2010-04-27 · amended 2026-09-03
Category 4: Sponsorship
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Research and other assistance is provided by an employee of the Thrombosis Research Institute
registered 2011-03-07 · amended 2026-02-03
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Party history
2010-03-22 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2017-06-27 → 2022-01-19
Science and Technology Committee
2015-06-08 → 2016-05-12
Science and Technology Committee
2016-05-25 → 2017-04-05
Long-Term Sustainability of the NHS Committee
2023-01-31 → 2023-11-27
Integration of Primary and Community Care Committee
2025-01-30 → 2025-05-22
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2025-04-23 → present
Conduct Committee
Chair
+£18,305/yr
Contact
Parliamentary office
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020 7219 3000 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 3000 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 1 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 1 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
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.