The Lord Timpson OBE DL
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Timpson's full title is The Lord Timpson OBE DL. His name is William James Timpson, 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.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
105
105 meetings ·
0 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
0 overseas trips
· 2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 105
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | Lee Child | Call to discuss his new role as Prison Reading Laureate for 2026 | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-12-17 | Gordon Brown | Meeting to discuss reducing reoffending and rehabilitation | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-12-16 | Prison Governors Association | Meeting with the PGA to discuss Sentencing Bill | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-12-16 | Nicola Hubert | Meeting with POA to discuss Sentencing Bill | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-12-16 | Ian Lawrence (NAPO), Ben Priestley (UNISON); Ben Cockburn (NAPO); George Georgiou (GMB) | Meeting with Probation Unions to discuss Sentencing Bill | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-12-15 | Drug Strategy Ministerial Forum | Cross government roundtable hosted by the Home Office re drugs | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-12-10 | Lords roundtable | Meeting with various members of the House of Lords for an IPP roundtable | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-12-09 | DAREP (Drug and Alcohol Recovery Expert Panel) | Regular board meeting on drugs and alcohol | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-12-09 | Paul Foster MP | Meeting following correspondence on the new prison next to HMPs Garth and Wymott | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-12-09 | Members of the Parole Board | IPP parole roundtable meeting | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-12-08 | Michelle Welsh MP | Call to discuss HMP Lowdham Grange | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-12-08 | Criminal Justice Board | Ministerial board on the criminal justice system | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-12-08 | Members of the Prevention of Torture Committe | Meeting the Prevention of Torture Committee | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-12-02 | Minister Alison McGovern | Attending the cross-government homelessness and rough sleeping IMG | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-11-27 | Lord Thomas | Sentencing Bill engagement | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-11-26 | Winners of the Rehabilitative Awards | To present an award virtually to one of the winners | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-11-26 | Lord Berkeley of Knighton | Meeting on joint enterprise | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-11-24 | Lord Foster | Meeting on gambling | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-11-24 | Lord Bailey on Paddington | Meeting on electronic monitoring | ministry-of-justice |
| 2025-11-24 | Mark Pritchard MP | Meeting following the PM’s offer to have a meeting to discuss resourcing for Stoke Heath prison at PMQs on the 10th September | ministry-of-justice |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
3 Content(1.9%)
135 Not-Content(83.3%)
24 didn't vote(14.8%)
2026-04-27
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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
2026-02-24
Prisons: Education
I shall address those two separate points. Data collection is something that challenges me every day, along with vetting. As someone who has run a business where I had all the information at my fingertips, I find it frustrating, as I know other colleague
2026-02-24
Prisons: Education
The noble Lord is correct that it cuts the actual provision: the budget we have has gone up, but you just get less value for money. This comes back to my aeroplane theory: I want the aeroplane—that is, the classrooms—to be full. However, we are doing mor
2026-02-24
Prisons: Education
There are some good reasons why we do not want internet everywhere in prisons, but 90% of the English estate now has digital learning in its cells in various ways: Launchpad or Coracle. My vision is that we need to go much further with that, as well as o
2026-02-24
Prisons: Education
I thank the right reverend Prelate. Styal is my local female prison that I have been going to for probably most of my life, so I am well aware of the challenges but also the opportunities there. The partnership model is something that I have been doing f
2026-02-24
Prisons: Education
My noble friend knows we have had a mixed model of education in our prisons for nearly 30 years. What is important is that we support our educators and support staff in prisons by getting prisoners out of their cells into classrooms so they can do the fa
2026-02-24
Prisons: Education
This is the final question that the noble Earl will be asking me, because today is my 600th day in the job and his penultimate day in your Lordships’ House. I thank him very much for his contribution. There are too many people coming in and out of prison
2026-02-24
Prisons: Education
I thank the noble Lord. He is absolutely right and I am looking at this on a daily basis. I walk past too many classrooms in prisons that are not full. Some are only one-third full. If I owned an airline and my planes were one-third full, I would not be
2026-02-24
Prisons: Education
The provision of prison education is not good enough and budgets have not kept pace with rising costs. I am determined to improve the quality of education by driving up classroom attendance, expanding access by embracing digital learning and strengthenin
My Lords, it is a privilege to close this debate on a topic that is very close to my heart. I was thrilled to see that so many new noble Lords chose this occasion to make their maiden speeches. It was heartening to hear references to the late Lord Ramsbo
2026-02-10
Separation Centres Review
I would be delighted to write to the noble Lord about the de-escalation training. He is right that human relationships are important in these closed environments. In fact, in all prison and probation environments, human relationships are what matters in
2026-02-10
Separation Centres Review
My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to discuss with your Lordships this evening Jonathan Hall KC’s independent review of separation centres and the Government’s response to it. I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, and the noble Lord, L
2026-02-02
Prisoners for Palestine: Hunger Strikes
I spend a lot of my time going around prisons, meeting staff, meeting prisoners and seeing probation areas as well. There are already well-established routes. If prisoners and their families have concerns, the independent monitoring board and the Prisons
2026-02-02
Prisoners for Palestine: Hunger Strikes
I thank the noble Lord for his question and concern, because we were all concerned about what was happening. I spent an awful lot of time making sure that all the policies and procedures in place were being followed, which they were. Obviously, this is a
2026-02-02
Prisoners for Palestine: Hunger Strikes
So far as the court backlogs and the length of time on remand are concerned, the situation is of course similar to what I inherited in the prisons. We need a sustainable system. We cannot have a system where we run out of prison places and victims have t
2026-02-02
Prisoners for Palestine: Hunger Strikes
I thank my noble friend. It is vital that, because so many people leave prison with drug, alcohol and mental health issues, we carry on that care with our health partners when they leave. I am really pleased that we are rolling out four new NHS neighbour
2026-02-02
Prisoners for Palestine: Hunger Strikes
The noble Viscount is correct. This is a clinical decision, and that is why the work with our prison staff and health partners is so vital.
2026-02-02
Prisoners for Palestine: Hunger Strikes
Our prison and probation staff do an incredible job in dealing with some of the most complicated people in this country. When they turn up to work, they turn up to help people turn their lives around, not to get assaulted or be, as has happened recently,
2026-02-02
Prisoners for Palestine: Hunger Strikes
Let me be very clear. I do not want to see any person in our prisons die, and I am very grateful for the hard work of healthcare and prison staff throughout the estate to make sure that those refusing food are receiving appropriate treatment. Any prison
2026-02-02
Prisoners for Palestine: Hunger Strikes
I am, of course, very concerned for every prisoner refusing food. Our highly experienced staff work with prisoners to encourage them to end their refusal wherever possible. Unfortunately, these incidents are a weekly occurrence in our prisons, with hundr
2026-02-02
Prisoners for Palestine: Hunger Strikes
Prison rules are there for a very good purpose, and rules are rules. It is the same for any prisoner, on remand or not. If any prisoner is not content, their concerns can be brought to the independent monitoring board or the Prisons and Probation Ombudsm
2026-01-21
Sentencing Bill
That this House do not insist on its Amendment 7 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 7A and 7B in lieu.
2026-01-21
Sentencing Bill
I thank all noble Lords, especially the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, for their insightful contributions to today’s debate. I would like to think that my years of doing business deals have helped in trying to get this through. What I have learned doing bus
2026-01-21
Sentencing Bill
My Lords, it is a pleasure to see the Sentencing Bill return to your Lordships’ House for, I hope, the final time. Subject to your Lordships’ agreement, the Bill will have completed all its stages and will shortly become law. That moment will be hugely s
2026-01-14
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2025
That the Grand Committee do consider the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2025.
Relevant document: 44th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2026-01-14
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2025
My Lords, as many noble Lords will be aware, I am passionate about the rehabilitation of offenders. I have seen at first hand how transformative employment can be for those seeking to rebuild their lives after offending.
The Rehabilitation of Offender
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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 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Timpson Holdings Limited (Retail Services)
registered 2025-06-17
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Altrincham Association Football Club Limited
registered 2024-07-30 · amended 2025-04-05
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BCI Credit Opportunities Fund (private credit fund supporting UK alternative finance)
registered 2024-07-30 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (c)
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Stonehage Fleming (private equity fund)
registered 2024-07-30 · amended 2025-04-07
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Alam Apha (Stämm) (biotech and bio processing private equity fund)
registered 2024-07-30 · amended 2025-04-07
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AIC Income Fund III QP REIT Inc (US-based property private equity fund)
registered 2024-07-30 · amended 2025-04-07
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Party history
2024-07-18 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-07-05 → present
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
None recorded.
Contact
Parliamentary office
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020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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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.
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)
2 bills
0 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentencing Act 2026 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2025-09-02 | |
| Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2025-04-01 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.