The Rt Hon. the Lord Hain

Labour Member of the House of Lords M

Lord Hain's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Hain. His name is Peter Gerald Hain, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

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Allowance claims · 2026

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Party history

1991-04-04 → present

Labour current

Government posts

2009-06-06 → 2010-05-06

Secretary of State for Wales

2007-06-28 → 2008-01-24

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

2005-05-06 → 2007-06-28

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

2003-06-12 → 2005-05-06

Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal

2002-10-24 → 2008-01-24

Secretary of State for Wales

2001-06-11 → 2002-10-24

Minister of State (Europe)

2001-01-25 → 2001-06-07

Minister of State (Energy and Competitiveness in Europe)

1999-07-29 → 2000-01-24

Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

1997-05-06 → 1999-07-29

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Welsh Office)

Opposition posts

2010-05-12 → 2012-05-14

Shadow Secretary of State for Wales

1996-06-01 → 1997-06-01

Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)

1995-06-01 → 1996-06-01

Opposition Whip (Commons)

Committee memberships

2020-06-11 → 2022-04-28

COVID-19 Committee

2021-04-14 → 2024-05-30

Windsor Framework Sub-Committee

2025-01-30 → present

Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office

contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

X (formerly Twitter)

https://twitter.com/PeterHain

APPGs (2026) · 4 active officership(s) · 4 historic

Group	Role(s)	Funders	Officers in group	Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Motorsport Subject Group	Co-Chair	Keystone Consulting	4	2025-06-05
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Formula 1 and Motorsport Subject Group	Co-Chair	Keystone Consulting	4	2026-11-29
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Formula One Subject Group	Vice Chair	—	8	2024-06-11
All-Party Parliamentary Group on South Africa Country, Area or Region Group	Co-Chair	Action for Southern Africa	4	2026-02-28

One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Officer	Role	Party
Greg Smith	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
James Sunderland	Co-Chair	Conservative
Lord Hain	Co-Chair	Labour
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson	Co-Chair	Independent

Officer	Role	Party
Greg Smith	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Lord Hain	Co-Chair	Labour
Sarah Bool	Co-Chair	Conservative
Mr Joshua Reynolds	Co-Chair	Liberal Democrat

Officer	Role	Party
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson	Chair & Registered Contact	Independent
Sir Alec Shelbrooke	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Hain	Vice Chair	Labour
Chris Grayling	Vice Chair	Conservative
James Sunderland	Vice Chair	Conservative
Philip Davies	Vice Chair	Conservative
Greg Smith	Secretary	Conservative
Dame Karen Bradley	Treasurer	Conservative

Officer	Role	Party
Rachel Taylor	Chair & Registered Contact	Labour
Lord Hain	Co-Chair	Labour
Dr Kieran Mullan	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord St John of Bletso	Vice Chair	Crossbench

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)

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.