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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.

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 3 Content(1.9%) 100 Not-Content(61.7%) 59 didn't vote(36.4%)
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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

2026-04-27 Antisemitic Attacks
My Lords, I strongly support what my noble friend the Minister said. The virulence and violence of these attacks on our Jewish citizens is completely unacceptable, and the Government need to use all their agencies and power to clamp down on them. Does he
2026-04-15 Zimbabwe: Constitution
My Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that Zimbabwe’s president is intrinsically involved in the criminality at the heart of the state, the machine of that criminal enterprise being the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, oiled by a business elite—many
2026-03-25 Northern Ireland After Brexit (Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee Report)
My Lords, as we just heard, the noble Baroness speaks with great expertise and eloquence, as she has consistently in meetings of our committee, of which she is a valuable member. It is a delight to have madam chair presiding over this meeting, and the fa
2026-03-23 Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I strongly support what the noble Baroness said and commend her for her work with the Pensions Action Group. I was Secretary of State in the DWP at the time and was lobbied effectively by her in a very good campaign. I managed to persuade the t
2026-03-18 Strait of Hormuz
My Lords, I support the Government’s position on this whole matter. Everybody in this House opposes the barbarous regime in Iran, I imagine. They certainly should do. Trying to engineer regime change by bombing remotely is unlikely to succeed, especially
2026-02-02 Prisoners for Palestine: Hunger Strikes
My Lords, with many Prisoners for Palestine protesters held on prolonged remand without bail for non-violent offences, having undertaken life-threatening hunger strikes, what immediate measures are there to protect the lives and health of future hunger-s
2026-02-02 Prisoners for Palestine: Hunger Strikes
To ask His Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to prevent Prisoners for Palestine protesters on hunger strike in prison from dying.
2026-01-22 Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I have not added my name to Amendment 433, but I have to Amendment 434. I am grateful to the noble Baroness for having tabled it.
2026-01-13 Crime and Policing Bill
They went on hunger strike.
2026-01-13 Crime and Policing Bill
I was sitting on them, not digging them up.
2026-01-13 Crime and Policing Bill
This amendment invites misuse and undermines trust in both policing and Parliament. That is why, in a joint statement, trade unions, charities, non-governmental organisations, and faith, climate justice and human rights organisations have been vocal in
2026-01-13 Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I agree with and endorse what the noble Lord, Lord Polak, said about Bondi and the Manchester synagogue, because those terrible attacks were modern examples of the persecution and pogroms that Jewish communities have suffered for centuries. He
2026-01-08 Mining: Pollution
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Oates, on a very good speech, on securing this debate and on his solidarity work for the charity Action for Southern Africa, of which I am an honorary vice-president. It organised an excellent event in a room
2026-01-06 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Armed Forces Recruitment and Retention
My Lords, I strongly support my noble friend the Minister in what he is saying. There is no moral equivalence between any member of the security forces and a terrorist. There is no question about that, and he is right to say that. I remind the House, as
2025-12-08 Young People not in Work, Education or Training
My Lords, I welcome what my noble friend the Minister has just explained, but does she agree that nearly 1 million people not being in work, education or training—rising remorselessly under the last Government—is terrible for them and for taxpayers? The
2025-12-08 Young People not in Work, Education or Training
To ask His Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to reduce the level of young people not in work, education or training.
2025-12-01 South Sudan
Will the Minister say what discussions are taking place with the United Arab Emirates Government about their role in Sudan and South Sudan, which is quite malevolent?
2025-10-29 Corruption: Low and Middle-income Countries
My Lords, the Minister mentioned a treaty, already in draft, drawn up by international jurists from right across the world. Can she confirm that the former Foreign Secretary’s support for the principle of an international anti-corruption court remains th
2025-10-20 Northern Ireland Troubles
My Lords, I welcome the statement that my noble friend has just made, as well as the Statement from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the primary legislation that the Government are introducing. The previous legacy Act was never going to be
2025-10-14 Prisoners: Reoffending
To ask His Majesty’s Government what policy changes they are considering to prevent released prisoners from reoffending.
2025-09-10 Gaza Protests: Anti-terrorism Legislation
My Lords, can I ask my noble friend how exactly the arrests on terrorism charges of over 1,000 peacefully protesting retired magistrates, as well as vicars, priests, war veterans and descendants of Holocaust survivors, help combat real terrorists like H
2025-09-09 Ukraine: Negotiations
My Lords, I want to add a tribute to my noble friend Lord Collins. What struck me was his support right across the House and the authority that he brought to his role both in opposition and in government. Does my noble friend the Minister agree that Ukra
2025-09-08 Gaza City
I welcome what my noble friend has said, but ask her to what extent the two-state solution, which we all—the international community as well—have supported for decades is now viable, given that Gaza has been reduced to rubble; given what my friend, the n
2025-07-23 Palestine Action Protests: Arrests
My Lords, more than 200 people have been arrested across the UK, protesting entirely peacefully for Palestinian rights, one a retired woman priest aged 83 and another for holding up a Private Eye cartoon. Surely this is an unjust, perverse but entirely p
2025-07-23 Palestine Action Protests: Arrests
To ask His Majesty’s Government how many people have been arrested for participating peacefully in Palestine Action protests since its proscription.
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.

Register of Interests · 8 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.

  • Adviser, Kingdom Services Group Limited (delivers service solutions with care in the specialist areas of security, cleaning, recruitment and training) (the member provides advice on business development including expanding investment in India and community outreach)
    registered 2026-01-09
  • Adviser, Clyde & Company LLP (law firm)
    registered 2025-04-30
  • Visiting Professor, School of Government (formerly Fellow, Institute for International Government), King’s College London
    registered 2023-04-20 · amended 2025-07-02
  • Visiting Lecturer, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, Johannesburg
    registered 2020-07-21 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Occasional Consultant, Africa Risk Consulting Limited
    registered 2018-03-15 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Famous Faces Management (organises professional speaking engagements)
    registered 2018-03-02 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Partner, HaywoodHain LLP (wife's consultancy in public affairs, communication and strategic advice; member has no clients but income from interests registered in this category is paid to the partnership)
    registered 2015-11-24 · amended 2025-04-08

Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality

  • Five tickets received from Silverstone Circuit for attendance and hospitality at the British Grand Prix Silverstone, 5-6 July 2025
    registered 2025-07-07
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly. Read the full Lords Code of Conduct for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.

Party history

1991-04-04present
Labour current

Government posts

2009-06-062010-05-06
Secretary of State for Wales
2007-06-282008-01-24
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2005-05-062007-06-28
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
2003-06-122005-05-06
Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal
2002-10-242008-01-24
Secretary of State for Wales
2001-06-112002-10-24
Minister of State (Europe)
2001-01-252001-06-07
Minister of State (Energy and Competitiveness in Europe)
1999-07-292000-01-24
Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
1997-05-061999-07-29
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Welsh Office)

Opposition posts

2010-05-122012-05-14
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
1996-06-011997-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
1995-06-011996-06-01
Opposition Whip (Commons)

Committee memberships

2020-06-112022-04-28
COVID-19 Committee
2021-04-142024-05-30
Windsor Framework Sub-Committee
2025-01-30present
Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee

Contact

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

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

Showing 12 of 12 tabled 4 answered(33.3%) 3 departments
2026-06-18
Department for Education
Graduates: Taxation
Pending
2026-06-18
Department for Education
Debts: Students
Pending
2026-06-16
Department for Education
Students: Debts
Pending
2026-06-16
Department for Education
Students: Debts
Pending
2026-06-16
Department for Education
Students: Debts
Pending
2026-06-16
Department for Education
Students: Debts
Pending
2026-06-16
Department for Education
Universities: Debts
Pending
2026-06-16
Department for Education
Universities: Debts
Pending
2026-04-21
Department of Health and Social Care
Police: Medical Records
Answered
2026-04-20
Home Office
Asia House
Answered
2026-04-13
Home Office
Asia House
Answered
2026-01-09
Department of Health and Social Care
Palestine Action: Hunger Strikes
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking member has a register entry it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full question and the department's answer.

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 5 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Pensions Act 2008 Sponsored Royal Assent 2007-12-05
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 Sponsored Royal Assent 2007-06-05
Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007 Sponsored Royal Assent 2007-03-27
Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 Sponsored Royal Assent 2006-11-27
Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006 Sponsored Royal Assent 2006-11-16
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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