The Lord Parekh
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Parekh's full title is The Lord Parekh. His name is Bhikhu Chhotalal Parekh, 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
0 Content(0.0%)
3 Not-Content(1.9%)
159 didn't vote(98.1%)
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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
2026-01-08
Broadcasting: Recent Developments
I begin by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, on introducing this debate with great erudition and wisdom. I will concentrate on some very important issues. The recent Israel-Palestine war and the American takeover of Venezuela have raised all ki
2025-12-04
Autumn Budget 2025
My Lords, I shall speak not so much about the results of the election but about its consequences and two important features that came up in the course of the debate: namely, the Budget and the manifesto. They raise some large theoretical questions, and I
2025-07-17
India and Pakistan: Peace Representations
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hussain, on securing and initiating this debate. I will not pay particular attention in this address to the question of Kashmir. For me, Kashmir is a legacy of the partition of India. If the partition had not
My Lords, as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, it is important to remember what it actually signifies. Every act of memorialisation or celebration is also a re-enactment. In remembering those who died, we should also
2025-03-06
International Women’s Day
My Lords, it is a privilege and pleasure to participate in this debate. As is almost customary—it happens year after year—the debate has an overwhelmingly large number of female speakers; at a rough count, they are at least 24 out of 33. It goes to show
2025-02-13
Holocaust Memorial Day
These are the lessons we need to learn, and I hope that we will start learning them fast.
2025-02-13
Holocaust Memorial Day
My Lords, I want to share a few thoughts on the question of the Holocaust memorial. However, before we talk about it, we need to ask: why do we want to remember the Holocaust? What do we wish to remember? What is our assessment of it? These are the quest
2024-11-12
House of Lords Reform
My Lords, when we embark on this momentous task of reforming the House of Lords, we ought to be very clear about what we are interested in. For me as a philosopher, the question is to be clear about the questions we want to ask and answer. I will propose
2024-10-31
Community and Voluntary Sector
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan of Drefelin, on initiating the debate so very well. Basically, we are concerned with exploring the relationship between civil society and the state. Civil society represents the idea of persuasion
2024-10-17
Independent Schools: VAT
My Lords, we need to look at this thing from a wider perspective. I suggest that we look at it in terms of what it is trying to achieve. Basically, it is concerned with achieving a certain measure of equality. We all recognise that our society is, rightl
My Lords, I congratulate the Industry and Regulators Committee on its excellent report, which raises some important issues. Precisely because it ranges over a large number of issues, different people will pick up on different bits of it. I thought I woul
2024-04-18
NHS: Long-term Sustainability
My Lords, the NHS is neither a leader nor a laggard, as shown in a comparative study of several countries. I think that broadly captures what many of us feel about the NHS. It embodies some fine values, such as equality of treatment, being free at the po
2024-03-07
Higher Education
My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, for securing this debate and congratulate him on introducing it with such wisdom and insight.
We have been talking about universities; they are funny institutions that keep evolving over tim
2024-02-02
Holocaust Memorial Day
My Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Singh of Wimbledon. It is not that I was too keen to stand up and say my bit but simply that I mistook his place for mine.
I am greatly puzzled by this whole question of anti-Semitism. I grew up in a count
2024-02-02
Holocaust Memorial Day
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2024-02-01
Arts
My Lords, I too begin my comments by thanking my noble friend Lord Bragg for introducing this fascinating subject with great eloquence and passion.
I want to do two things. The first is to ask the question: what are arts? The question we are debating
2024-01-31
Schools: Financial Education
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Sater, on securing this debate and introducing it so well.
In two minutes I can do no more than raise three important points about financial education. In a survey, over two-thirds of secondary school
2024-01-18
Religious Education in Schools
My Lords, I thank my good friend the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, for securing this debate and introducing it with characteristic eloquence. The three minutes I have do not really allow me to say anything significant so I w
2024-01-17
Sir Edward Heath: Operation Conifer
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, for securing this debate and for introducing it with such eloquence and erudition. Operation Conifer was an investigation by Wiltshire Police into the charges of sexual abuse made against Edward Heath. The W
My Lords, we are discussing very serious issues, and therefore it is important that they are tackled in a meaningful way. One way would be to have some kind of constitutional convention, like the one that the Scots had, where we might debate these issues
2023-11-15
King’s Speech
My Lords, I extend a very warm welcome to the noble Lord, Lord Roberts, who delivered such a wonderful speech with great economy and wit; it is not often that maiden speeches have these characteristics.
I want to talk about two issues: defence and for
2023-07-06
International Widows Day
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Loomba, for initiating this debate. I thought I would raise two issues with the Minister and make some other points. We have been talking about widows for a long time in this House. Those of us who come from the Ind
2023-06-15
NHS: Performance and Innovation
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, for introducing this debate.
The NHS turns 75 in July this year. Right from the time it was born, it has been based on a simple principle: it is funded by tax and free at the point of delivery. Over the
2023-03-30
Higher Education: Financial Pressures
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Knight of Weymouth, on securing this debate and introducing it with considerable erudition and eloquence. This debate has become important in a post-Brexit age. It is because we have gone through the baptism
2023-02-06
Rwanda: Memorandum of Understanding
My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Hayter of Kentish Town for several reasons, of which three are particularly important. I hope the Minister will offer a satisfactory response to them.
First, MoUs are not legally binding documents; they involve
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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House in Kenton, Middlesex owned jointly with wife from which rental income is received
registered 2010-04-27 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2000-05-10 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2001-07-03 → 2003-12-02
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group Friends of the University of Hull
Subject Group
|
Officer | — | 20 | 2022-05-26 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Religion in the Media
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 16 | 2024-06-26 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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Historic bills (all-time)
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.