The Lord Wasserman
Non-affiliated
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Wasserman's full title is The Lord Wasserman. His name is Gordon Joshua Wasserman, 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
10 Content(6.2%)
0 Not-Content(0.0%)
152 didn't vote(93.8%)
2026-03-05
Content
214–142
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
2023-05-19
Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill
My Lords, I am very grateful to the House for giving me this opportunity to speak in the gap. I am very keen on the Bill and would have been very sorry not to have been able to record my support for it at this early stage. I am also very grateful to my n
2023-05-03
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
My Lords, very briefly, I support the eight short but important amendments introduced with admirable clarity and persuasiveness by my noble friend Lord Greenhalgh and supported by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Exeter. Before I say anything mor
2021-11-22
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for her comments, which were thoughtful and helpful, as ever. I assure the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, that now, after midnight, I will withdraw my amendment. She need not worry about any more deb
2021-11-22
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
My Lords, before I say anything substantive about this amendment standing in my name and the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Morris of Yardley, Lady Grey-Thompson and Lady Ludford—who apologises for not being in her place this evening—I apologise to
2021-11-22
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
2021-03-17
Police: Sarah Everard Vigils
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister and her ministerial colleagues in the Home Office on giving police and crime commissioners their unequivocal support for the internal review of PCCs, the findings of which were announced earlier this
2021-01-21
Anti-Semitism: University Campus Incidents
My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, on securing time for this debate. I also look forward very much to the maiden speech of my noble friend the Minister, whom I hope to meet in person soon.
We have all been sent some excelle
2019-06-27
Knife Crime
My Lords, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, for seeking a debate on this very timely subject and for his wide-ranging and comprehensive introduction to it. I also commend him for the piece he wrote on this subject for the latest issue of the House
2019-06-11
Theatre Market
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Earl, Lord Glasgow, on securing this debate. I have no doubt that some commentators on the House of Lords will regard this subject as rather ephemeral and elitist, but I see it as critical to the kind of country we want
2019-06-06
Victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse
My Lords, I begin by drawing attention to my interests as set out in the register. I do this because some of what I want to say today, particularly about technology, reflects things that I learned while I was serving as an adviser to a firm operating in
My Lords, I too commend my noble friend Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury for agreeing to steer this short but important Bill through your Lordships’ House.
I do not know about other noble Lords, but I have found that there tends to be an inverse relationsh
2019-04-29
Police and Crime Commissioners
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Lexden on securing this debate on police and crime commissioners, a subject with which I have been directly concerned for longer than I care to remember and about which, as many noble Lords know, I have remai
2019-01-18
Stalking Protection Bill
My Lords, I commend my noble friend Lady Bertin for agreeing to steer this short but extraordinarily important Bill through your Lordships’ House. I draw your Lordships’ attention to my entry in the register of interests, in particular, my interest in po
My Lords, I hesitated before putting my name down to speak in this debate as I did not think I would have anything to say about Brexit that would not be said more convincingly by a large number of other noble Lords with far more experience of matters Eur
2018-11-29
Violent Crime
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Harris of Haringey, on securing this debate. I can think of few subjects that are more deserving of public debate than the violence on our streets and the tragic loss of young lives that this violence has cau
2018-09-12
Addiction: England and Wales
My Lord, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Brooke, on securing time for this important debate. Sadly, it appears to be the practice of your Lordships’ House that debates on some of the most important issues facing us as a society, such as the subje
My Lords, I do not intend to detain the House very long on this glorious Friday morning, but this past week I have been inundated by emails and other messages from police and crime commissioners around the country urging me to show up in the Chamber this
2018-06-28
Police and Crime Commissioners
My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, on securing time for this debate on the role and responsibilities of police and crime commissioners. I am very sorry, however, that the subject has proved so popular that Back-Benc
2018-03-22
Domestic Abuse
My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, on securing time for this important debate. I draw attention to my entry in the register of Members’ interests. I do so because for a number of years I was employed as an adviser to a multinat
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, on securing this debate, although I wish we had more time to discuss this important subject. In addition to drawing your Lordships’ attention to my interests in police technology as
2018-01-18
UK Sport: Elite Sport Funding
My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Addington, on securing this debate. I also thank him for his interest in the work of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Basketball, of which I am joint chairman. I should also declare my interest as c
2017-12-14
Bach Commission: The Right to Justice
My Lords, I begin by drawing attention to my interests as set out in the register, in particular my membership of the board of trustees of the Centre for Justice Innovation.
It is a great pleasure to participate in a debate introduced by the noble Lor
My Lords, in July 2016, shortly after having been asked by HM the Queen to form a new Government, my right honourable friend the Prime Minister said that it was her “mission” as Prime Minister to make Britain,
“a country that works for everyone”.
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2017-11-16
Arts: Government Support
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, for securing time for this important debate. I am delighted that the noble Earl is so assiduous in reminding the Government that there are issues other than Brexit worth discussing, and particular
2017-11-02
A Manifesto to Strengthen Families
My Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend Lord Farmer on securing time for this important debate and on playing a key role in the production of A Manifesto to Strengthen Families. I also add my congratulations to those offered to my noble friend Lord
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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.
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Chairman, The Public Safety Forum (private company limited by guarantee without share capital; the company advises on the use of science and technology to improve community safety; the company will be funded from subscriptions from the private sector and others; see also category 2(a)) (dormant company)
registered 2013-01-09 · amended 2025-04-09
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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The Public Safety Forum (member is sole director of the company) (dormant company)
registered 2013-01-09 · amended 2025-04-05
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Yes Please Foods GmbH (Berlin-based private company selling fresh soups in Germany and Switzerland) (non-trading)
registered 2011-02-11 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Oracle Corp (technology)
registered 2025-08-15
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Intellisense.io Ltd (artificial intelligence systems for the mining industry)
registered 2025-04-10
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Microsoft Corp (technology)
registered 2020-08-18 · amended 2025-04-05
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Exxon Mobil Corporation (energy)
registered 2011-02-11 · amended 2025-04-05
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Johnson & Johnson Inc (pharmaceutical, surgical, biotechnology and personal hygiene products)
registered 2011-02-11 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2025-11-11 → present
Non-affiliated
current
2011-01-11 → 2025-11-10
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2015-06-12 → 2016-05-12
EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee
2018-06-05 → 2019-11-05
EU Justice Sub-Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
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APPGs (2026) · 3 active officership(s) · 3 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Basketball
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 6 | 2024-07-09 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Moldova
Country, Area or Region Group
|
Officer | — | 4 | 2026-08-28 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System
Subject Group
|
Officer | — | 4 | 2026-07-17 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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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.