The Lord Vallance of Balham KCB
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Vallance of Balham's full title is The Lord Vallance of Balham KCB. His name is Patrick John Thompson Vallance, 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
446
440 meetings ·
0 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
6 overseas trips
· 2024-07-01 → 2025-12-31
Total overseas travel cost
£14,463
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 440
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | MSD/Merck | To discuss MSD/ Merck in the UK | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-12-18 | EDF | To discuss Sizewell B's operations | department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero |
| 2025-12-17 | Prospect | To discuss jobs in the nuclear energy sector | department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero |
| 2025-12-16 | X-Energy | To discuss X-Energy's nuclear energy ambition in the UK | department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero |
| 2025-12-16 | Terrapower | To discuss Terrapower's nuclear energy ambition in the UK | department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero |
| 2025-12-16 | Imperial College London | To discuss the UK university sector. | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-12-15 | Landsdowne Partners; Cambridge Innovation Capital; Amadeus Capital Partners | To discuss investment in Science and Technology companies | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-12-12 | University of Strathclyde | To discuss energy policy in Scotland | department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero |
| 2025-12-11 | Coreweave | To discuss Coreweave's nuclear energy ambition in the UK | department-for-energy-security-and-net-zero |
| 2025-12-11 | Roundtable with UK based researching organisations | Quarterly roundtable to discuss how HMG can support engineering biology companies to scale in the UK, how to support Supply chains, and where best to engage with other governments in international work. | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-12-11 | Cambridge Innovation Capital | To discuss investment in Science and Technology companies | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-12-11 | Flagship Pioneering | To discuss the Life Sciences Sector in the UK | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-12-10 | Universities UK | To discuss the university sector in the UK | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-12-10 | UCB | To discuss the Life Sciences Sector in the UK | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-12-09 | Pfizer UK | To discuss the Life Sciences Sector in the UK | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-12-09 | LSE Data Science Institute | To discuss various topics around AI and ongoing work at LSE. | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-12-09 | Novo Holdings | Discuss Life Sciences Envoy | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-12-05 | Labcorp | To discuss the Life Sciences Sector in the UK | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-12-04 | Playground Global | To discuss the UK semiconductor industry. | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
| 2025-12-04 | UK CCUS | To discuss the scaling of research and potential for further collaboration. | department-for-science-innovation-and-technology |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-10 → 2025-11-12 |
Beijing; China, Guangzhou; China
Scheduled flight
|
To promote UK and China joint research | £6,335 |
| 2025-07-16 → 2025-07-17 |
Copenhagen, Denmark
Scheduled flight
|
Attend the Informal Competitiveness Council hosted by the Danish National Government | £377 |
| 2025-06-15 → 2025-06-18 |
Boston, USA
Scheduled Flight
|
To promote: (1) UK Life Sciences objectives at the BIO Convention; (2) UK Science and Technology interests aligned to a new UK-US Tech Partnership. | £5,832 |
| 2025-01-07 → 2025-01-08 |
Copenhagen, Denmark
Scheduled Flight
|
Artic and Climate Science discussion with scientists including recipients of ARIA funding. Engagements with representatives of the Danish Government. | £383 |
| 2024-12-08 → 2024-12-11 |
Berne and Zurich, Switzerland & Stockhom, Sweden
Scheduled Flight
|
To attend the JCM for the MoU on Switzerland, and to attend the Nobel Prize Ceremony. | £977 |
| 2024-07-09 → 2024-07-10 |
Bologna, Italy
Scheduled Flight
|
G7 | £559 |
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HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
4 Content(2.5%)
140 Not-Content(86.4%)
18 didn't vote(11.1%)
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
2026-04-28
UK Biobank Data
Again, let me thank another participant at UK Biobank. One of the features I have found whenever I have met UK Biobank participants or visitors is how incredibly altruistic everybody is: they want to do it for the common good. That is a very common theme
2026-04-28
UK Biobank Data
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Markham and Lord Clement-Jones, for those responses and questions. The Government agree that this is unacceptable; it is an abuse of UK Biobank’s data and something that we take extremely seriously, and it
2026-04-28
UK Biobank Data
Yes, we are very aware of the possibility that there are things on GitHub. There has been a GitHub issue related to this, which was identified earlier this year, and that will be part of what UK Biobank looks at. Going forward, that will not be possible
2026-04-28
UK Biobank Data
UK Biobank, for all the reasons stated, is expensive to run, and it is run with a mix of funding from government, charities and industry, with the major funders being the UK Government and the Wellcome Trust over many years. The principle of it has been
2026-04-28
UK Biobank Data
I can absolutely assure the noble Lord that the Government will issue guidance. That guidance was in development anyway, and I expect it to come out within the next few weeks. I can also assure him that other platforms use secure data platforms where the
2026-04-28
UK Biobank Data
This is somewhat off topic. In terms of China, I think it is very clear that there are three possibilities for where Covid came from. One is that it was a natural infection that spilled over from bats, with billions of chances for that to happen. The sec
2026-04-28
UK Biobank Data
That last point is fundamental: we must have trust. If we do not get trust, we lose the ability to use what is an extraordinary resource, so that has to be part of what is looked at here. It is absolutely part of what the board of UK Biobank is doing in
2026-04-28
UK Biobank Data
UK Biobank referred itself to the ICO, which was the entirely appropriate thing to do. The matter is now in the ICO’s hands.
2026-04-28
UK Biobank Data
I thank my noble friend for the question. UK Biobank has identified the sites that were responsible for the leak. There were three institutions: the Second Xiangya Hospital, China-Japan Union Hospital, and Beijing Chaoyang Hospital. Those institutions ha
2026-04-28
UK Biobank Data
Let me thank the noble Lord, Lord Tarassenko, and his wife for participating in UK Biobank, because the whole thing depends on that. He is quite right that, before 2024, the data was downloaded and people did their research on downloaded data. I have ha
2026-04-28
UK Biobank Data
I thank the noble Lord for his questions, and I echo his points about the Front-Bench spokesmen on the other side. It is very clear that everyone has the same intent here, which is to try to sort this out, and I welcome those inputs.
I agree that this
2026-02-24
Quantum Technology
The noble Lord asks an important question. Quantum computers will be best for quantum problems. Drug discovery is a quantum problem, so it is exactly the sort of area for which this will be useful. We have five hubs specifically looking at both basic sci
2026-02-24
Quantum Technology
I can assure the noble Lord that I look at that every day. I am looking at ways to make sure we unlock more private sector capital to get this acceleration. This is at a stage where these companies need to grow as private sector companies. We need to hel
2026-02-24
Quantum Technology
The first thing to say is that I think AI and quantum will come together, so the two technologies will be extremely powerful. We commissioned some work from the Regulatory Horizons Council, which has produced the world’s first approach to regulating quan
2026-02-24
Quantum Technology
I absolutely acknowledge the concern of a particular branch of physics—particle physics and astronomy—which has historically been placed under the Science and Technology Facilities Council. That is a bit of an odd situation, because it means its funding
2026-02-24
Quantum Technology
There are two important parts to that question. First, it is necessary to make sure that all existing data go through into post-quantum cryptography—in other words, into things that cannot be broken by quantum computers. That process is being led by the
2026-02-24
Quantum Technology
The noble Lord is right. About 11% of all companies in the world in quantum are in the UK. We are second in investment, but this is a race, others are spending huge amounts of money here and many of our companies look pretty attractive. That is why we ha
2026-02-24
Quantum Technology
The short answer is yes, and noble Lords will hear more about that shortly. All those things are critical. We have a good skills programme. There was a good report in July last year to deal with that. We are looking at options, including the use of proc
2026-02-24
Quantum Technology
My Lords, the UK’s national quantum programme has seeded a world-leading emerging sector. The Government are increasing investment from £1 billion in the last decade to £1 billion over the next four years. This funding will accelerate deployment of quant
2026-02-24
Quantum Technology
My noble friend asks an important question. There is no doubt that UK quantum companies look pretty attractive at the moment. We have a good idea of where those companies are, what their skills are and what is going on across the quantum space, but I bel
2026-01-19
High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
Yes. There is a big focus on security of information across the nuclear space, including of course cybersecurity, and on making sure that we retain the intellectual property and the know-how that are so crucial for the safety of this technology.
2026-01-19
High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
Sorry, I missed the middle of the noble Lord’s question. Is what properly protected—the fuel?
2026-01-19
High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
The short answer is yes. The slightly longer answer is that, as we move towards contract completion with Rolls-Royce for the small modular reactors, we want to ensure that 70% of the supply chain, both onsite and offsite, is through British construction.
2026-01-19
High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
I think public opinion is changing, and it has changed quite a lot in the past few years, but the noble Lord is right that there remain a lot of obstacles to moving fast in this space. That is why the Fingleton report, with its 47 recommendations, is so
2026-01-19
High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
We have a committed ban on using any import from Russian nuclear fuel by 2028. As of now there is no direct use of Russian fuels; by 2028 indirect use will be eliminated as well. By that I mean fuel processed elsewhere that may have originated in Russia.
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Register of Interests · 4 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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Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
registered 2024-08-01 · amended 2025-09-08
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Director, SARL Dexter/Vallance (French company for letting the member and his wife's property)
registered 2024-08-01 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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SARL Dexter/Vallance (French company for letting the member and his wife's property)
registered 2024-08-01 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Property in France from which rental income is received via SARL Dexter/Vallance
registered 2024-08-01 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2024-07-17 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2025-09-06 → present
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
2024-07-05 → present
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
None recorded.
Contact
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020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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