The Lord Katz MBE
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
M
Lord Katz's full title is The Lord Katz MBE. His name is Michael David Katz, 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
2
2 meetings ·
0 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
0 overseas trips
· 2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
Recent meetings
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-14 | It's Never You (Charity) | To discuss the Employment Rights Bill | cabinet-office |
| 2025-07-10 | It's Never You (Charity) | To discuss the Employment Rights Bill | cabinet-office |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
176 divisions
4 Content(2.3%)
158 Not-Content(89.8%)
14 didn't vote(8.0%)
2026-07-22
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64–95
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2026-07-21
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173–234
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2026-07-13
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2026-07-13
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2026-04-27
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2026-04-23
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2026-03-26
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2026-03-26
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2026-03-25
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2026-03-24
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2026-03-24
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2026-03-12
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2026-03-05
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2026-03-05
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2026-03-05
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2026-02-04
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2026-01-12
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2026-01-05
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2026-01-05
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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
2026-07-23
Creative Industries: Qualifications
My Lords, in adjourning, I hope the House will indulge me in wishing all noble Lords, the clerks, the staff—especially the doorkeepers—and everyone involved in the House a very happy and restful Summer Recess.
2026-07-23
Young People: Gambling Harm
I apologise to the noble Lord, but this is a timed debate, so can he come to his conclusion?
2026-07-23
Prisoner Early Release Scheme
To answer that last point first, this Government, like the previous Government and like every Member of your Lordships’ House, certainly consider the murder of police officers, or anybody involved in protecting us—such as those in the emergency services
2026-07-23
Prisoner Early Release Scheme
The noble Baroness is correct, and I know that is why my noble friend Lord Timpson spent so much time focusing on probation, as well as the prison estate. That is why we are investing a record amount of £700 million in probation and associated activities
2026-07-23
Prisoner Early Release Scheme
I say to the noble and learned Lord that this is about ensuring that we have confidence in the whole of our criminal justice system, including the courts and the prison estate, but also the probation system. I have no doubt that, when the Prime Minister
2026-07-23
Prisoner Early Release Scheme
I pay tribute to the noble Baroness and the testimony that we have heard just now. We understand how difficult this is. I want to be very clear that more than 18,000 offenders will be unaffected by these reforms. We will, obviously, as part of these refo
2026-07-23
Prisoner Early Release Scheme
My noble friend is right. One of the things that the Sentencing Act did was eradicate—I might even call it a travesty—Friday release, whereby people were released from prison with nowhere to go and no chance of having anywhere to go. When people say they
2026-07-23
Prisoner Early Release Scheme
I thank the noble Lord for his question. We are all about restoring public confidence in the criminal justice system. That includes, as I said, making good the sore lack of investment that we saw in our prison system. It is important to be clear that vic
2026-07-23
Prisoner Early Release Scheme
To be very clear, it is only right that the new Prime Minister has a look across the board at the Government’s policies. Nobody in your Lordships’ House will be in any doubt about the horrific murder of PC Andrew Harper. It is only right that the Prime M
2026-07-23
Prisoner Early Release Scheme
My Lords, before turning to the substance of the noble Earl’s Question, I first pay tribute to PC Andrew Harper and his family and friends, particularly his widow, Lissie, and his mother, Debbie, who have both spoken so movingly about his case in recent
2026-07-23
Prisoner Early Release Scheme
I thank the noble Lord for his question. I was remiss in not doing so earlier, but I join him in paying tribute to my colleague, my noble friend Lady Levitt, and, indeed, to my noble friend Lord Timpson, for all the hard work that they have done, particu
2026-07-17
Genocide Determination Bill [HL]
I apologise if I misunderstood my noble friend. To be absolutely clear, somebody can be very critical of the actions of the Israeli Government, as I am, but that should not be conflated with antisemitism. But I also do not think that necessarily inhibits
2026-07-17
Genocide Determination Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Alton of Liverpool, for presenting this Bill. Like all noble Lords in today’s debate, I pay tribute to him for his tireless campaigning, both in this House and indeed in an earlier life in the other place,
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for tabling this Bill. As we have seen, it has rightly generated an impassioned debate across the Chamber on the important issues it raises. I share the concerns of all noble Lords over the historic alle
2026-07-15
Social Security: Child Poverty
My noble friend is absolutely on the button. This is about not just improving the lives of children in poverty but future-proofing our country, our economy and our society. We have taken the decision to pull the single biggest lever that we could to tack
2026-07-15
Social Security: Child Poverty
My Lords, social security provides a safety net to support families when they need it most. This is why we have removed the two-child limit, lifting 450,000 children out of poverty, and delivered the first ever sustained rise in the standard allowance of
2026-07-15
Social Security: Child Poverty
It is always a delight to hear from those in the party opposite on this, because of their childlike wonder and astonishment as they discover new features and issues in a system that they designed and have overseen for quite some time. I am happy to write
2026-07-15
Social Security: Child Poverty
I am pleased to say that I agree entirely with the noble Lord. We are taking a cross-government, holistic approach to sorting out this problem. That goes as far as our £39 billion 10-year programme for more social and affordable housing, so that we can t
2026-07-15
Social Security: Child Poverty
The rather esoteric answer is in the recent baseline report, which sets out how we are going to monitor the child poverty strategy. We follow two headline metrics: relative low income, which understands the breadth of the problem, and deep material pover
2026-07-15
Social Security: Child Poverty
The right reverend Prelate touches on a really important point: the shame and stigma of being in poverty. That is why we are taking steps such as removing the two-child limit and extending free school meals so that, when children go to school, they have
2026-07-15
Social Security: Child Poverty
That is absolutely the case. Alan Milburn’s interim report set out starkly the real stickiness there. When young people do not go into work or finish a course of education or training, there is a stickiness that we need to combat. We are determined to st
2026-07-15
Social Security: Child Poverty
The noble Baroness is right about the impact of free school meals. The unprecedented expansion of free school meals that this Government are implementing will lift 100,000 children out of poverty by the final year of this Parliament, which is equivalent
2026-07-15
Social Security: Child Poverty
The noble Lord is right. We want to see everyone who can work working. That is why we have taken a number of actions to fix our broken social security system and to get people into work, particularly when it comes to targeting the over 1 million NEETs—yo
2026-07-15
Social Security: Child Poverty
My noble friend is right. We want to make sure that the social security system is there to support all families when they need it, while taking action to make sure that work pays. Our ambition is that social security provides a safety net where needed an
2026-07-08
Police Leadership Commission Report
My Lords, I ask my noble friend if he could bring his comments, interesting though they are, to a conclusion with a question.
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Register of Interests · 2 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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A Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)
registered 2026-06-15
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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FirstGroup plc (transport operator)
registered 2025-02-25 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2025-01-28 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2025-04-11 → present
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
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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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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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.
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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)
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.