The Rt Hon. the Lord Bates
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
M
Lord Bates's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Bates. His name is Michael Walton Bates, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£7,420
20 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£7,420
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
134 Content(70.9%)
6 Not-Content(3.2%)
49 didn't vote(25.9%)
2026-04-13
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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
2026-06-18
Jo Cox Civility Commission
My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, and her introduction to this important and timely debate. I agree with everything she said, and I congratulate her on her work as chair of the Jo Cox Foundation and on this report, whic
My Lords, in welcoming the Statement, I also welcome my noble friend Lady Cash to the Front Bench. She brings great knowledge and understanding and, most importantly in this role, compassion, and we look forward to her further contributions. It is a tra
2026-05-21
King’s Speech
My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness in this: I believe very much that it is a question of actions, not just talking. The gracious Speech promises:
“The United Kingdom will also take action to reduce humanitarian need and conflict
2026-04-21
Sudan
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of progress towards alleviating the humanitarian crisis in Sudan following the Third International Sudan Conference on 15 April.
2026-04-21
Sudan
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and in doing so I draw attention to my role as an officer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Sudan and South Sudan.
2026-04-21
Sudan
I thank the noble Baroness for that very helpful Answer and for her personal commitment and engagement on this important issue. Sudan is the greatest humanitarian crisis currently happening in the world, with 33 million in desperate need of humanitarian
2026-03-06
International Women’s Day
My Lords, it is an honour to speak in this debate, in which we have had so many excellent and inspiring speeches, including four maiden speeches so far; there is one more to come immediately after me, so I will get on with it. The premise of my speech is
My Lords, I entirely join noble Lords in thanking the International Agreements Committee for such a thorough and insightful report. I also thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, for securing this debate and setting out the committee’s conclusi
2026-01-29
UK Development Partnership Assistance
My Lords, I join others in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Featherstone, on securing this debate and the way in which she introduced it. Following the noble Lord, Lord McConnell, I was struck again by the strong cross-party consensus that always
2026-01-20
Atrocity Crimes
My Lords, in addition to thanking the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for securing this timely debate, I thank him for all he does in advocating for the rights of those most in need around the world. We are grateful for the challenging and powerful way he has op
2026-01-13
Official Development Assistance
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of any humanitarian impacts of actual and planned reductions in Official Development Assistance.
2026-01-13
Official Development Assistance
My Lords, I shall never forget it. It was late morning on 25 June 2017. I was then the Minister for International Development. We were visiting the Al-Sabbah Children’s Hospital on the outskirts of Juba in South Sudan. It is the only functional paediatri
2025-11-19
Gaza and Sudan
My Lords, I join those welcoming the commitment made in the Statement of £125 million of British taxpayer funding to Sudan and welcome the “life-saving support”, as it says, to over 650,000 people. Is the Minister aware of the comments made today by Jean
2025-10-24
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bach, for bringing forward this Bill and presenting it with characteristic clarity. He brings immense experience as a former Minister at the Ministry of Justice and as a police and crime commissioner. The whole Hous
2025-07-18
Strategic Defence Review 2025
My Lords, it is a privilege to follow my noble friend Lady Mobarik. I join others in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Robertson, for introducing this debate and the review, and in paying tribute to the noble Lord, Lord McCabe, for his excellent maiden speec
My Lords, I join others in paying tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Beith, for introducing this debate and for the work of the Constitution Committee in another excellent report. I will focus my remarks on chapter 4, paragraph 46, and the role of the Parli
The greatest generation, whose sacrifice and service we remember this week, not only secured for us a victory over tyranny but gave us the political and diplomatic tools and institutions that would avoid its repetition. The military victories won the war
2025-03-28
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Report
My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Bristol. The Church has been an essential voice in the campaign to end modern slavery, and many of us will remember the significant role played by the former Bishop of Derby,
2025-02-06
Lifelong Learning
It is a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, and I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Knight, on securing this debate and suggest to him that there is another reason why it is timely. The Chancellor spoke last week of the urgent
2025-01-23
Free Schools and Academies
My Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lady Evans for securing this debate and for the way in which she introduced it, with her passion, enthusiasm and expertise. We benefited from some outstanding speeches, not least from my noble friend Lord Harris of P
2021-07-14
Overseas Development Assistance
My Lords, for many years Her Majesty’s Government have taken great pride in regularly publishing reports on the impact of overseas aid in terms of the millions of lives saved, children educated and jobs created. Will my noble friend say whether any simil
2021-07-01
UK Foreign Aid Programme
My Lords, it is true that the UK was the first major economy to meet its 0.7% aid commitment. It did so in 2013 and sustained it for seven years. That is a record of which British taxpayers can be proud, and it added immeasurably to our reputation around
2021-06-25
Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL]
My Lords, when you are the 33rd speaker and the final Back-Bench speaker, it is always a bit of a challenge to make a contribution that does not trespass on the Whips’ motto that everything needs to be said but not everyone needs to say it, so with my th
2021-06-23
Defence: Continuous At-sea Deterrence
My Lords, given that a single nuclear submarine could deliver nuclear weapons with more than 100 times the destructive yield of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which incinerated over 200,000 people, mostly civilians, does my noble friend agr
2021-06-17
G7 and NATO Summits
My Lords, the UK-US relationship has been the cornerstone of our shared prosperity and security for over a century and should remain so. Therefore, I warmly welcome the New Atlantic Charter. The original charter was a catalyst for promoting free trade th
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Party history
1992-04-09 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2016-10-14 → 2019-04-23
Minister of State (Department for International Development)
2015-05-12 → 2016-03-31
Minister of State (Home Office)
2014-08-06 → 2015-05-07
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
2013-10-07 → 2014-08-06
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
2013-10-07 → 2014-08-06
Lords Spokesperson (Department for Work and Pensions)
1996-12-16 → 1997-05-01
Paymaster General (HM Treasury)
1995-01-01 → 1996-01-01
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
1994-07-20 → 1995-01-01
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
2009-07-03 → 2010-05-06
Shadow Minister
Committee memberships
1992-04-27 → 1992-11-30
Social Security
1993-12-06 → 1994-06-27
Health and Social Care Committee
1994-04-25 → 1994-11-25
Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
2010-07-27 → 2011-04-26
Leader's Group on Working Practices
2013-01-22 → 2013-02-13
Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Bill Special Public Bill Committee
2013-05-16 → 2013-11-06
Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
batesm@parliament.uk
020 7219 6528 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 6528 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 3 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 14 | 2022-07-03 |
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
13
of 13 tabled
10 answered(76.9%)
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departments
2026-10-12
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
South Sudan: Peace Negotiations
Pending
2026-10-12
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
Pending
2026-06-24
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
Answered
2026-03-27
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Media
Answered
2026-03-11
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Children and Women
Answered
2026-01-27
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
International Red Cross and Red Crescent: Development Aid
Answered
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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)
13 bills
3 as lead sponsor
10 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2019-02-26 | |
| Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL] | — | Sponsored | Report stage | 2018-11-22 |
| Finance Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2018-11-01 | |
| Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2018 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2018-07-03 | |
| Finance Act 2018 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2017-11-28 | |
| Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2017-11-20 | |
| Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2017-09-06 | |
| Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2017 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2017-07-04 | |
| Immigration Act 2016 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2015-09-17 | |
| Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2015-05-28 | |
| Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2014-11-26 | |
| Modern Slavery Act 2015 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2014-06-10 | |
| BBC Trust Chairman (Election) Bill [HL] | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2012-12-13 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.