The Rt Hon. the Lord Gove
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Gove's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Gove. His name is Michael Gove, 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
858
816 meetings ·
29 hospitality ·
1 gift ·
12 overseas trips
· 2014-08-01 → 2024-06-30
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 816
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-22 | Balfour Beatty | To discuss infrastructure delivery and the planning system | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-20 | Lloyds Bank | To discuss the delivery of social rent homes | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-16 | Cambridge Ahead, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute, ARM, RAND Europe, Royal Papworth Hospital, Bicycle Therapeutics | To discuss infrastructure in the Cambridge City Region | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-15 | Tracy Brabin, Andy Burnham, Richard Parker, Dan Norris, Nik Johnson, Oliver Coppard, Claire Ward, David Skaith, Kim McGuinness | Meeting with metro mayors following their election | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-15 | Community Security Trust | To discuss tackling antisemitism | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-05-14 | Cllr Shaun Davies | To discuss Oflog and local government | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-04-29 | Grenfell Inquiry Counsel Meeting - Mark Davis, Doug Scott, Jason Beer KC, Mark Watson KC, Doug Scott | To discuss the Grenfell Inquiry | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-04-17 | Grenfell Inquiry Counsel Meeting - Mark Davis, Doug Scott, Jason Beer KC, Mark Watson KC, Doug Scott | To discuss the Grenfell Inquiry | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-04-17 | Britain Remade | Discussion on infrastructure policy | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-04-15 | Financial Times | To discuss levelling up | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-04-15 | Giles Bancroft, Michael Haines | To discuss counter-extremism | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-25 | Historic England | To discuss planning policy | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-21 | Adrian Packer, Tim Kiddell, Sharon Rainey, Trevor Avery, Angie Cohen, Bill Smith, Brain Scowcroft | To discuss the legacy of the Windermere Boys. | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-18 | Police Commissioners | To discuss anti-social behaviour | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-14 | Constitutional Reform Group | To discuss devolving throughout England | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-13 | Fiyaz Fughal | Meeting on extremism work. | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-11 | Toby Young | To discuss the extremism definition. | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-11 | Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis | To discuss the extremism definition. | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-07 | Archibishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby and Richard Sudworth, Keziah Patterson | To discuss the extremism definition. | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
| 2024-03-07 | Ari Jesner | To discuss the extremism definition. | department-for-levelling-up-housing-and-communities |
Recent hospitality · latest 20 of 29
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-16 | Policy Exchange | Dinner | — |
| 2024-01-24 | Supporting Wounded Veterans | Drinks and Dinner | — |
| 2023-08-03 | — | Theatre Tickets - National Theatre - 'Grenfell: in the words of survivors' | — |
| 2023-05-05 | — | Tickets - exhibition Grenfell by Steve McQueen | — |
| 2023-03-26 | — | Tickets for England vs Ukraine Football Match | — |
| 2021-10-01 | — | Nil Return | — |
| 2021-06-18 | — | Football Tickets | — |
| 2020-09-04 | — | Breakfast | — |
| 2020-08-15 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2020-08-08 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2019-09-16 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2019-07-11 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2019-06-24 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2019-06-06 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2019-04-23 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2019-03-18 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2019-02-28 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2019-02-21 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2019-02-12 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2019-02-11 | — | Dinner | — |
Recent gifts
| Date | Gift | From / To | Outcome | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-26 | Engraved Silver Cup | Stamford Hill Community | Held by department | £1,000 |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| — |
Nil Return
Nil Return
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Nil Return | — |
| — |
New York, USA
Scheduled flight
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To visit the US as Levelling Up Secretary of State | — |
| — |
Nil Return
Nil Return
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Nil Return | — |
| — |
Nil Return
Nil Return
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Nil Return | — |
| — |
Tel Aviv,Israel
RAF flight
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To discuss COVID-status certification including meetings with the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Health Minister | — |
| — |
Brussels
RAF flight
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Meeting of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee | — |
| — |
Brussels
RAF flight
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Meeting with Vice President Maroš Šefčovič, co-chair of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee | — |
| — |
Brussels
RAF flight
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Co-chair Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee | — |
| — |
Calais, France
RAF Plane
|
Visit to Calais to look at Borders for Brexit readiness | — |
| — |
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NA
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NA | — |
| — |
USA (New York, Washington)
Flight
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To discuss plastics, oceans, international wildlife trade and post Brexit international trade deals. | — |
| — |
Denmark, Faroe Islands and Iceland
Scheduled flight
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To discuss fisheries and food | — |
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HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
41 Content(25.3%)
3 Not-Content(1.9%)
118 didn't vote(72.8%)
2026-04-13
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69–332
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201–169
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194–130
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168–178
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210–131
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publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
My Lords, one figure emerges from these papers with his already high reputation enhanced. I refer of course to Sir Olly Robbins, the former Permanent Secretary at the FCDO, and I am sure the noble Baroness, who is an excellent Minister, will agree with m
2026-06-02
Steel Import Restrictions
My Lords, I was delighted to hear from the Minister a brief summary of just some of the benefits that being outside the European Union has brought this country. Not only do we have an independent trade policy that allows us to protect steel jobs, but, ju
2026-05-21
Offshore Oil and Gas: Venting and Flaring
My Lords, whatever improvements might be made in dealing with the consequences of extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea in environmental terms, it is undoubtedly the case that the environmental and economic benefits are greater if we extract from
2026-04-28
Pension Schemes
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Reid, made a very valid point. Capita was the organisation in charge of Army recruitment. It did such a bad job that even the MoD decided to dispense with its services. The Ministry of Defence has long experience with Capit
2026-04-22
British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme
I congratulate the Minister on the beautiful complexity of a scheme that picks winners and allocates taxpayers’ money to those winners so that they can avoid paying a subsidy to other winners that have been picked in the energy sector. Tony Benn would be
2026-04-20
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I support the points made by my noble friends Lady Barran and Lord Agnew. We are approaching the end of our consideration of this legislation, which comes as we all reflect on the huge gains that have been made by English schools in the last tw
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I had concluded my remarks but I am grateful to the noble Lord for raising this point. Precision medicine, and the advances that it potentially holds for all of us, is a wonderful potential breakthrough, but changes not just to the legislation but to the
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, the inference from some comments during the course of this debate has been that somehow the issues raised in Wales and by the Senedd are peripheral to the centre of this legislation—not at all. The issues that have been raised by the debate are
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I am introducing six amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Frost. My noble friend sends his apologies to your Lordships’ House. He is unavoidably detained but hopes to join us during the debate before 6 pm. In his absence, given that t
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Again, for clarity, if it were the case that Welsh Ministers thought that NHS resources were better devoted to improving palliative care, for example, or to doing something else, if they said that they would not be providing any resources to support assi
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I want to clarify absolutely what the noble and learned Lord the promoter of the Bill is saying. I believe he is saying that, if the Bill passes, we could have a situation where assisted dying is legal in Wales but the NHS does not provide any service—th
2026-03-16
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I am afraid that that answer is completely inadequate.
2026-03-16
Pension Schemes Bill
Before the Minister sits down, he said that Amendment 4 is unnecessary because the Bill does not do what the promoters of Amendment 4 argue that it does. He did not say that it would be malign, that it would frustrate the efforts of the Government, that
2026-01-29
Business Rates
Of all the U-turns that have been executed since the Minister joined the Treasury team, whether on the family farm tax, business rates or the winter fuel payment, which is his favourite?
2026-01-23
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am very grateful. I note that the noble and learned Lord says he suspects that it would not. It might be of assistance, certainly to me if to no one else, if he, and indeed the Minister, could let me know, with greater clarity, whether or not my concer
2026-01-23
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The noble and learned Lord made it clear that he felt that there needed to be further clarity in the Bill following the point made by my noble friend Lord Goodman about who would eventually provide the service. Is it the case that he believes that the Bi
2026-01-23
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am grateful to the promoter of the Bill for that, but that is a broad defence of the legislation as written and it takes us to the critical question for the Minister, which relates both to resource and timing.
The Government have committed additiona
2026-01-23
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I am wholly in agreement with the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, and my noble friend Lord Deben, that greater clarity, both from the promoter of the Bill and from the Front Bench, would assist the Committee in making sure its mind could be made up on
2026-01-16
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I will take just a minute or two. Words matter. In America, in legislation similar to that which we are entertaining, it is known as “medically assisted suicide”. Similar terminology is used in Switzerland. Those are both jurisdictions that hav
2026-01-09
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I look forward to hearing what the Government believe the appropriate definition would be and what they understand that means in terms of the pressure on resources for the profession.
2026-01-09
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I speak because I was persuaded by the case made by the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, but I recognise that there are inevitable questions that his case provokes, which have been reflected in the debate.
Of course, not everyone has been convinced
2026-01-08
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Noble Lords may not wish to hear it, but this is of direct relevance to the debate.
2026-01-08
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I did accept that, and if I did not make myself clear enough, let me make it absolutely clear: I consider it to be wise and gracious and I am grateful, but it is still no substitute for the legislative process itself and for legislators being satisfied t
2026-01-08
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I support the intent behind the Motion of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer. I believe that it is right that the House be given the opportunity to scrutinise the Bill in exhaustive detail, given the significance of the legislation and,
2026-01-08
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am grateful for those recent interventions. They certainly help me, and I am sure they assist the House. But it also assists the House to know that this House is more respected, not less, for giving extensive scrutiny to the Bill. This is the view of p
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Register of Interests · 28 entries on file
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Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Speaking engagement, 20 May 2026, Clifford Chance, London (arranged through London Speaker Bureau)
registered 2026-05-21
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Speaking engagement, 27 April 2026, Think Publishing Ltd, London
registered 2026-05-06
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Speaking agreement fee received on 30 April 2026 from Ernst & Young Services (Ireland) Ltd
registered 2026-05-01
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Speaking engagement, 30 April 2026, FeMan Consulting Limited, London
registered 2026-05-01
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Speaking engagement, 17 March 2026, The Spectator-related event, London (fee paid by David Menton)
registered 2026-04-13
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Ad hoc briefing on UK politics provided to Signum Global Advisors, 31 March 2026
registered 2026-04-07
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In receipt of advance payment for book from Harper Collins
registered 2026-04-05
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Speaking engagement, 11 March 2026, Pensions UK, Edinburgh (arranged through JLA Speakers Ltd)
registered 2026-03-18
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Occasional appearances on GB News
registered 2026-03-03
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Occasional appearances on BBC television and radio programmes (fees paid by BBC News Group, BBC Home Services, BBC Studios Productions Limited, Avalon Television Limited, Hat Trick Productions Limited and Mentorn Media)
registered 2026-02-18 · amended 2026-06-10
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Occasional contributor, The Times, The Sunday Times and Times Radio
registered 2026-01-01
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Speaking engagement, 9 December 2025, AirportsUK (trading name of Airport Operators Association Ltd), London
registered 2025-12-11
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Occasional podcast discussions and appearances on politics and current affairs programmes, Sky News
registered 2025-12-09
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Speaking engagement, 12 November 2025, Bruin Capital, London (arranged through Chartwell Speakers Bureau)
registered 2025-11-17
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Occasional columnist, The Daily Mail
registered 2025-10-27
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Speaking engagement, 14 October 2025, YPO Gold London (forum for chief executives), London
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Speaking engagement, 24 September 2025, Confederation of British Industry, London
registered 2025-10-09
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Speaking engagement, 16 September 2025, Integra Group (strategic communications company), London
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Speaking engagement, 3 September 2025, 5654 & Company (strategic communications company), London
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Occasional appearances on ITV and Channel 4 programmes (payments received from ITV or ITN Productions)
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Speaking engagement, 17 July 2025, Atalanta International Limited (strategic communications consultancy), London
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Speaking engagement, 27 June 2025, Ogilvy UK Nudgestock 2025, London
registered 2025-07-08
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Speaking engagement, 24 June 2025, Associated British Ports Holdings Ltd, London (arranged through JLA Speakers Ltd)
registered 2025-07-08
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Occasional columnist, The Jewish Chronicle
registered 2025-06-09
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Editor, The Spectator
registered 2025-06-09
Category 4: Sponsorship
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The member receives secretarial support from an employee of OQS Media
registered 2025-06-18
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Guest at Hakluyt Forum, Berkshire, involving travel, accommodation and subsistence, 19–20 May 2026
registered 2026-05-28
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Hospitality and two tickets received from Oxford United Football Club for Oxford United v Queens Park Rangers, 20 January 2026
registered 2026-02-09
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Party history
2005-05-05 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2022-10-25 → 2024-07-05
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
2022-10-25 → 2024-07-05
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
2021-09-19 → 2022-07-06
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
2021-09-19 → 2022-09-06
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
2021-09-15 → 2021-09-19
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
2020-02-13 → 2021-09-15
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
2019-07-24 → 2020-02-13
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
2017-06-11 → 2019-07-24
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2015-05-08 → 2016-07-14
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
2014-07-15 → 2015-05-08
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip
2010-05-12 → 2014-07-15
Secretary of State for Education
Opposition posts
2007-07-03 → 2010-05-06
Shadow Secretary of State (Children, Schools and Families)
2005-05-10 → 2007-07-03
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning)
Committee memberships
2005-06-28 → 2007-01-22
European Scrutiny Committee
2016-10-31 → 2017-05-03
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
2022-10-25 → 2024-05-30
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2021-12-08 → 2022-07-06
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2020-02-13 → 2021-10-01
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
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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.
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)
20 bills
15 as lead sponsor
5 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2023-11-27 | |
| Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2023-06-19 | |
| Renters (Reform) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2023-05-17 | |
| Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2023-03-29 | |
| Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2022-06-08 | |
| Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2022-05-11 | |
| Building Safety Act 2022 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2021-07-05 | |
| Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2021-05-12 | |
| Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2021-05-12 | |
| Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Act 2021 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2021-05-12 | |
| European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2020-12-30 | |
| Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill | Sponsored | Report stage | 2019-06-26 | |
| Wild Animals in Circuses Act 2019 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2019-05-01 | |
| Kew Gardens (Leases) Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2019-04-25 | |
| Fisheries Bill | Sponsored | Report stage | 2018-10-25 | |
| Agriculture Bill | Sponsored | Report stage | 2018-09-12 | |
| Ivory Act 2018 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2018-05-23 | |
| Children and Families Act | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2013-02-04 | |
| Education Act 2011 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2011-01-26 | |
| Academies Act 2010 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2010-05-26 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.