The Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Hall of Birkenhead's full title is The Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE. His name is Anthony William Hall, 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
2 Content(1.2%)
6 Not-Content(3.7%)
154 didn't vote(95.1%)
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-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 5
2026-01-08
Broadcasting: Recent Developments
My Lords, I also join in the congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, for inspiring this debate at what is a crucial time for broadcasting.
The Green Paper the Government published on the BBC starts off with a reminder of what, despite all its
2025-11-12
BBC Leadership
My Lords, there can be no doubt that what happened on “Panorama” was both wrong and damaging, but will the Minister agree with me that there is no institutional bias within the BBC? There are hard-working journalists seeking after the truth and sometimes
2025-10-16
Music and Dance Schools: Affordable Access
I shall speak in favour of another part of the MDS scheme: the role played by the centres of advanced training, the CATs. These provide specialist training in music or dance for talented 10 to 18 year-olds, while allowing them to stay at home and attend
2024-02-28
Media Bill
My Lords, it is important to hear so much affirmation today that one of the United Kingdom’s great assets is its public service broadcasters. In my previous roles I was always struck by how much they were admired outside this country. When you occasional
My Lords, in my view, the most important thing about the report that we are discussing today is that it casts light forensically to inform the debate about the big question of how to fund the BBC. The committee took a large amount of evidence from a bro
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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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Member, Advisory Board, Qwilt (edge cloud application developer)
registered 2020-11-16 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chairman, Harder Than You Think Ltd (start-up documentary producer) (remuneration is in the form of shares)
registered 2020-11-16 · amended 2025-12-16
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Party history
2010-03-19 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2021-01-28 → 2021-11-16
Youth Unemployment Committee
2022-01-19 → 2025-01-30
Communications and Digital Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
halla@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Social Work
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | British Association of Social Workers | 6 | 2024-05-27 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Skills
Subject Group
|
Officer | — | 16 | 2024-05-28 |
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
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)
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.