The Rt Hon. the Lord Hutton of Furness
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Hutton of Furness's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Hutton of Furness. His name is John Matthew Patrick Hutton, 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
0 Content(0.0%)
19 Not-Content(11.7%)
143 didn't vote(88.3%)
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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
2025-06-10
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, Amendment 251A stands in my name. I draw the Committee’s attention to the interests I have disclosed in the register. I chair the operating company that runs London Luton Airport.
Much in the Bill is to be welcomed. It will deal with some of
2023-02-01
Metropolitan Police: Criminality
My Lords, can the Minister tell us how many more criminal prosecutions are pending against serving Metropolitan Police officers?
2023-01-31
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, in moving his Motion so ably, has spoken for all of us on the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee and I hope for many other Members of this House. As the noble Lord said, we all support the p
2023-01-12
Democracy Denied (DPRRC Report)
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the speech of my noble friend Lord Hendy, and to hear the maiden speech of my noble friend Lord Prentis. I have been a member of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee since 2021, and it has been a great p
2022-09-05
Energy Bill [HL]
My Lords, I want briefly to speak in support of my noble friends’ Amendments 8 and 9, which touch on some important issues that we ought to debate in this House.
To their credit, the Government have brought forward legislation that imposes significant
My Lords, I have some sympathy with the arguments that the noble Baroness has just made, but I think this is probably not the time to have a general debate about the Government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
These regulations are fairly narrowly
2020-10-06
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2020
My Lords, I hope that the measure we are discussing today will have the effect that the Minister and the Government intend—that it will limit the spread of the coronavirus in our society. But anyone who thought that the rule of six was going to inject so
2020-03-02
Pension Schemes Bill [HL]
I hear what the Minister is saying and am very grateful for the thoroughness with which he is responding to these issues, but will pension scheme members have any direct legal redress against a dashboard services operator should things go wrong? As I am
2020-03-02
Pension Schemes Bill [HL]
My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 68. I put my name to it and raised the issue at Second Reading in the Chamber. We have had a long debate this afternoon, and I think most of us are pretty clear that pension dashboard services are going to pro
2020-02-24
Pension Schemes Bill [HL]
Where will that be set out? If the Secretary of State will not prosecute in those circumstances, how will that be made clear?
2020-02-24
Pension Schemes Bill [HL]
I hear what the Minister says about prosecuting authorities but can he turn his remarks to the subject of why in those circumstances the Secretary of State should be considered a legitimate prosecuting authority? He has not mentioned that. I understand h
2020-02-24
Pension Schemes Bill [HL]
My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendments 23, 24, 25 and 26. It was clear at Second Reading and has been again today that most Members of your Lordships’ House accept the need for this new criminal offence: I certainly do. Recent events have confirmed tha
2020-02-24
Pension Schemes Bill [HL]
The noble Lord, Lord Vaux, has drawn attention to an important issue. The wording of Clause 15, which deals with communication requirements that the Pensions Regulator has to be satisfied with, is all about the systems and processes of communication. I
2020-02-24
Pension Schemes Bill [HL]
I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
2020-02-24
Pension Schemes Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response but something is still not clear to me. She says that there is a continuing power on the Pensions Regulator’s part to vet all appointments that fall under Clause 9. I cannot find that continuing au
2020-02-24
Pension Schemes Bill [HL]
My Lords, the provisions in the Bill dealing with the authorisation of CDCs are based on the equivalent provisions of the 2015 Act. We all know that those provisions have not been brought into effect and we therefore have no firm evidence as to whether t
2020-02-24
Pension Schemes Bill [HL]
2020-01-28
Pension Schemes Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kirkhope, with whose remarks I am mostly in full agreement.
This is a necessary Bill, and I am delighted that we have the opportunity to have this Second Reading debate so early in our Se
2020-01-20
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his reassurances. He has, however, confirmed my suspicion that what matters most to Ministers is the administrative convenience of this new body, rather than its effective operation as a monitoring authority. I
2020-01-20
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
My Lords, in moving Amendment 2, I shall speak also to Amendments 22 to 28. The withdrawal agreement requires the United Kingdom to establish a new independent body to monitor the implementation of the citizens’ rights provisions contained in the agreeme
2020-01-20
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
My Lords, I shall certainly be supporting the Motion in the name of my noble friend the Leader of the Opposition. We have heard some excellent speeches on all sides of the debate this evening, but I will add one or two thoughts of my own. I know it has o
2018-10-15
Brexit: Negotiations
We all want the Prime Minister to come back with a good agreement. Most noble Lords accept that an agreement is vastly preferable to no deal at all. However, we can all hear the sound of the can being kicked down the road. I welcome the fact that we have
2018-03-20
Nuclear Safeguards Bill
Have Her Majesty’s Government received any assurance from the Government of the United States that this legislation will be in place, having passed through both Houses of Congress, in time to ensure that there is no break in trade? Has he received that a
2018-03-20
Nuclear Safeguards Bill
I want to say a few words in support of the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Broers. I draw the House’s attention to my interest in the register: I am currently the chair of the Nuclear Industry Association.
None of us in this House or outside who ha
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Register of Interests · 8 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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Non-executive Director, Scottish Power
registered 2025-05-15
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Chair, London Luton Airport Operating Company Ltd
registered 2025-05-15
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Chair, Cornwall Economic Forum
registered 2024-09-17 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chair, Association of Infrastructure Investors in Public Private Partnerships
registered 2024-01-31 · amended 2025-04-05
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Political Adviser to Birmingham City Council Commissioners
registered 2024-01-31 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chair and Non-executive Director, Pearson Engineering (combat engineering business)
registered 2022-12-16 · amended 2025-04-05
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Non-executive Chair, Make UK (supporting UK manufacturers)
registered 2022-04-28 · amended 2025-04-05
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Occasional public speaking and conference appearances arranged through Specialist Speakers
registered 2019-08-30 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1992-04-09 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2008-10-03 → 2009-06-05
Secretary of State for Defence
2007-06-28 → 2008-10-03
Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
2005-11-02 → 2007-06-28
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2005-05-06 → 2005-11-02
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Cabinet Office)
1999-10-11 → 2005-05-06
Minister of State (Department of Health) (Health)
1998-10-29 → 1999-10-11
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1994-12-12 → 1997-03-21
Home Affairs Committee
2012-11-08 → 2013-03-05
Public Service and Demographic Change Committee
2018-05-17 → 2019-03-04
Bribery Act 2010 Committee
2018-09-04 → 2018-10-09
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2021-07-22 → 2024-01-31
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2025-01-30 → present
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Contact
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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)
3 bills
3 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Act 2008 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2008-01-10 | |
| Pensions Act 2007 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2006-11-28 | |
| Welfare Reform Act 2007 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2006-07-04 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.