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.
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
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
No APPG officerships found for this peer. (Officer matching is by name —
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form, the join may miss; check
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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)
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.