The Lord Whitehead CBE
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Whitehead's full title is The Lord Whitehead CBE. His name is Alan Whitehead, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£5,936
16 days attended across 1 published month
Overnight / accommodation
£625
Travel claims
£574
Attendance £574
Total claimed
£7,135
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
Many things are being done alongside the changing nature of the system to make sure that it retains its resilience and ability to supply power on a no-failure basis. These include continuing to build out the grid, and bringing forward ancillary services,
I could not agree with the noble Lord more. Whistleblowing is and should be an essential part of all these processes. Whistleblowers have to feel safe in what they say so that it can be properly looked at and lessons can be learned if it turns out that t
I disagree with the noble Baroness. The recent episode showed that, even in relatively new circumstances of extreme heat—rather than the more normal issue of energy margin certificates being issued because of the effect of cold and winter on the system—t
Yes, that does make it very important that we continue decarbonising our energy systems to make sure that they are very resilient in a different climate that we will have in the future, and that the consequences of, for example, continuing to provide ene
The Government take the allegations that the whistleblowers have made recently concerning the operation of NESO very seriously. An external legal firm has been appointed to investigate, reporting to a panel independent of senior management; indeed, there
As far as whistleblowing is concerned, I can speak only to this particular episode, but I point to the Government’s response—or, rather, the response of NESO and other bodies—in developing very rapidly a forum in which whistleblowers can confidentially a
That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 8 June be approved.
Relevant document: 6th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand Committee on 15 July.
Yes, I am very happy to do that, but I anticipate—I do not know whether the noble Lord has this actively in mind—that we may have an Urgent Question coming on this, so we may be able to start talking about it at that point.
On the wider question of fr
I think that, in fact, our government lectern is higher than the opposition lectern.
My Lords, these draft regulations were laid before the House on 8 June and, in case noble Lords think we are suffering from a small dose of déjà vu, similar regulations, which we debated at the time, were laid months ago for reasons that I will come to i
That the Grand Committee do consider the Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) (No. 2) Regulations 2026.
Relevant document: 6th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
I thank noble Lords for their constructive contributions and hope they will forgive me if I do not tarry too long in my closing speech and try to give a detailed response to everything that has been put forward. They are all very valid points but, among
2026-07-14
State of Climate and Nature
My noble friend sets the question for us all: how can we work across all the different sectors of government to get to our goal? The goal is not that action on climate change is a last-ditch attempt to try to produce a less miserable outcome for the futu
2026-07-14
State of Climate and Nature
I am not sure I recognise much of the noble Lord’s intervention. As I have said, it is not the case that the Government are bent on a process of deindustrialisation and losing jobs. Jobs are transferring from the high-carbon economy to the low- carbon ec
2026-07-14
State of Climate and Nature
Yes, the noble Baroness is quite right about bottom trawling, how destructive it is and how it completely destroys the ecology of shallow to medium deep-sea areas as a result. It is very important that, among other things, those practices are not carried
2026-07-14
State of Climate and Nature
The noble Lord is substantially but not entirely correct about OECD prices; however, he is not entirely correct that other OECD countries are reliant on gas to the extent that we are in this country. A very substantial driver of electricity prices is the
2026-07-14
State of Climate and Nature
I certainly agree with the noble Baroness on the extent to which we will make far greater progress by acting in consensus and agreement together, working out how we do things jointly, than by having an often very sterile debate about whether particular t
2026-07-14
State of Climate and Nature
I did indeed not provide a complete answer to the thought put forward by the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, on farming. He concentrated mainly on energy and climate change, which is what I responded to particularly. As the noble Baroness will know, we have r
2026-07-14
State of Climate and Nature
My noble friend is absolutely right to draw attention to what is sadly likely to be a large number of deaths directly attributable to the recent heatwave we have had in this country. Those deaths can quite possibly be attributed to the lack of readiness
2026-07-14
State of Climate and Nature
I thank noble Lords for their valuable contributions in responding to this Statement made yesterday in the other place. As noble Lords know, the Statement was about climate and nature, and particularly the extent to which—as the noble Baroness, Lady Jone
2026-07-14
State of Climate and Nature
I do not know the answer to the question the noble Baroness has put to me. I am happy to write to her. I know that many councils are working hard on this. It is a question of looking at the outliers rather than at people who have taken this issue seriou
2026-07-14
State of Climate and Nature
Among other things, the actions that the Government have taken—for example, with the Energising Britain plan—are making sure that the question of climate change is not just an issue for one or two areas of government but one that all areas of government
That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 14 May be approved.
Considered in Grand Committee on 7 July.
I thank noble Lords for their important contributions to this debate. As I had slightly anticipated, the very specialist nature of elements of these regulations has been somewhat expanded on in the questions that have come forward in this afternoon’s deb
My Lords, these draft regulations were laid before the House on 14 May. This instrument seeks to make technical improvements and changes to the capacity market, the Government’s main tool for ensuring security of electricity supply in Great Britain. Befo
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Party history
1997-05-01 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2025-11-11 → 2026-07-21
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
2001-06-11 → 2002-05-28
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Transport, Local Government and Regions)
Opposition posts
2021-12-04 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Minister (Climate Change and Net Zero)
2016-10-10 → 2021-12-04
Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
2015-09-18 → 2016-06-28
Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change)
Committee memberships
1997-07-14 → 1999-12-06
Environment, Transport & Regional Affairs
2005-07-12 → 2013-01-07
Standards and Privileges
2007-03-18 → 2007-08-03
Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee)
2007-11-06 → 2010-05-06
Justice Committee
2008-05-08 → 2008-07-22
Draft Marine Bill (Joint Committee)
2015-07-08 → 2015-11-30
Energy and Climate Change Committee
2009-01-19 → 2015-03-30
Energy and Climate Change Committee
2016-09-12 → 2016-11-28
Environmental Audit Committee
2010-07-26 → 2015-03-30
Environmental Audit Committee
2013-01-07 → 2015-03-30
Committee of Privileges
2013-01-07 → 2015-03-30
Committee on Standards
2021-11-09 → 2021-11-25
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill
2023-05-17 → 2023-06-29
Energy Bill [HL]
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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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)
9 bills
9 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses in Multiple Occupation (Energy Performance Certificates and Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-07-21 | |
| Energy (Buildings and Reduction of Fuel Use) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-07-21 | |
| Energy Efficiency (Houses in Multiple Occupation) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2013-01-23 | |
| Energy Efficiency and Reduction in Energy Costs Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2012-12-11 | |
| Fuel Poverty (No.2) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2009-06-10 | |
| Renewable Content Obligation Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2009-02-25 | |
| Microgeneration and Local Energy Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2008-07-21 | |
| Microgeneration and Local Energy Bill | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2007-10-10 |
| Houses in Multiple Occupation Bill | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2007-05-22 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.