LW

Lord Whitehead

Lab

Labour (Life Peer)

LordsLife peer

Affiliation

House: Lords

Constituency: Life peer

Status: Current member

Latest Activity

Sitting day: 2026-04-16

Activity total: 9

Contributions: 9

Votes recorded: 0

Current Offices

No current post data is attached to this profile.

Recent Votes

Recent recorded divisions

Recent Participation

Recent speeches in the feed

Back to feed

Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026

2026-04-16

That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 23 February be approved. Relevant document: 54th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…

Data Centres: Energy Demand

2026-04-16

The noble Baroness mentions waste heat and electricity waste, and that is precisely the sort of area that needs to be optimised in terms of making sure that we can deal with this…

Data Centres: Energy Demand

2026-04-16

I am afraid the noble Lord is back on his fairly standard topic. As far as AI is concerned, we ought to bear in mind that clean power already represents 73.7% of GB electricity ge…

Data Centres: Energy Demand

2026-04-16

I have lots of reasons to agree with my noble friend about particular Administrations and how they might be replaced. As far as the future of AI nuclear is concerned, it is certai…

Data Centres: Energy Demand

2026-04-16

I have a feeling that the noble Lord will shortly be in receipt of a further letter from me on this subject. It is the case that the Modern Slavery Act, particularly in terms of a…

Data Centres: Energy Demand

2026-04-16

I agree with the noble Lord that pumped hydro schemes are one method of ensuring that electricity is used as efficiently as it can be in terms of taking it in at some stages of th…

Data Centres: Energy Demand

2026-04-16

I welcome that question from the noble Lord. This is an issue that is quite close to my heart, and I recently visited the Liverpool tidal barrage scheme to see how it is doing. I…

Data Centres: Energy Demand

2026-04-16

I completely agree with the noble Earl that merely believing that it is all going to be okay and that we can easily absorb all these additional demands on the energy sector withou…

Data Centres: Energy Demand

2026-04-16

My Lords, the Government recognise that Great British electricity demand is expected to grow significantly, driven in part by advances in AI. We are clear that this growth must no…