Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 2030
huntp@parliament.uk
Biography
Lords career
Government Spokesperson for Education and Employment 1998-99;
Government Whip 1998-99;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson for:
Department of Health 1999-2003,
Department for Work and Pensions 2005-06;
Minister of State for Quality, Department of Health and Government Spokesperson for Health 2006-07;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson, Ministry of Justice 2007-08;
Minister of State and Government Spokesperson:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2008-09,
Department of Energy and Climate Change 2008-10;
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords 2008-10;
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Cabinet Office 2010-12,
Energy and Climate Change 2010,
Home Office 2010-12;
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords 2010-;
Opposition Spokesperson for Health 2012-
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Oxford City Council 1973-79;
Member, Oxfordshire Area Health Authority 1975-77;
Councillor, Birmingham City Council 1980-82;
Chairman, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham 2011-
International bodies
Council, International Hospital Federation 1986-91
Political interests
Transport, constitutional affairs, energy and climate change
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, of Birmingham in the County of West Midlands 1997
Register of Interests
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Chairman, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
Self-employed consultant on NHS and wider health issues, t/a Philip Hunt Consultancy
Consultant and Trainer, Cumberlege Connections Ltd (NHS leadership/awareness programmes)
9: Miscellaneous financial interests
My daughter and brother-in-law have interests in organisations which receive grants from or have contracts with government departments and other public bodies; my brother-in-law owns Happy Computers and has been paid by Parliament for training programmes; my step-son is partner in an IT company which works in the public and private sectors - full details are with the Registrar
10: Non-financial interests (d)
President, British Fluoridation Society
Vice President, West Midlands Labour Finance & Industry Group
Patron, Co-Gas Safety (a campaigning organisation) (wef 30 10 12)
10: Non-financial interests (e)
President, Royal Society of Public Health
President, Health Care Supply Association (purchasing/supply network across UK, with a range of educational programmes)
Member, Living Streets (national charity, where daughter is Head of Policy & Communications)
Member of National Advisory Council, Easy Care Foundation (improved healthcare for older people)
President, Asian Guild (celebrating the contribution of Asian people to UK)