Toby Harris

Lord Toby Harris chairs the National Preparedness Commission, which has been influential in developing the UK Government Resilience Action Plan and has become the leading body promoting better preparedness for a major crisis or incident. He has conducted two independent reviews on London’s terrorism preparedness and a major review for the Ministry of Justice (“The Harris Review: Changing Prisons, Saving Lives”). Formerly, he was a Council Leader, London Assembly member, Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority, member of the EU Committee of the Regions, and Chaired National Trading Standards. He is a Visiting Professor at Imperial College and at Cranfield University, and chairs the Fundraising Regulator, which oversees charitable fundraising. Until September 2025 he chaired the General Dental Council that regulates dental professionals. He has been a Life Peer since 1998, chairs the Labour Peers, and is a former member of the Joint Committee on National Security.