The Lord Carlile of Berriew CBE KC
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Carlile of Berriew's full title is The Lord Carlile of Berriew CBE KC. His name is Alexander Charles Carlile, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£7,420
20 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£7,420
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
4 Content(2.1%)
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Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and I declare the interest of having some professional involvement in collective actions.
I am grateful to the noble Lord for his reply. He is aware, and the House will be aware, that collective actions give consumers the power to pursue legal actions for which they cannot obtain legal aid, however egregious the wrongs that have been committ
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reverse the effect on opt-out collective court actions and connected litigation funding resulting from the Supreme Court decision in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition
2026-09-01
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness’s enlivening contributions to our debates. May she go on boasting.
Rightly, the Bill aims to ensure that the public service treats the public it serves with accountable candour and transpa
2026-07-06
Imprisonment for Public Protection Prisoners
To ask His Majesty’s Government what resources are being allocated to HM Prison and Probation Service and the Parole Board to expedite the progression of Imprisonment for Public Protection prisoners towards release.
2026-07-06
Imprisonment for Public Protection Prisoners
I thank the Minister for his Answer. Does he agree that the fact that there are nearly 900 unreleased IPP prisoners still in custody, of whom 99% are over-tariff, is wholly unacceptable? How much will that shameful statistic be reduced in the next 12 mon
2026-07-06
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, Amendment 172B is in my name. I declare two interests. First, I was formerly, for several years, a part-time chair of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, which hears most collective actions; I heard several collective actions there. Secondly, in m
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
May I repeat my second question? Will the Minister confirm that it is the Government’s view that Amendment 5 is covered already by Section 18 of the National Security Act 2023?
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
My Lords—
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
It took your Lordships quite a long time to get that one.
But seriously, I commend and congratulate my noble friend Lord Anderson and the Minister for the hard work they have done together in the last couple of days. I was attending a wonderful family
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
My Lords, as a Welsh-born bathroom singer of much practice, I was pleased with my noble friend Lord Anderson when he referred to three tenors. However, your Lordships will have observed that, with the noble Lord, Lord Verdirame, and his operatic roots, i
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
I apologise for interrupting the Minister in full flow. Can he make the position absolutely clear? He said that, as far as the Government are concerned, on the advice that they have received, Amendment 3 is covered by Section 33 of the 2023 Act. He has p
2026-06-30
National Security (State Threats) Bill
My Lords, I hesitate to do so, but I disagree with my two noble friends who have just spoken. Some years ago I was in a supermarket in London and found myself standing next to an approximately 17 year-old young man who was wearing a t-shirt with a swasti
2026-06-23
National Security (State Threats) Bill
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Dacres. She was absolutely right to remind us that the Bill is not an esoteric subject, nor is it part of some kind of sophisticated spy novel, but that, rather, it affects potentially e
2026-06-22
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I speak with diffidence on this matter, as I am not an expert on consumer credit. I have been involved in many cases over the years when consumers have been dissatisfied with the consumer credit arrangements that they have undertaken and have f
2026-06-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a privilege to speak in a debate with those who have such deep understanding of financial services and markets, including a Minister with transformational business experience, which we all respect. My own experience as a lawyer has been l
My Lords, most children who appear before the criminal courts display evidence of serious educational needs and an alarming number of those children show signs of florid psychiatric illness. In the sunshine of very welcome reform, can the Minister assure
2026-06-03
Equality Act 2010: Code of Practice
On the subject of proportionality so eloquently spoken of by the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, does the Minister agree that there have been only four reports of alleged criminal behaviour by trans people in lavatories since 2022? Does he not think that the o
2026-06-01
For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers
My Lords, will the Minister tell the House what the Government propose to do to restore the legitimate expectation of those who obtain gender recognition certificates? Section 9 of the 2004 Act says that a person’s gender
“becomes for all purposes the
2026-05-20
Youth Justice
My Lords, can my noble kinswoman the Minister confirm that the Government reject the miserably pessimistic and defeatist view of the youth justice system expressed by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen? Will she confirm that a key aim of the plan with
2026-05-19
King’s Speech
My Lords, what a pleasure and what a privilege it is to speak after four brilliant maiden speeches. It is a special personal honour for me to follow my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Dixon. In 2016, I became the chair of a large voluntary organisation, a d
2026-05-19
Supreme Court Dillon Judgment
Does the Minister agree that the Supreme Court judgment has not affected the intended role of Article 2 of the Windsor Framework as the lodestar of human rights considerations in Northern Ireland? Does she agree that its provisions will still be relevant
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I express my agreement with the concern of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, that the Committee stage of the Bill should have been completed. I wanted to be part of a process that amended the Bill so that we could reach Report and have
2026-04-21
House of Lords: Legislative Procedures
Does the Leader agree, in relation to Private Members’ Bills starting in the House of Commons, that we should move toward standard pre-legislative scrutiny of the workability of those Bills before their detail is debated in either House?
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My answer to that is that they jolly well should be. I do not see at all that that is a point against the argument I am making. I would say exactly what I am saying in relation to any specialism. It is a very simple point: do I want someone knowledgeable
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Register of Interests · 8 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Joint non-executive chair, board of directors, SC Strategy Limited (strategic advice on UK foreign policy and public policy, regulation, transactions, disputes and business practice)
registered 2025-04-04 · amended 2025-04-05
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Non-executive director and chair, Homeward Bound Care Ltd (nursing home for persons leaving hospital) (interest ceased 31 October 2025)
registered 2024-10-21 · amended 2026-02-09
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Chairman and non-executive director, Bikal Technologies (UK) Ltd (confidential data storage)
registered 2024-09-04 · amended 2025-04-05
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Senior Adviser, SC Strategy Limited (provides strategic advice on UK foreign policy and public policy, regulation, transactions, disputes and business practice) (clients include Government of Qatar and its sovereign wealth fund; the member's earnings in financial year 2024-25 for this work fell within the £30,000-40,000 band)
registered 2024-09-02 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chairman, Astute Strategy Ltd (investment project concerning Liverpool) (interest ceased 8 June 2026)
registered 2015-11-06 · amended 2026-06-04
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Practising barrister (King's Counsel)
registered 2010-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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Proprietor, Carlile Consulting (journalism, broadcasting, lecturing etc)
registered 2010-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Wynnstay Group plc (agricultural manufacturers/merchants)
registered 2010-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2018-01-08 → present
Crossbench
current
2017-01-09 → 2018-01-07
Non-affiliated
1988-03-03 → 2017-01-08
Liberal Democrat
1983-06-09 → 1988-03-03
Liberal
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1983-06-09 → 1986-11-21
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
1983-06-09 → 1986-11-21
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
1992-04-27 → 1997-03-21
Welsh Affairs Committee
2004-09-15 → 2005-07-11
Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£12,500/yr
2004-07-22 → 2005-07-11
Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee)
2004-11-30 → 2005-04-07
Committee on the Assisted Dying for the terminally ill Bill
2023-01-31 → 2025-01-30
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2010-06-09 → 2012-05-01
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee
Chair
+£18,305/yr
Contact
Parliamentary office
carlilea@parliament.uk
020 7219 3000 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 3000 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Children in Police Custody
Subject Group
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Officer | Dr Miranda Bevan (King’s College, London) · King's College, London | 4 | 2026-04-03 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.