The Lord Risby
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Risby's full title is The Lord Risby. His name is Richard John Grenville Spring, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£5,565
15 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£5,565
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
82 Content(43.4%)
4 Not-Content(2.1%)
103 didn't vote(54.5%)
2026-07-21
Content
173–234
Not-Content
2026-07-13
Content
142–138
Content
2026-07-13
Content
158–239
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Content
201–169
Content
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
2026-07-16
Future Capability of the Armed Forces
My Lords, this debate is particularly timely as the Farnborough International Airshow begins on Monday. We do indeed live in a volatile and dangerous age, but there is no Member of your Lordships’ House who cannot recognise that, over time, our influenc
2026-07-09
Ukraine: Decentralisation Reforms
My Lords, I am most grateful to have secured this debate today. We are likely to be approaching a turning point in this war, and the situation requires us to consider how we can underpin Ukraine’s future and facilitate its European trajectory.
It was
2026-07-09
Ukraine: Decentralisation Reforms
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Ukraine’s decentralisation reforms; and what steps they are taking to support municipal partnerships as a contribution to Ukraine’s recovery, resilience and reconstruction.
2026-06-25
Democratic Institutions: Threats
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, on initiating this most timely debate.
The health of our precious democracy cannot be measured solely by a single transactional event at the ballot box. It is a continuous long-term pr
2026-06-09
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, during my entire life as a parliamentarian, the health and enduring viability of the small business sector has been at times a matter of concern, with Governments of all stripes to some extent failing or falling short of being able to deal eff
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Trenchard’s excellent speech. My reported understanding is that there is effectively nobody in the Cabinet who has emerged out of the private business sector. One sector that feels this stro
2025-10-31
Ukraine
My Lords, I much look forward to the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Barrow, and thank the Minister for his excellent speech at the commencement of this debate.
Russia continues to inflict terror and destruction upon the people of Ukraine. Speak
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord De Mauley and the members of the International Relations and Defence Committee on their excellent report. For 18 years in the other place, I represented a constituency with three air force bases, two American
My Lords, I unhesitatingly congratulate the European Affairs Committee on so comprehensively exploring the subject matter at hand. Yet events have indeed moved on quickly in the intervening months, and the situation in Ukraine has considerably worsened.
2024-10-25
Ukraine
My Lords, I greatly welcome the statements of His Majesty’s Government regarding their continued support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s horrific and illegal invasion. It is my hope that the Government will continue remorselessly to be one of the lea
2024-09-12
Africa: Commercial Opportunities and Exports
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Popat on securing this timely debate. He spoke in a way that reflected his experience and passion.
Even though there is much more to be done, I greatly welcome the real focus in the past few years on drivi
2024-07-25
King’s Speech
My Lords, I welcome the sentiments laid out in the gracious Speech on the defence of the United Kingdom, in particular the recognition that geopolitics has grown increasingly unstable and that security will be one of the principles on which the legislati
2024-02-29
AUKUS
My Lords, for over a century there has been an enduring relationship between three trusting countries, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, all of which share embedded democratic values. In 2021, the three nations began a consultation pro
2024-02-29
AUKUS
To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in respect of the AUKUS agreement, the defence and security partnership between the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States.
2024-01-26
Ukraine
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Ahmad for initiating this timely debate, and I warmly congratulate my noble friend Lord Camoys on his absolutely excellent speech.
Ukraine is at the receiving end of numerous cross-currents. The pre-winter attemp
2023-11-23
Ukrainian Holodomor
My Lords, I thank all those noble Lords who have spoken this afternoon. I start with the noble Lord, Lord Alton, whose instinctive humanitarian feelings always resonate so incredibly powerfully in this Chamber. His experience of Ukraine and what he saw a
2023-11-23
Ukrainian Holodomor
My Lords, during the 20th century and indeed even more latterly, the world has witnessed grotesque acts against fellow human beings but, as one analyses the intentions of Stalin in Ukraine in 1932 and 1933, a common continuing theme emerges. In the eyes
2023-11-23
Ukrainian Holodomor
That this House takes note of the case for recognising the Ukrainian Holodomor as a genocide.
2023-09-21
Ukraine
My Lords, all of us are aware of the scale of destructive landmine activity by the Russians—literally creating killing fields—which has impacted the Ukrainian fight-back. I pay heartfelt tribute to the way Ukraine has undertaken de-mining most profession
2023-09-07
Armed Forces
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Soames for securing this most timely debate, deploying his immense experience and knowledge of defence matters. The refreshed integrated review and the 2023 defence Command Paper represent a concerted effort to targ
2023-02-09
Ukraine
It is a great pleasure to follow the speech of my noble friend Lord Marlesford. I warmly congratulate my noble friend Lord Soames on his excellent maiden speech. I was his Parliamentary Private Secretary when he was a Minister in the MoD. He was extremel
My Lords, it is an immense pleasure to congratulate my noble friend on his outstandingly good maiden speech. I was amused by his observation that his family started off as cattle thieves but moved on to become lawyers. He is in effect becoming a politici
2022-11-17
Horseracing Industry
My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to introduce this timely debate. First, I must declare that I have for some years been a government-appointed director of the Horserace Betting Levy Board, the body that collects the levy from betting operators on thei
2022-11-17
Horseracing Industry
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to support the horse racing industry in the United Kingdom.
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate. I particularly congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham on his most informative and, frankly, moving speech. We all much look forward to his futu
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Register of Interests · 6 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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Consultant, Beechbrook Capital LLP (investment fund managers)
registered 2023-07-26 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director (government appointee), Horserace Betting Levy Board (interest ceased 31 December 2025)
registered 2016-01-05 · amended 2026-07-20
Category 3: Land and property
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Unit holder, Heliport Industrial Estate, Battersea, London SW11 (interest ceased 31 May 2026)
registered 2020-07-23 · amended 2026-07-20
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Flat in London SW1 (basement of member's house) from which rental income is received
registered 2011-01-19 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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The member has free access to racecourses across the UK, courtesy of the Racecourse Association; this may include hospitality
registered 2026-07-20
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As a Director of the Horserace Betting Levy Board (category 1) the member receives occasional hospitality from racing and betting interests (interest ceased 31 December 2025)
registered 2016-01-28 · amended 2026-07-20
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Party history
1992-04-09 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1995-05-22 → 1997-03-21
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
1994-11-16 → 1994-11-28
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
1995-05-01 → 1996-06-10
Health and Social Care Committee
2006-01-16 → 2007-06-11
Home Affairs Committee
2015-06-12 → 2019-07-02
EU External Affairs Sub-Committee
2018-06-12 → 2019-02-14
European Union Committee
2020-11-03 → 2021-05-13
International Agreements Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 4 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Algeria
Country Group
|
Officer | — | 4 | 2025-03-11 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
18
of 18 tabled
16 answered(88.9%)
3
departments
2026-09-15
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Development Aid
Answered
2026-09-15
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Development Aid
Answered
2026-03-25
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Space Technology
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
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)
1 bills
0 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coinage (Measurement) Act 2011 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2010-06-30 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.