The Rt Hon. the Lord Harper
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
M
Lord Harper's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Harper. His name is Mark James Harper, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
182
135 meetings ·
30 hospitality ·
8 gifts ·
9 overseas trips
· 2015-04-01 → 2024-06-30
Total overseas travel cost
£641
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 135
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-06 | — | To discuss the zero emission vehicle mandate and rollout of electric vehicle charging in the UK. | department-for-transport |
| 2024-05-22 | Road Haulage Association | To discuss the UK logistics and haulage sector | department-for-transport |
| 2024-05-21 | Mayor Ben Houchen | To discuss the transport sector and opportunities in the Tees Valley | department-for-transport |
| 2024-05-20 | Cycling safety campaigner | To discuss dangerous cycling and cycling offences | department-for-transport |
| 2024-05-15 | Logistics UK | Attended Presidents Council meeting to discuss UK logistics and haulage sector | department-for-transport |
| 2024-05-07 | Stellantis | To discuss the UK automotive sector and electric vehicles | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-30 | Port of Dover | To discuss infrastructure at the Port of Dover and readiness for the rollout of the EU Entry Exit System | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-29 | DP World | To discuss the UK maritime sector and seafarer welfare | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-24 | Virgin Atlantic | To discuss the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate and revenue certainty mechanism | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-24 | British Airways | To discuss the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate and revenue certainty mechanism | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-24 | Stellantis | To discuss the UK automotive sector and electric vehicles | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-24 | Loganair | To discuss the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate and revenue certainty mechanism | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-24 | EasyJet | To discuss the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate and revenue certainty mechanism | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-24 | Heathrow | To discuss the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate and revenue certainty mechanism | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-22 | Mitsui | To discuss investment in the UK and the UK rail sector | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-22 | Stellantis | To discuss the UK automotive sector and electric vehicles | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-18 | Jet Zero Council | To discuss decarbonisation of the aviation industry | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-17 | Unite the Union, Hitachi | To discuss the workforce in the UK rolling stock sector | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-16 | Electric vehicle manufacturer roundtable | To discuss the UK electric vehicle market, zero-emission vehicle mandate and investment opportunities | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-16 | Alstom | To discuss rail rolling stock | department-for-transport |
Recent hospitality · latest 20 of 30
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-16 | Farnborough Airport | Lunch | — |
| 2024-05-07 | Virgin Atlantic | Reception | — |
| 2024-04-30 | Allister Heath (Sunday Telegraph), Camilla Turner (Sunday Telegraph) | Lunch | — |
| 2024-03-19 | Airport Operaters Association | Dinner | — |
| 2024-02-27 | Airlines UK | Dinner | — |
| 2023-12-18 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2023-12-06 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-12-04 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-12-04 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2023-11-29 | — | Flight (as part of SAF Transatlantic flight) | — |
| 2023-11-28 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-10-03 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-10-03 | — | Breakfast | — |
| 2023-10-01 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2023-09-14 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-07-12 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-07-09 | — | Ticket | — |
| 2023-05-18 | — | Breakfast | — |
| 2023-05-10 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-03-15 | — | Dinner | — |
Recent gifts
| Date | Gift | From / To | Outcome | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-12 | Scarves | Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini | Held by department | — |
| 2024-04-12 | Lego tram model | Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini | Held by department | — |
| 2023-11-02 | Horse figurine | Saudi Transport Minister,H.E Saleh Al-Jasser | Held by department | — |
| 2023-06-17 | Ceramic sake set | Tetsuo Saito Japanese Transport Minister | Held by department | £200 |
| 2023-06-17 | Pearl lapel pin | Tetsuo Saito Japanese Transport Minister | Held by department | £150 |
| 2023-05-26 | Berlin bear ornament | Volker Wissing German Transport Minister | Held by department | £190 |
| 2023-05-24 | Pen | Albert Rösti Swiss Transport Minister | Held by department | £200 |
| 2023-02-09 | Pen | Minister Beaune | Held by department | £165 |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-11 → 2024-04-12 |
Milan, Italy
Scheduled flight
|
To attend the G7 Transport Ministers Meeting | £641 |
| — |
Manama, Bahrain and Dubai UAE
Scheduled flight
|
Engagement with the Bahraini Government and supporting British businesses operating in Bahrain. Demonstration of high-level UK engagement, support and promotion of decarbonisation and adaptation work at COP28. | — |
| — |
New York and San Francisco, USA
Scheduled flight
|
Demonstration of high-level UK engagement, support and promotion of SAF development and use. Promotion of the newly announced AV Bill and the UKs role in the development of technology and regulation in this space | — |
| — |
Tokyo, Japan
Scheduled flight
|
To attend the G7 Transport Ministers meeting, hosted by Japan and meetings to promote investment in the UK. | — |
| — |
Leipzig, Germany
Scheduled flight
|
To attend the International Transport Forum Summit, which the UK held the presidency of. | — |
| — |
Washington and Detroit, USA
Scheduled flight
|
To promote UK-US collaboration on transport issues, trade and investment. | — |
| — |
Rzeskow, Poland
Scheduled flight
|
To atend high level dialogue on Ukraine | — |
| — |
Paris, France
Eurostar
|
To attend UK-France summit | — |
| — |
Paris, France
Eurostar
|
To meet with Minister Beaune and other transport stakeholders. | — |
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HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
176 divisions
122 Content(69.3%)
5 Not-Content(2.8%)
49 didn't vote(27.8%)
2026-07-21
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173–234
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2026-07-13
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142–138
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158–239
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-25
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95–137
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2026-03-05
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193–143
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2026-03-05
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194–140
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2026-03-05
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198–139
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2026-02-04
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62–295
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2026-01-12
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201–169
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2026-01-05
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194–130
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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
2026-07-23
Electricity Bills: VAT Removal
My Lords—
2026-07-21
Business of the House
I do not why they are laughing; this is their Prime Minister. He said that he wanted to see politics done differently. He said he wanted to see more consensus—which means working together to debate the policies of the Government—and more of a partnership
2026-07-21
Business of the House
My Lords, I will make a pertinent single point, quoting the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister wrote to Labour MPs on 8 July, setting out his approach to how he wanted to treat Parliament. He said that Ministers would respect the House. I presume by that
2026-07-21
Domestic Travel and Holidays: Visitor Levy
My Lords, I noticed very carefully the Minister’s well-crafted job application. I hope the Prime Minister notices it as well and that the Minister is successful. He has done it with a smile on his face and with the right attitude, so I wish him good luck
My Lords, in her Answer, the Minister mentioned accountability. Given that the report demonstrated that the gaps are very significant, with something like 50% of hospitals not even being able to record a patient’s learning disability on their digital rec
2026-07-14
Death of Ann Widdecombe
My Lords, I associate myself with the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord True, and thank the Minister for what he said about our friend Ann Widdecombe. There has been much conversation in the media about whether the Government or the police take seriously t
My Lords, I raise just one issue, which is the point that the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of Cradley, raised on the previous group: the interaction between specific regulations in place for the aviation sector and more wide-ranging legislation, such as
Before the Minister sits down, can I press him on his point about the Government’s plan to reduce the administrative burden on business by 25%? In Committee, he said that the Department for Transport was working closely with the Department for Business a
My Lords, I will comment very briefly on my noble friend Lord Moylan’s Amendment 4. There are two parts to it. The first part, as he explained very carefully to the House, is the 25% reduction in administrative costs, which is the Government’s own target
Before the noble Baroness sits down, can I reference the point that she made about disabled people? The amendment tabled by my noble friend Lord Moylan just says that the Government have to consider the burdens. If you make air travel better for disabled
My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of my noble friend Lord Moylan’s two amendments. I have some general remarks about them, and two specific points which are questions to the Minister.
The first point, which I will not labour at length since we
2026-07-13
Railways Bill
Just before the Minister rises, I ask him to forgive me, as an even newer Member of the House than my noble friend. I fear that we, as former Transport Secretaries, have managed to appear in threes; I hope that will not be a precedent.
I echo what my
2026-07-08
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
My Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s opening Answer, when he noted that the Maritime Minister was reflecting. This sounds like a case where it would be better to embrace the court decision, recognise the worker status and take the steps necessary t
2026-07-07
Railways Bill
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness who resides on the other side of the Welsh border from me. I still live very close to it, in the constituency that I had the pleasure to represent for nearly 20 years. I mention that because I
2026-07-01
Drink-Driving
My Lords, perhaps I might ask the Minister, given that there have been questions both about reducing the threshold for drink driving but also about enforcement from the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, what is the Government’s assessment, because it was not
2026-06-29
Immigration and Asylum: Appeals
My Lords, I accept that the Minister is a little frustrated, but this is what happens when you trail things in the media ahead of a Bill being published. He cannot expect people not to have questions. If he does not want questions in advance, he should n
2026-06-25
Waste Management Carriers: Regulation
My Lords, to follow up on the Minister’s answer to the noble Lord, Lord Beamish, he perfectly properly trumpeted increased prosecution and enforcement statistics, but those are meaningful only if we know how big a proportion of the whole problem they rep
2026-06-22
NHS: Dementia Treatment Trials
My Lords, NHS England has said that implementing some of the new, promising drugs that exist, when they get clearance from NICE, is going to be one of the biggest challenges the NHS has faced in its 75 years. Is the Minister confident that the steps that
My Lords, let me explain what the amendment would do and the rationale for why I have tabled it. It goes back to the famous document of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, that will be issued and seeks to add one thing to the list set out in the Bill: for the S
I thank the Minister for that prompt. When we get that opportunity, we can no doubt ask whether the Government will take a view. For very sensible reasons—and I am not trying to be mischievous—I was always very careful to let the CAA get on with their ec
My Lords, I am grateful. On Amendment 108, I am very pleased that the Government are consulting on the process by which business rates revaluations are done for airports, given the necessity for capital expenditure over a significant period. I will look
My Lords, in moving Amendment 108 in my name, I will also speak to Amendments 116 and 117, also in this group. I am afraid it is my group, I suppose. This seems an appropriate moment, given that it is about economic impacts and competition, to remind the
My Lords, I am mindful of the Whip’s injunctions on timing. Just very briefly then, before I seek leave to withdraw my amendment, my objective was to probe the Government’s policy, and particularly to make sure that aviation remains affordable for ordina
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Register of Interests · 2 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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Occasional appearances, BBC current affairs programmes
registered 2025-11-26
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Non-executive chair, RVL Aviation (Reconnaissance Ventures Limited) (specialist aviation services)
registered 2025-06-02 · amended 2025-10-20
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Party history
2005-05-05 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2022-10-25 → 2024-07-05
Secretary of State for Transport
2015-05-08 → 2016-07-14
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip
2014-07-15 → 2015-05-08
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Disabled People)
2012-09-06 → 2014-02-08
Minister of State (Home Office) (Immigration)
2010-05-12 → 2012-09-06
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Opposition posts
2007-07-03 → 2010-05-06
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
2005-12-08 → 2007-04-01
Shadow Minister (Defence)
Committee memberships
2014-03-10 → 2014-12-01
Administration Committee
2005-07-12 → 2006-11-06
Administration Committee
2009-06-29 → 2009-11-23
Work and Pensions Committee
2022-10-19 → 2022-10-25
Speaker's Conference (2022)
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Leader of the House of Lords
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Iron and Steel: Public Consultation
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Freedom of Information: Complaints
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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0 as supporter
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Historic bills (all-time)
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| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automated Vehicles Act 2024 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2023-11-08 | |
| Pedicabs (London) Act 2024 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2023-11-08 | |
| Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2022-07-06 |
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