The Lord Cryer
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Cryer's full title is The Lord Cryer. His name is John Robert Cryer, 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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43 didn't vote(22.8%)
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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
2026-09-07
Local Government Reorganisation
M, my noble friend has talked about this to some extent, but can she assure the House that there will not be a wholesale return to the drawing board, as it were—in other words, that all that work will not be wasted? By that, I suppose I mean: does the Go
2026-09-07
Local Government Reorganisation
My Lords—
2026-06-25
Democratic Institutions: Threats
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wallace. I thank him for securing this debate. Democracy is certainly under threat. Some 87% of Britons have either not very much or no trust at all in politicians and 33% sympathise with the view
2026-06-17
Thames Water
My Lords, when the water industry was privatised over 30 years ago, it was almost entirely debt-free. Since then, as the Minister said, debt has been racked up. The Minister said that there will be provisions in the new water Bill for creating a new regu
My Lords, I am glad to hear that the Government are bringing forward legislation, but it is not before time. We have seen IRGC proxies and operatives attacking British Jews and Jewish institutions. We have just seen two such proxies prosecuted and convic
To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards drafting a bill creating the legal framework for the proscription of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, I will speak yet again, as many others have, about antisemitism. I would love to be able to stand here today and say that the tide was being turned against antisemitism and we would not have too many more debates like this, but I am afraid I ca
2026-04-20
Schoolchildren: Swimming
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the levels of swimming attainment among school children.
2026-04-20
Schoolchildren: Swimming
I am grateful to my noble friend, but I have a slightly different figure for 11 year-olds. According to Swim England, only one in four 11 year-olds leaving primary school can swim 25 metres. That is not entirely unrelated to the fact that we have lost 50
2026-04-15
Southport Inquiry
My Lords, after what happened in Southport, is it fair to say that the parameters within which Prevent operates are too narrowly drawn? What I mean by that is that the perpetrator’s obsession with violence was drawn to the attention of Prevent three time
2026-03-16
Antisemitism on University Campuses
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of anti-Semitism on university campuses.
2026-03-16
Antisemitism on University Campuses
I am grateful to my noble friend for the Answer, but this PNQ arises from Time for Change, a report produced by the Union of Jewish Students. It is crammed with disturbing figures, including the fact that one in four students has witnessed antisemitic be
My Lords, it is my duty and pleasure to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Isaac, to his place and congratulate him on an outstanding maiden speech. The rest of us will have to look to our laurels in the next few years, I suspect. The noble Lord, Lord Isaac, C
2026-02-12
Counter-Extremism Strategy
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Goodman, for securing this debate. Like him, I want to refer to the APPG’s report, Time to Act: Addressing the UK’s Accelerating Extremism Threat, a copy of which I have handily placed in front of me on the desk. I
2026-02-05
Iran
My Lords, the impression has been created that government policy has changed and that we are about to ban the IRGC or will do so at some point in the near future. Is that the case, or is it not, because some of us are starting to get a bit fed up with ra
2026-01-27
TikTok: Bereaved British Parents
My Lords, the Government are being asked to introduce a legal compulsion to force big tech companies to preserve the relevant data. Why do we not just do it?
2026-01-13
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
My Lords, I appreciate what my noble friend says. However, the IRGC remains what it has always been: a bunch of murderous fascists and fanatics. We are seeing that fact play out tragically on the streets of Iran at the moment. In the context of the Quest
2026-01-13
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they will reconsider their decision not to proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
2026-01-06
Venezuela
My Lords, the idea that this is the end of the world order is fantastical. As we have just heard, previous American Presidents have intervened; for instance, in Grenada and in Panama. The difference is that President Trump does not really mind letting pe
2025-11-26
West Midlands Police: Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans
My Lords, we have a situation where the police force stands accused of fabricating evidence while under pressure from a bunch of bigots and racists—as well as, it pains me to say, a number of Labour councillors—all with one aim: turning Britain’s second-
2025-11-26
West Midlands Police: Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of alleged inaccuracies in a report produced by the West Midlands police force on the alleged activities of Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ahead of Maccabi’s recent match against Aston Villa.
My Lords, in the two or three years after the end of the Cold War, around 150,000 jobs were lost in defence manufacturing. Everyone is right in hindsight, but now, looking back, that looks extremely short-sighted. Is there not now a need to reverse that
My Lords—
2025-11-10
Trials: Timeliness
My Lords, I accept the pretty appalling inheritance with which the Government have been dealing over the past year or so. Nevertheless, as we heard from the noble Lord, Lord Austin, some—perhaps a small number—of these cases are related to terrorism offe
2025-10-27
Heathrow: National Airports Review
My Lords, I understand the economic arguments for the expansion of Heathrow, and the connectivity arguments we just heard about. However, I want to address the issue of overflying, which was mentioned earlier.
I was a Member of the other place for a l
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Register of Interests · 4 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, Owl Street Limited (business support services) (the member advises on strategic communications involving security, industrial partnerships and related issues)
registered 2026-01-28
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Occasional appearances on GB News
registered 2026-01-13
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Board member, The House magazine
registered 2025-07-03
Category 3: Land and property
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Property in Sussex from which rental income is received
registered 2024-09-09 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1997-05-01 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-10-08 → 2025-02-14
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2001-07-16 → 2002-05-13
Regulatory Reform
2010-07-12 → 2011-11-14
Treasury Committee
2014-02-24 → 2015-03-30
Justice Committee
2020-03-02 → 2024-05-30
Administration Committee
2017-10-30 → 2019-11-06
Administration Committee
2015-07-20 → 2017-05-03
Administration Committee
2024-11-18 → 2025-02-03
Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2026-01-27 → present
Constitution Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
cryerj@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Historic Vehicles
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2026-11-21 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Swimming
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Swim England | 4 | 2027-03-27 |
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
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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departments
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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
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registration of Commercial Lobbying Interests Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2011-12-06 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.