The Rt Hon. the Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Falconer of Thoroton's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Falconer of Thoroton. His name is Charles Leslie Falconer, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£0
17 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£0
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
6 Content(3.2%)
155 Not-Content(82.0%)
28 didn't vote(14.8%)
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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
2026-09-01
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
It is an honour and privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Alton of Liverpool, who has been a stalwart supporter and advocate for the Hillsborough families, right from the time the disaster occurred. I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Lemos, to the Front B
2026-07-13
Civil Service Pensions
My Lords, the Minister, who has been incredibly helpful in relation to this, has said that £9.9 million so far has been withheld from Capita as a result of this absolutely dreadful scandal. Will the Minister give us an approximate amount of money that Ca
2026-07-09
Venezuela Earthquakes
I also welcome the support given by the British Government and I congratulate the Minister, who will have played a personal part in making sure that there has been co-ordination in relation to it. Picking up on the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Bell
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords—
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The point that has been made repeatedly in this House is that public opinion is in favour of this Bill and the Commons has passed it. Therefore, we have a duty to get through our business. Does the noble Lord agree?
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The noble Baroness will be aware, and I am sure she will agree, that if the Bill comes back a second time to the Commons, it will come back here. The effect of the Parliament Act is not to stop further debate but simply to prevent the House blocking the
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I beg leave to withdraw the Motion.
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords—
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The noble Lord says that there has been no publicly available impact assessment; that is wrong. There is a publicly available impact assessment, published not by the sponsors but by the Department of Health and Social Care.
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The letter of 31 January 2026, which was sent to every Peer, said that.
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
At end insert “and takes note of the progress of its scrutiny of the Bill during the current session”.
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Is the noble Baroness’s position that we have completed our scrutiny in Committee of all clauses beyond the seven that she has mentioned? If not, I am not quite sure what point she is making. We certainly mentioned those clauses, but the idea that we com
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords—
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I apologise for intervening but I completely agree with what the noble Baroness has just said. The way in which that would happen is that the Bill would come back from the Commons and we would agree here to put in the amendments that I put in as a result
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My understanding is that Sir Nicholas Mostyn and Sir Max Hill gave evidence to the Bill Committee about the role of the judges and the possibility of a panel. Am I wrong?
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I give special thanks to those who shared personal experiences with us, in particular the noble Lords, Lord Markham and Lord Dobbs, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Newcastle, the noble Baronesses, Lady Hollins and Lady Grey-Thompson, t
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, today is our final day scheduled for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. I am despondent that this Bill, so important to so many, has failed not on its merits but as a result of procedural wrangling. There is no prospect that the Bill
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.
Amendment to the Motion
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I apologise for saying “nonsense”.
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am slightly surprised that the noble Baroness, Lady Berger, says that I did not indicate which of the coming amendments I would accept, because I indicated in detail which I would accept. I set out a whole number of amendments. The suggestion that the
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
This is a most interesting speech. On the basis of what the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, is saying, if the judge was still there then the Bill would be okay. Why could we not have got to Report and voted on that to make a decision on it?
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am not sure what further guarantees the noble Baroness and the noble Lord have in mind, because they will know from the Bill that Schedule 3 amends the Employment Rights Act 1996. It incorporates that anybody who is being prejudiced against because the
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
If the position is that if you are on the roster, there is a risk that you will be in the room and assisting in relation to the provision of assisted dying, of course it would be sensible not to be rostered on that day. That is the sort of solution that
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
What I am thinking about is a provision that says if, as a hospice, you say you do not want to provide it, you should not suffer various sorts of institutional detriment. That is what I am interested in. I am not saying anything about Clause 31, because
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
That is correct.
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Register of Interests · 5 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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Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
registered 2010-05-05 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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2 flats in London
registered 2010-05-05 · amended 2025-04-05
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Cottage in Nottinghamshire
registered 2010-05-05 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 4: Sponsorship
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Donation received from Dignity in Dying for printing of literature on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
registered 2025-09-05
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The member receives support for work on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill from an assistant funded by Bernard Lewis (of River Island Ltd but donation made in a personal capacity)
registered 2025-08-11
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Party history
1997-05-14 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2007-05-09 → 2007-06-28
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
2003-06-12 → 2007-05-08
Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor
2002-05-29 → 2003-06-12
Minister of State (Home Office) (Criminal Justice System)
2001-06-08 → 2002-05-28
Minister of State (Department of Transport, Local Government and Regions) (Housing & Planning)
Opposition posts
2021-05-18 → 2021-11-29
Shadow Advocate-General for Scotland
2021-05-18 → 2021-11-29
Shadow Spokesperson (Scotland)
2020-04-15 → 2021-11-29
Shadow Spokesperson (Justice)
2020-04-06 → 2021-11-29
Shadow Attorney General
2015-05-11 → 2016-06-26
Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
2011-10-17 → 2015-05-11
Shadow Spokesperson (Constitutional and Deputy Priministerial Issues) (Justice)
2010-10-08 → 2012-09-06
Shadow Spokesperson (Justice)
Committee memberships
2006-10-09 → 2007-06-01
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2003-06-12 → 2005-05-24
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2003-07-16 → 2006-11-08
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2004-03-22 → 2004-06-24
Constitutional Reform Bill
2019-06-20 → 2019-07-23
Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2022-01-19 → 2025-01-30
Constitution Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 5 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 5 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
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)
7 bills
6 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill | Supported | Committee stage | 2024-10-16 | |
| Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2024-07-26 | |
| Assisted Dying Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-28 | |
| Assisted Dying Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-06-04 | |
| Assisted Dying Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2014-06-05 | |
| Assisted Dying Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2013-05-15 | |
| Legal Services Act | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2006-11-23 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.