The Rt Hon. the Earl of Caithness
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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The Earl of Caithness's full title is The Rt Hon. the Earl of Caithness. His name is Malcolm Ian Sinclair, and he was excluded from the House of Lords on 29 April 2026.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
61 Content(37.7%)
3 Not-Content(1.9%)
98 didn't vote(60.5%)
2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-25
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95–137
Not-Content
2026-03-05
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194–140
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198–139
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208–142
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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 am extremely grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, bringing their experience and knowledge to make it a very useful debate. It was wonderful to hear about Exmoor. It was very interesting to hear from the noble Earl,
My Lords, for thousands of years, mankind has used fire to control vegetation. It is a sensible and practical process that also benefits nature. In this country, we tend to burn heather and grass in a prescribed manner and, if done correctly and under ca
That this House regrets that the Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 increase the likelihood of wildfires in upland areas; risk the Fire and Rescue Service’s response capability; impact livelihoods, biodiversity, peat
2025-10-29
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her opening remarks and for taking responsibility for the inefficiency of her officials. The rest of her remarks do not please me so much; I am very disappointed. There is no different argument to what was used
2025-10-29
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I will also speak to Amendment 183B in my name. These are identical amendments to those tabled in Committee, when, as one will find in Hansard at col. 2327 on Wednesday 17 September this year, the Minister gave some encouraging words to me. It
2025-10-29
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
2025-10-29
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I put my name to Amendment 122 in the name of my noble friend Lord Roborough, because it is important that guidance is issued to Natural England on a number of issues that are going to be relevant. I am particularly keen on proposed new subsect
2025-10-27
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I have put my name to the right reverend Prelate’s amendment. I am delighted to see him back in the Chamber; we missed him in Committee.
My noble friend Lord Roborough was absolutely right when he said in Committee that all rivers are import
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Coffey’s Amendment 341, which refers to ponds. She was quite right to mention floods and drought. I would just like to follow up on that and remind your Lordships what happens with flood and drought. It is the los
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her reply. I agree with her that one does not want to increase costs, but if it means producing a better result for nature and a better outcome, the costs are worthwhile. I know that the Secretary of State has
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, this group relates to concerns about the wide-ranging powers afforded both to the Secretary of State and, most importantly, NE by this Bill. Amendments 326 to 332 seek to require the Secretary of State to have regard to the expertise of the per
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I think that is the most positive reply we have had from the Government in 48, 58, 68 hours. I am extremely grateful to the Minister for that. I feel she understands the point that my noble friend Lord Blencathra and I are after: fairness. I wa
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, we now turn to the very important question of the powers to enter for Britain’s new Rostekhnadzor, the dominant state operator. I find it rather terrifying that a Bill can be put before your Lordships’ House by people who seem to be so out of t
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I am grateful. This has been very helpful. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. Can she confirm that Clause 76(3) refers only to EDPs?
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 319 and will speak to Amendment 320. I would like a little bit of clarification on Clause 76(3), which reads:
“Natural England may pay another person to take conservation measures”.
Surely that ought to be “an ap
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I have put my name to the amendments tabled by my noble friend Lord Roborough, and I thoroughly support them. I do not wish to add anything to what he has said. I have also put my name to Amendment 323 in this group. I ask your Lordships to loo
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, what my noble friend Lord Roborough has said is very important. I draw the Committee’s attention to an announcement in February of this year from the Environmental Farmers Group, which comprises about 4% of England’s farmland—nearly a million a
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I have added my name to my noble friend Lord Roborough’s Amendment 313 and will speak to that and to my Amendments 311, 316 and 318. I hope my noble friend’s Amendment 313 is an easy one for the Minister to accept or at least confirm that the s
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I was interested in that debate, and would like to pick up what the Minister said. Given her responsibilities, could she update us on the point my noble friend Lord Roborough made about the grey squirrel? Could she be a little more specific abo
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I am grateful for the full reply that the noble Baroness has given. Can I ask her just to lift the lid a little bit on the timing of the public consultation? How long a time are the Government thinking of between the Secretary of State receivin
2025-09-17
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, like my noble friend who has just spoken, my amendments in this group are about challenging the EDP. We spoke about that on the last amendment; I do not think there is any need for me to repeat myself. I express my thanks to the Minister, who w
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Party history
1969-12-02 → 2026-04-29
Conservative
Government posts
1992-04-14 → 1994-01-11
Minister of State (Transport) (Railways and Roads)
1985-09-02 → 1986-09-10
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1979-06-14 → 1984-10-31
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2002-11-19 → 2004-11-18
Procedure and Privileges Committee
1997-06-09 → 2004-11-18
Procedure and Privileges Committee
1987-07-07 → 1991-10-22
Procedure and Privileges Committee
1997-06-05 → 2000-11-30
House of Lords Offices Committee
2014-06-12 → 2016-05-12
European Union Committee
2015-06-12 → 2016-05-12
EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee
2016-05-25 → 2017-04-27
Communications and Digital Committee
2017-06-29 → 2018-03-13
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 Committee
2018-05-17 → 2019-03-26
Rural Economy Committee
2019-06-13 → 2020-06-23
Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee
2024-01-24 → 2025-03-28
Food, Diet and Obesity Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 5 active officership(s) · 3 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Sustainable Flood and Drought Management
Subject Group
|
Officer | — | 4 | 2027-02-09 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Timber Industries
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Confederation of Timber Industries | 4 | 2025-01-14 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | White Stork Consultancy Limited | 13 | 2022-07-10 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Game and Wildlife Conservation
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2025-05-26 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on the National Food Strategy
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | The Food Foundation | 8 | 2022-01-30 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
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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.
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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)
2 bills
1 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farriers (Registration) Act 2017 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2016-06-29 | |
| Safety Deposit Current Accounts Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2008-01-30 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.