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.
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
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 5 active officership(s) · 3 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Sustainable Flood and Drought Management
Subject Group
|
Officer | — | 4 | 2027-02-09 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Timber Industries
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Confederation of Timber Industries | 4 | 2025-01-14 |
|
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
/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
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)
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.