The Rt Hon. the Lord Astor of Hever DL
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Astor of Hever's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Astor of Hever DL. His name is John Jacob Astor, and he has retired from 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
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0 gifts ·
2 overseas trips
· 2014-01-01 → 2014-12-31
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Belgium | D-Day Planning | — |
| — | Paris | D-Day Planning | — |
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HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
No Lords votes recorded for 2026.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
My Lords, I very much support the Government’s aspiration to join the CPTPP and the strategic importance of working more closely with allies in the Asia-Pacific region. It is good news that there was also a clear wish by our witnesses to join a group of
2022-01-05
UK-Ukraine Credit Support Agreement
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, on initiating this important debate. I welcome this framework credit support agreement and believe that it represents an important part of the support which the UK Government are showing for the c
2021-10-14
Social Care in England
My Lords, I also welcome my noble friend the Minister to the Dispatch Box and wish him all the best with his new responsibilities. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, on securing this debate. The issue of carers is very important.
The
2021-09-07
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I welcome the Armed Forces Bill 2021 and support the principle of strengthening the Armed Forces covenant in law. As the Lords Defence Minister at the time, I was responsible for the passage through this House of the Armed Forces Bill 2011, whi
2021-06-24
Social Care and the Role of Carers
My Lords, it is a real honour to follow the noble Baroness, who does so much for carers. I declare an interest as the father of a profoundly autistic daughter. My experience with our daughter, whose residential care was disrupted during the pandemic, was
2021-05-12
Queen’s Speech
My Lords, I congratulate the Government on navigating so bravely and doggedly through the hellish coronavirus storm that we have experienced. Control of the virus has been achieved through teamwork and co-operation at local and national level between the
2021-02-23
Belarus
My Lords, the police have been brutal in beating up protesters. Can the Minister confirm that the Government have not authorised the sale of any equipment to Belarus that could be used against protesters?
2021-01-25
Trees
My Lords, I declare an interest as the owner of woodlands. What effective guidance will the Government give to ensure that these trees are not subsequently destroyed by grey squirrels?
My Lords, I join my noble friend the Minister in paying tribute to our Armed Forces and their families. I welcome the intent of the Bill and believe that it will provide greater certainty for service personnel and veterans in respect of vexatious claims
My Lords, I declare an interest as the father of an autistic daughter. Can the Minister say when clear guidance will be provided to day centres for the disabled, and when we can expect they will reopen?
2020-09-08
Trade Bill
My Lords, I welcome my noble friend the Minister to the Dispatch Box for his first Bill and congratulate him on his maiden speech. I agree with him that trade is the best route to prosperity. I wish him well with the Bill and will support him when I can.
2020-04-30
Charitable and Voluntary Sector
My Lords, this pandemic has shone a bright spotlight on the critical work carried out by charity and volunteer groups in the UK—life-saving work, prompted by compassion, across many sectors. It has taken a tragedy of this magnitude to reveal the extent o
2020-04-30
Charitable and Voluntary Sector
My Lords, this pandemic has shone—
2020-04-23
Covid-19: Social Care Services
My Lords, the Coronavirus Act 2020 has relaxed the duties and responsibilities of local authorities to provide care and support to a revised minimum level which would solely meet a person’s needs measured according to their human rights—a very low bar in
2020-03-02
Mental Health: Unregulated Treatment
My Lords, I have seen at first hand the devastating effect on a family whose lives have been turned upside down as they see a loved one being exploited and isolated from them by a bogus therapist, so I am delighted to support the noble Baroness, Lady Jol
My Lords, as the right reverend Prelate said, early intervention in education is essential to any child with special educational needs or any learning disability. Numerous studies in the past decade show that early intervention increases a child’s potent
2020-01-27
Reserve Forces and Cadets’ Associations
My Lords, I declare an interest as a former honorary colonel of a Royal Engineers reserve regiment. My comments are focused on the effect on the costs of what is proposed in the draft report.
Her Majesty’s Treasury’s publication Managing Public Money
2019-10-21
Queen’s Speech
My Lords, I begin by expressing my support for our Prime Minister, who is facing the Herculean task of ensuring that we leave the EU with a deal. The sooner we can draw a line under this and move forward, the sooner we can return to addressing other impo
2019-06-04
D-day: 75th Anniversary
My Lords, my noble friend the Minister briefly mentioned Operation Bodyguard and the deception carried out surrounding the D-day landings. I want to say something of the small number of courageous and imaginative MI5 case officers whose work underpinned
2019-03-13
Bahrain: Human Rights
My Lords, my interest in Bahrain is as vice-chair of CMEC, and goes back to when I was a Defence Minister and had some responsibility for defence co-operation between our two countries. We have vital national security and economic interests in maintainin
2019-02-28
Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Burnett, for giving me the opportunity to speak in this debate. I congratulate him on the excellent work he does as patron of the Tavistock team of Dartmoor Search and Rescue.
My first experience of Dart
2018-11-05
Armistice Day: Centenary
My Lords, it is hard to imagine the mood of the country 100 years ago, when the hellish cacophony of gunfire gradually ceased on the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, to be replaced by an almost equally deafening silence—not a peaceful silence
2018-09-11
Trade Bill
My Lords, I support the Government’s objectives with the Bill. I also congratulate my noble friend Lady Meyer on her exceptional maiden speech.
This Bill is the necessary first step towards establishing ourselves as an independent trading nation, but
2018-09-05
Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Troubles
My Lords, in an article in the Daily Telegraph last month, the Northern Ireland Secretary said:
“This Government wants to do the right thing by our brave veterans and ensure that they have all the support they deserve”,
so I hope she will do what
2018-07-05
The NHS
My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Darzi. I was in the Chamber when he leapt across that Bench to save the life of a noble Lord who had had a heart attack, and a very impressive sight it was. I, too, have suffered a cardiac arrest and I
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Register of Interests · 7 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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Member, Advisory Board, MARSS Group (developing marine and land-based systems for asset protection and life-saving)
registered 2021-02-11 · amended 2025-04-05
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Occasional consultancy for FIRST (international affairs organisation)
registered 2019-06-11 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chairman, NewWaves Solutions Limited (marine and environmental services)
registered 2017-01-20 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Roundwood Management Limited (trade and investment consultancy; company owned 100 per cent by member; income from category 2 interests is paid to Roundwood Management Limited; personal clients: NewWaves Solutions Limited (see category 2) and MARSS Group (see category 2))
registered 2017-01-20 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Roundwood Management Limited (see category 1)
registered 2017-01-20 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Residential Property and woodlands (formerly Residential holdings and stables) in Kent
registered 2010-04-27 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 5: Overseas visits
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Visit to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, 15-16 November 2021, as delegate of Astana Club Conference; accommodation and flights were paid for by Nursultan Nazarbayev Foundation
registered 2021-11-29 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1986-02-11 → 2022-07-22
Conservative
Government posts
2010-05-28 → 2015-05-07
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
2010-05-11 → 2011-09-05
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2021-05-13 → 2022-07-22
International Agreements Committee
Contact
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 11 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Association of South East Asian Nations
Country Group
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Officer | — | 9 | 2021-06-11 |
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/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
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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)
3 bills
1 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Act 2015 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2014-06-05 | |
| Defence Reform Act | Supported | Royal Assent | 2013-07-03 | |
| Armed Forces Act 2011 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2010-12-08 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.