The Lord Blackwell
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Blackwell's full title is The Lord Blackwell. His name is Norman Roy Blackwell, and he is a current member of 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.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
18 Content(11.1%)
1 Not-Content(0.6%)
143 didn't vote(88.3%)
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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
2026-06-22
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am more sympathetic to the approach that the Government are taking here. I think that we need to be careful what we ask for when we interpret parliamentary oversight as potentially meaning Parliament being involved in the drafting and redraft
2026-06-22
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I declare my interests as a significant shareholder in Lloyd’s Banking Group, of which I was formerly chairman.
Although I recognise the concerns raised by my noble friends, it is important that we tackle the confusion caused by the dual rol
2025-10-16
Music and Dance Schools: Affordable Access
My Lords, my purpose in raising this question is to highlight the vital role of MDS, the music and dance scheme, which provides means-tested support to enable exceptionally talented young children from all backgrounds to attend specialist music and dance
2025-10-16
Music and Dance Schools: Affordable Access
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they are committed to maintaining affordable access to specialist music and dance schools for talented children of all social backgrounds.
2025-07-09
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I oppose the amendment, and I should perhaps declare an interest as one of the many Members of the House who has had the privilege to be in the House for over 20 years, but that is not the reason for opposing the amendment. The reason is that I
2025-06-24
Music and Dance Scheme
My Lords, I declare an interest as a governor of a specialist music school. As the Minister will be aware, the MDS covers music schools as well as dance schemes. Is she aware of the uncertainty and damage caused to parents trying to decide whether they c
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, is a distinguished economist and I defer to his expertise, but I have to challenge him on the assertion that the measures in this Bill which raise national insurance are job creating. The Budget as a whole does not
My Lords, I will make a brief comment on these amendments. In the Committee’s discussions so far, the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, has made great play of the fact that the OBR suggested that the overall Budget measures would increase employment. The noble L
My Lords, I will not repeat the powerful arguments that have been made for this set of amendments, but I would like to put the argument in stark terms. What is exceptional about most charities is that they do not have the ability to raise revenue by sell
My Lords, I want to add to the comments made by my noble friend Lord Altrincham in introducing these amendments. He spoke of a large number of young people who are not in economic activity, full-time education or training. Labour market statistics are no
My Lords, I would like to put this discussion in the context of the profitability of the small businesses that we are talking about. The noble Lords who proposed these amendments have effectively made the point that many of these small businesses will be
In that case, I will address that amendment when we come to it.
My Lords, as the noble Baroness said, the easiest way to avoid exemptions would be not to raise this tax at all; then we would not have to deal with the sectors that will be hit hard by it. I very much support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord,
My Lords, in contributing to the debate on this Bill, I should declare my interest as a trustee of two charitable music organisations, which, like other charities, including hospices and those that help the homeless, as pointed out by the noble Baroness,
2025-01-06
Multilateral Free Trade
My Lords, the Minister will be aware that the most important and fastest-growing part of UK exports is services. Can he assure us that the Government will put equal emphasis on non-tariff barriers, which tend to restrict service exports?
My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the report from the committee of which I am honoured to be a member. I am also very honoured to follow the speech by the noble Lord, Lord King, who has a very distinguished record, and t
My Lords, listening to the speeches this evening, I have heard a number of noble Lords state their opposition to the Bill on what they said were moral grounds. I am not qualified to comment on the international legal aspect, but I do not accept that thos
2023-06-13
Financial Services and Markets Bill
My Lords, I am concerned that, while seemingly innocuous, this amendment might turn out to be the thin end of the wedge of government intervention in pension investment. Clearly, the obligation on pension trustees should be to do their best to get the ri
2023-03-07
Financial Services and Markets Bill
I was making the point that maintaining open bank branches as a solution to this problem is potentially a very expensive way of solving the problem and that the cost would be borne by other bank customers. We need to accept that there may be better ways
2023-03-07
Financial Services and Markets Bill
My Lords, since I have not spoken in Committee so far, I should remind noble Lords of my interest as a former chairman of a bank and a current shareholder. However, I am not going to defend the service levels of banks, which I recognise need improvement.
2023-01-10
Financial Services and Markets Bill
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the excellent maiden speech of my noble friend Lady Lawlor, and to welcome her to the House. I have had the great good fortune to collaborate with her on policy issues over what now amounts to several decades in
2022-11-22
Renters Reform Bill
My Lords, I declare my interest as an owner of rented properties. Following on from that last question, will my noble friend undertake that, in seeking to protect tenants from a minority of unscrupulous landlords, they will not make it impossible for pro
2022-06-22
Schools Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of Amendment 112A, which relates to a point that I raised at Second Reading. As the noble Lord, Lord Soley, said, there has to be a check on parents to avoid those who might abuse the freedoms. The local authorit
2022-05-23
Schools Bill [HL]
My Lords, I mention my interest as the governor of a specialist music school. There is clearly much to debate in the Bill, but I will focus on two areas of provision: grammar schools and home education.
I welcome the safeguards in the Bill for existin
2022-01-17
Covid-19: Vaccinations for School Pupils
My Lords, as my noble friend has said, this country is behind some other countries in rolling out vaccinations to five to 11 year-olds. He will also be aware that the extent of Covid in that age group is a major source of infection for parents and, there
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Register of Interests · 3 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 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Lloyds Banking Group plc (banking)
registered 2016-12-29 · amended 2025-04-05
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SEGRO plc (UK real estate Investment Trust)
registered 2015-05-21 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Properties in London and Surrey let on assured short hold tenancies, owned jointly with wife
registered 2010-04-15 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1997-10-02 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2002-12-09 → 2010-05-06
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
2004-11-29 → 2008-11-26
European Union Committee
2008-12-11 → 2013-05-15
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2013-05-16 → 2014-05-14
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2021-04-14 → 2023-01-31
Industry and Regulators Committee
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
Economic Affairs Committee
2026-01-27 → present
Numeracy for Life Committee
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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