The Rt Hon. the Lord Clarke of Nottingham CH KC
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Clarke of Nottingham's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Clarke of Nottingham CH KC. His name is Kenneth Harry Clarke, 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.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
41
25 meetings ·
9 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
7 overseas trips
· 2014-01-01 → 2014-06-30
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 25
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-01 | — | Fiscal Control | cabinet-office |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Roundtable - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Construction | cabinet-office |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Roundtable (and dinner): Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership | cabinet-office |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Energy Security (lunch) | cabinet-office |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Trade/Services Liberalisation/Better Regulation (business lunch) | cabinet-office |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Services Liberalisation/Competition | cabinet-office |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Italy's Economy | cabinet-office |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Trade/Services Liberalisation/Better Regulation (business lunch) | cabinet-office |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Energy/Business Environment | cabinet-office |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Roundtable: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Non-Government Organisations | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Trade (Health) | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Trade (Health) | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Trade (Energy) | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Trade (Energy) | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Trade (Energy) | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Trade (Energy) | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Trade (Energy) | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Trade (Energy) | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Roundtable: TTIP (Professional Services) | cabinet-office |
| 2014-01-01 | — | TTIP | cabinet-office |
Recent hospitality
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-01 | — | Reception | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2014-04-01 | — | Dinner - 3rd Anniversary reception | — |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Business Lunch | — |
| 2014-01-01 | — | Lunch | — |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Poland | EU (Single Market, Business Taskforce) | — |
| — | Brussels | EU (Single Market, Business Taskforce) | — |
| — | Rome | Trade, Single Market and Better Regulation | — |
| — | Glasgow | Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership | — |
| — | Brazil | Trade (Energy and healthcare) | — |
| — | Brussels | Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) | — |
| — | China | Trade: Health | — |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
37 Content(22.8%)
4 Not-Content(2.5%)
121 didn't vote(74.7%)
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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
2026-06-16
Russian Shadow Fleet
The Minister has several times failed to give any clear answer to the question of what is going to be done with the oil and the ship. He dodges that and, for some peculiar reason, the Department for Transport is now considering these important matters. D
My Lords, one of the difficulties in discussing the vetting of Lord Mandelson seriously is that nobody outside the Government has the first idea what the grounds were for the recommendation that his vetting should be refused. I accept and completely agre
2026-04-28
Middle East: Economic Update
My Lords, one of the big problems that the Government faced when they took office was an unsustainable level of public debt and a totally unsustainable level of debt interest being paid by taxpayers each year on that debt. The Government saw clearly at t
2026-04-20
Security Vetting
My Lords, the totally new twist to this long-running saga is the discovery that the Foreign Office officials failed to give any information about this failed vetting to their ministerial masters, the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary. So far, I fi
The private lives of the decadent rich are always going to arouse interest in the media and with the general public. The Prime Minister has failed to answer some very embarrassing questions about what he knew when he made this appointment. In my opinion,
2026-03-17
Fujitsu: Post Office Horizon Case
My Lords, if there is sufficient evidence to support the assertions two noble Lords have made about the extent of Fujitsu’s knowledge of the failures in their system—and I believe there is such evidence—have the Government not considered taking legal act
2026-02-24
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I want to speak to my interest. About 30 years ago, I was a director of British American Tobacco. I started smoking when I was at school, and I have now been smoking for about 70 years. At the moment, the thought has not crossed my mind that I
2026-02-24
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Does the noble Earl not agree that we would save many lives if we passed a law saying that nobody should be allowed to drive a motor car unless there is a man waving a stick walking in advance of them? Similarly, if we banned electric bicycles, we would
2026-02-24
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
May I ask what evidence the noble Lord has for that? I well remember, when I was on the board of BAT, that we acknowledged the health risks. We were accused of somehow denying it, but the people with this bizarre conspiracy theory were never able to prod
2026-01-28
UK Start-up Companies
My Lords, if the Government are as keen on entrepreneurship as the Minister keeps suggesting, why did the Chancellor in her last Budget reduce the tax relief for venture capital trusts, which I set up in my last Budget in 1997 precisely to encourage the
2026-01-21
Motorway Speed Cameras
Anyone who drives north out of London on the M1, as I do twice a week, knows that there is always a 60 mph variable speed limit throughout Bedfordshire, whatever the traffic conditions and whatever the weather, which are usually identical to the weather
2025-10-28
Employment Rights Bill
I was about to make exactly the same point, but the noble and right reverend Lord beat me to it. The Minister has not addressed this point at all. The strongest argument against the day-one issue is that employers plainly will not take the risk with ex-o
2025-10-14
Prisoners: Reoffending
My Lords, does the Minister agree that the biggest problem facing the rehabilitation work in which he has been so involved for decades now is that many of the prisons in which the training and other support is offered are overcrowded, dangerous, Victori
2025-09-10
Gaza Protests: Anti-terrorism Legislation
My Lords, a perfectly good case can be made for proscribing Palestine Action, and I agree with that decision, but does the Minister know that in this country there has always been discretion not to prosecute in a case where there is no public interest in
2025-09-02
Gilt Yields
My Lords, the recent rise in yields on bonds should serve as a warning that this country is much nearer to the risk of a financial crisis than the Government are even remotely acknowledging. It is not impossible to foresee a trip to the IMF eventually un
2025-07-22
Illegal Migration: Pull Factors
Immigration is a global crisis, with every wealthy country in the world suffering social and political pressures from unsustainable levels of immigration from poorer countries. Do the Government therefore agree that there needs to be international co-ope
2025-07-15
Taxes
My Lords, when the Treasury team are preparing the Budget, will they have a look at the precedent of Sir Geoffrey Howe’s Budget of 1981, which was delivered in very similar economic circumstances to those of today? It was the most unpopular Budget of my
2025-07-14
Trial by Jury: Proposed Restrictions
My Lords, does the Minister accept that it is a scandalous disgrace that in this country some victims and people charged with offences have to wait months and sometimes years before a trial can take place? Does he therefore agree that, in those circumsta
2025-07-08
Government Performance against Fiscal Rules
My Lords, since the 2008 financial crisis, this country has built an unsustainable level of public debt in relation to our GDP, and the cost of servicing that debt is a serious constraint on financing public services. Does the Minister agree that any eas
My Lords, I had a long and much reshuffled career in a variety of Governments, going right back to the early 1970s. In my last post, under the Cameron Government, I was introduced to the Grid, which had been developed in the 21st century. I found it utte
My Lords—
2025-07-01
Migrants: Hotel Accommodation
Are the Government making any progress in their search for safe third countries where applicants for asylum could have their case processed before being admitted to this country at all? That is the only policy they have that would avoid the need for hote
2025-06-10
Winter Fuel Payment
My Lords, this is certainly a shambolic way of conducting a government, but otherwise, I find myself unfortunately rather out of step with the exchanges so far.
The winter fuel payment had nothing to do with the level of fuel bills. It was paid to eve
2025-05-21
UK-EU Summit
My Lords, I congratulate the Government on their progress in strengthening the European arm of NATO in the light of the changed circumstances we have, and on the start they have made on putting us back into a healthier relationship—a soft Brexit—with the
2025-03-26
Future Defence Capability
My Lords, do the Government now agree with the opinion that President Macron has held for some years, that the European arm of NATO must be made stronger and credible, and eventually an equal partner with the US in the NATO alliance? It will take at leas
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Register of Interests · 9 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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Rio Tinto plc (mining and mineral resources)
registered 2021-05-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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Nestle SA (foods)
registered 2021-05-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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HSBC Holdings plc (banking)
registered 2021-05-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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Experian plc (consumer credit reporting company)
registered 2021-05-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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Diageo plc (beverages)
registered 2021-05-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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Unilever plc (consumer goods)
registered 2020-10-06 · amended 2025-04-05
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Royal Dutch Shell plc (energy)
registered 2020-10-06 · amended 2025-04-05
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BHP Group plc (mining)
registered 2020-10-06 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Hospitality received from Nottingham Forest and Notts County football clubs at home matches which over the course of a calendar year may exceed £300 in value
registered 2023-04-20 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2020-09-04 → present
Conservative
current
2019-09-04 → 2019-11-06
Independent
1970-06-18 → 2019-09-04
Conservative
Government posts
2012-09-06 → 2014-07-14
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
2010-05-12 → 2012-09-06
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
1993-05-27 → 1997-05-01
Chancellor of the Exchequer
1992-04-10 → 1993-05-26
Home Secretary
1990-11-02 → 1992-04-09
Secretary of State for Education and Science
1988-07-25 → 1990-11-01
Secretary of State for Health
1987-06-13 → 1988-07-24
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1987-06-13 → 1988-07-24
Minister of State (Department of Trade and Industry)
1985-09-02 → 1987-06-13
Secretary of State for Employment
1985-09-02 → 1987-06-12
Paymaster General (HM Treasury)
1982-03-05 → 1985-09-01
Minister of State (Department of Health)
1981-05-01 → 1982-03-05
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (Roads and Motoring)
1979-05-07 → 1981-01-05
Parliamentary Secretary (Ministry of Transport)
1974-01-01 → 1974-03-01
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
1972-01-01 → 1974-01-01
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
2009-07-27 → 2010-05-06
Shadow Secretary of State
2009-01-19 → 2009-07-27
Shadow Secretary of State (Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform)
1976-01-01 → 1979-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Trade and Industry)
1974-01-01 → 1976-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
Committee memberships
2002-06-19 → 2005-05-05
House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee)
2003-01-14 → 2009-11-09
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£12,500/yr
2002-12-02 → 2009-11-09
Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee)
2021-01-28 → 2021-11-16
Youth Unemployment Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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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.
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)
3 bills
2 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice and Security Act | Supported | Royal Assent | 2012-05-28 | |
| Defamation Act | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2012-05-10 | |
| Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2011-06-21 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.