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The Lord Davidson of Glen Clova

Labour Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Davidson of Glen Clova's full title is The Lord Davidson of Glen Clova. His name is Neil Forbes Davidson, 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 3 Content(1.9%) 66 Not-Content(40.7%) 93 didn't vote(57.4%)
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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

2025-11-12 Cryptocurrencies: US Regulation
I thank my noble friend the Minister for his Answer. The risks normally associated with cryptocurrencies are volatility, fraud, money laundering and access to criminality. Have these risks been assessed by the Government, and if so, with what result?
2025-11-12 Cryptocurrencies: US Regulation
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the risks to the finance system in the United Kingdom arising from the loosening of regulation of cryptocurrencies in the United States of America.
2025-02-04 UK–China Economic and Financial Strategy Dialogue
My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for his response. I congratulate the Government on breaking the hiatus in the dialogue, which lasted for a long period of five years. Does my noble friend agree with me that the UK indisputably has a world-c
2025-02-04 UK–China Economic and Financial Strategy Dialogue
To ask His Majesty’s Government what were the outcomes of the UK–China Economic and Financial Strategy Dialogue held in Beijing in January.
2023-06-22 China: High-level Talks
I thank the Minister for his Answer. What is the current state of play in relation to bilateral dialogue between China and the UK?
2023-06-22 China: High-level Talks
To ask His Majesty’s Government, following the high-level talks between the Governments of China and the United States on 18 and 19 June at which both sides agreed to “effectively manage differences and advance dialogue, exchanges and co-operation”, w
2022-12-20 Cryptocurrencies
The question is coming. He went on to say that public policy “needs to start with a realistic assessment of the economic value that flows from blockchain technology.” I assume that the Government have done the realistic assessment. What economic va
2022-12-20 Cryptocurrencies
I thank the noble Lord for the response. The reason for my Question is that it emerged in April of this year that the Government wish to make the UK a global hub for cryptocurrency assets. The incoming head of the FCA regards crypto platforms as “deliber
2022-12-20 Cryptocurrencies
To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they have revised their policy towards cryptocurrencies following the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
2022-07-21 Crypto Asset Technology
I thank the noble Baroness for her Answer. Cryptocurrencies are characterised by opacity, volatility, lack of intrinsic value and bare regulation. In recent days, even stablecoins have exhibited a lack of stability. The Government seem to be content for
2022-07-21 Crypto Asset Technology
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards their ambition to make the United Kingdom a global cryptoasset technology hub.
2021-02-03 Bribery Act 2010: Post-legislative Scrutiny (Select Committee Report)
My Lords, I declare an interest as a Queen’s Counsel in practice in Scotland, whose work from time to time involves cases where the Bribery Act is required to be considered, and as a former Advocate-General in post at the time of the Act’s introduction.
2020-11-04 Union with Scotland
My Lords, there is a clear surge in Scottish opinion supporting independence. The single factor identified behind this surge is the unpopularity of the Prime Minister. How do Her Majesty’s Government propose to remedy this danger to the union?
2020-06-03 Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modification) Order 2020
My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the order. Like the previous modification order of the 2014 Act, which came before the House in 2019, this order is certainly laconic. The effective language amounts to some 38 words. None the less it is of
2019-06-26 Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modification) Order 2019
My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this brief order, which this side does not oppose. It is commendable that the Scottish Parliament has replicated the victim surcharge scheme that has operated in England and Wales since 2007. It should be a
2019-05-22 Devolved Administrations: 20th Anniversary
My Lords, 20 years of devolution over four nations is a substantial subject, and the initiators of this debate are to be congratulated on their choice of it. On 12 May, we marked the 20th anniversary of the first meeting of the Scottish Parliament. Up to
2019-04-10 Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2019
My Lords, I commend the Minister on the brevity of his exposition of this particular order. Again, it is one that Labour is not inclined to oppose. The Explanatory Memorandum describes part of the amendment as being in relation to a legislative oversight
2019-04-10 Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc.) Order 2019
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his exposition of the order. As the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, has said, no one could disagree with it. We are coming up to the 20th anniversary of the creation of the Scottish Parliament and of Scottish Mini
2019-03-28 Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019
My Lords, the forestry sector is a significant contributor to the Scottish economy, to the extent of some £1 billion. It also imposes opportunity costs resulting from the tax treatment of forestry and from the externalisation of costs pursuant to the eff
2018-11-01 South China Sea: Royal Navy Deployment
I thank the noble Baroness for her Answer. Policy, however, is always a question of balance, and the balance here seems to be between apparent bellicosity on the other side of the world and a post-Brexit free trade agreement with the world’s second-large
2018-11-01 South China Sea: Royal Navy Deployment
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and declare an interest as director of Ensis Strategic, a company promoting UK-China trade.
2018-11-01 South China Sea: Royal Navy Deployment
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications of deployment of the Royal Navy in the South China Sea for efforts to develop trade relations with China.
2018-05-11 Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I add my welcome to the Bill of the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, which the Opposition are happy to support. As the noble and learned Lord, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, observed, in many areas of legislation there can exist a tension bet
2017-12-12 Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL]
My Lords, this amendment is a useful reminder that the Brexit process needs to reflect the devolved nature of the United Kingdom. I take this opportunity of looking at this amendment to make certain observations more broadly and, indeed, to go back to th
2017-12-06 Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL]
My Lords, the Opposition are sympathetic to many of the points that have been made, and I single out Amendment 69H. The capacity to carry out UK company formation from outside the UK is a real lacuna in the current money laundering regime. Monitoring wit
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.

Register of Interests · 2 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.

  • Director, Ensis Strategic Ltd (dormant UK tree planting project)
    registered 2017-11-16 · amended 2025-04-05
  • King's Counsel and Member, Faculty of Advocates
    registered 2010-04-23 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly. Read the full Lords Code of Conduct for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.

Party history

2006-03-22present
Labour current

Government posts

2006-05-052010-05-06
Advocate General for Scotland

Opposition posts

2018-06-042021-05-17
Shadow Spokesperson (Scotland)
2010-10-082012-09-06
Shadow Spokesperson (Scotland)
2010-10-082021-05-17
Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury)
2010-10-082021-05-17
Shadow Advocate-General for Scotland

Committee memberships

2014-11-192014-12-24
Insurance Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2024-01-242024-09-16
Statutory Inquiries Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)

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Written parliamentary questions · 2026

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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

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No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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Historic bills (all-time)

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