The Lord Jay of Ewelme GCMG
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Jay of Ewelme's full title is The Lord Jay of Ewelme GCMG. His name is Michael Hastings Jay, 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
9 Content(5.6%)
12 Not-Content(7.4%)
141 didn't vote(87.0%)
2026-01-12
Not-Content
201–169
Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
132–124
Content
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
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Redwood, although I do not agree with absolutely everything that he said. It is a pleasure too to take part in today’s debate and to resume that focus on Northern Ireland that I had as chairman of
My Lords, this is a full and comprehensive report from the European Affairs Committee, although perhaps controversial, as the noble Baroness has just said. I might also say that the noble Lord, Lord Frost, and I worked amicably together in the Foreign Of
2026-02-12
Environment Agency: Waste Crime
My Lords, I speak as a member of the Environment and Climate Change Committee of your Lordships’ House. I have to say that, until we started our inquiry, I had been unaware of the scale or the seriousness of waste crime. Now, thanks largely to the tenaci
2026-01-06
Nitrogen Reduction, Recycling and Reuse (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, who gave such excellent evidence to our committee. It is a pleasure to serve on the Environment and Climate Change Committee under the excellent chairmanship of the noble Baroness, Lady Sh
My Lords, in his remarks, the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, has tried to pre-empt the comments that I was about to make. I remember well the Falklands War in 1982. I remember many negotiations with Spain about Gibraltar. I remember the struggles with China ov
My Lords, I will say at the outset that I do not see the need for the amendments we are discussing. However, I do think that responding to and respecting the wishes and interests of the Chagossians is one of the most important and difficult issues facing
My Lords, after the history lesson from the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, I am tempted to recount my time in Malta in the 1950s or my visit to Djibouti in 1965, but I will resist that temptation—at least this evening.
As I said at Second Reading, I support
I was not going to mention that; I was making the simple point that respect for international law has been, and should remain, an extremely important part of British foreign policy.
I say this to the noble Lords, Lord Lilley and Lord Blencathra. When
My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Bellingham, and particularly his very thoughtful speech today. I say at the outset that I support the Bill as a necessary consequence of the Chagos Islands agreement, which I also support.
My Lords, this amendment shows that there are ways in which the rights of children could be protected. The debate so far has shown that we believe it to be extraordinarily important that the rights of children in these circumstances should be protected.
My Lords, I enter view with some hesitation after speeches by such a phalanx of Cross-Bench lawyers. I understand the reasoning behind the Bill, as set out by the Minister in introducing it. I understand, too, that it will put us on more or less the sam
My Lords, I am delighted to be a member of the Environment and Climate Change Committee under the excellent and expert chairmanship of the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan. I joined the committee just as the report was being finalised, so I regard myself as
My Lords, as your Lordships will know—I am sure the right reverend Prelate, whom it is a pleasure to follow, will know—in George Orwell’s 1984, the three great regional powers of Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia confront each other with constantly shifting
2024-11-12
House of Lords Reform
My Lords, it is always a pleasure and something of a challenge to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell.
I think we will all be conscious of the gap between the perception—often, alas, negative—of the House of Lords, focused on its size and the meth
2024-10-10
Relations with Europe
My Lords, it is an excellent subject for debate today, chosen by the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Newnham. We have heard what I know will be the first of many excellent speeches by the noble Baroness, Lady Hodge.
I should perhaps declare an interest,
2024-10-09
British Indian Ocean Territory: Negotiations
My Lords, I congratulate the Government on reaching this agreement, and I congratulate the last Government on initiating the negotiations for it. They right a long-standing wrong. As the Minister has said, we await the details of the agreement, but can s
2024-07-25
King’s Speech
My Lords, it is a pleasure as always to follow the noble Lord, Lord Empey. I join others first of all in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Anderson, and the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, on their appointments.
As others have said, and it is a view I
2024-02-27
Northern Ireland
My Lords, I join others in expressing profound sadness at the death of Lord Cormack, whom I was proud to call a friend.
I welcome the re-establishment of Stormont and of devolved government in Northern Ireland. The governance of the United Kingdom is
2023-09-11
Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: The Windsor Framework (European Affairs Committee Report)
That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the European Affairs Committee Report from the Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: The Windsor Framework (7th Report, HL Paper 237).
My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for replying to the debate and to all those who took part. The debate has shown a wide and deeply held difference of views on the Windsor Framework, but I was also struck by the arguments for compromise, stabi
My Lords, I rise to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper, one of two Motions which invite the Grand Committee to take note of recent work by the Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, which I have the privilege to ch
That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the European Affairs Committee Report from the Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Follow-up Report (2nd Report, HL Paper 57).
My Lords, the Windsor Framework is a compromise between the United Kingdom and the European Community. As with all compromises, neither side gets everything it wants. But it seems to me that, although the Windsor Framework is not perfect, it is a distin
2023-02-28
Northern Ireland Protocol
My Lords, this is an ambitious and far-reaching agreement with a great deal of material that will need to be digested and carefully analysed; the Northern Ireland protocol committee, which I have the honour of chairing, will start on that shortly. Can th
My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for his reply to the debate. I am also very grateful to all Members who have spoken from all sides of the House in what has been a very wide-ranging debate. In fact, the debate has ranged rather wider than the
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Register of Interests · 2 entries on file
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Category 3: Land and property
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Cottage in Oxfordshire from which rental income is received
registered 2018-11-16 · amended 2025-04-05
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Shop in Oxfordshire, with rental income from flat above
registered 2010-04-26 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2006-09-18 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2007-04-23 → 2007-08-03
Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee)
2007-11-15 → 2008-07-07
Intergovernmental Organisations Committee
2012-05-17 → 2013-05-21
EU Sub Committee C - External Affairs
2012-07-03 → 2012-11-21
Draft Enhanced Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill (Joint Committee)
2015-06-08 → 2020-06-04
European Union Committee
2017-06-27 → 2020-04-23
EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee
Chair
+£15,235/yr
2015-06-12 → 2020-04-23
EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee
2020-11-24 → 2024-05-30
Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act
2021-04-14 → 2024-05-30
European Affairs Committee
2021-04-14 → 2024-05-30
Windsor Framework Sub-Committee
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2024-07-29 → present
Environment and Climate Change Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
jaymh@parliament.uk
020 7219 3156 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 3156 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Personal assistant
maggiestevenson@parliament.uk
Maggie Stevenson
Maggie Stevenson
APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 2 historic
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trafficked Britons in Syria
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | Reprieve UK | 4 | 2026-05-22 |
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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)
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Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.