The Lord Grade of Yarmouth CBE
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Grade of Yarmouth's full title is The Lord Grade of Yarmouth CBE. His name is Michael Ian Grade, 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
21 Content(13.0%)
1 Not-Content(0.6%)
140 didn't vote(86.4%)
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-05
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
2026-06-09
Digital Safety: Children
I declare my interest as a recently retired chairman of Ofcom. It is very easy to criticise the Online Safety Act and to criticise the regulator, and it is even easier to criticise the Government, but does the Minister agree with me that the force of the
2026-05-21
King’s Speech
I commend the noble Lord, Lord Forbes of Newcastle, on that amazing and practical analysis of where we are and what needs doing. I am somewhat nervous about following him. For the record, I declare that I have now rejoined the Conservative Party after fo
2026-05-21
Higher Earners: Emigration
My Lords, for the avoidance of doubt—as the lawyers are fond of saying—it would be interesting to know from the Minister whether someone earning more than £100,000 a year and paying their taxes can still be classified as a working person.
2026-04-27
Antisemitic Attacks
My Lords, I also thank the Minister for his support of the Jewish community and his keen understanding of what the Jewish community in this country is going through at the moment. There is no possibility of underestimating the complexity of this problem;
2026-04-27
National Museums and Galleries
My Lords, I think we all know that money is very tight and getting tighter. I am trying to understand why the very distinguished trustees, who are charged with governing these great institutions, cannot be trusted to decide themselves on the charging or
My Lords—
My diplomatic friends tell me that, if they are up for a sensitive posting abroad, the due diligence that the FCO carries out is a brutal, intrusive and pretty degrading exercise, but a very effective one. Why is the system of due diligence for a politic
2026-03-17
BBC World Service: Sustainability
My Lords, following up the question of the noble Lord, Lord Birt, I ask the Minister a simple question: does she think it is fair that UK licence fee payers should have to pay so much towards the World Service?
2026-02-09
Public Transport: Remote Communities
My Lords, is the Minister aware that one of the great transport scandals in this country is that it costs something like £20 per mile to take the smallest car from Portsmouth to Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight? There is a monopoly there that operates com
2026-01-08
Broadcasting: Recent Developments
My Lords, I have had the nod to speak in what is called the gap—I hope that meets with your Lordships’ approval. As a declaration of interest, I am currently chairman of Ofcom, and I have had a long career in various bits of British public service broadc
My Lords, although great strides are being made in medicine, as I understand it, to study individuals’ genetics to predict a propensity to get diseases later in life, this raises a serious question about how the insurance market is going to respond to th
2025-10-14
Jaguar Land Rover Cyberattack
My Lords, perhaps I might pose a somewhat more prosaic but urgent question. The crisis at Jaguar Land Rover had immediate and predictable consequences for the supply chain. The immediate call was for the taxpayer to stand in. Do the Government have a vi
2025-09-19
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
What a privilege, but what a responsibility, to be a part of this debate. It is clear from every speaker that we all feel that responsibility.
If this legislation passes into law and subsequently proves, like all legislation, defective in some respect
2025-04-23
Artificial Intelligence: Emissions
My Lords, I draw the attention of the House to my interest in the register. Does the Minister agree that many of the concerns expressed on all the Benches on this issue, particularly in the Question of the right reverend Prelate, can be answered by the s
2024-11-14
BBC World Service
My Lords, I draw attention to my interests, past and present, as listed in the register. The Minister referred to a long-term strategy for the World Service. Such a document exists. I chaired a group commissioned by the then Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hun
2024-10-22
Waste: Incineration
My Lords, I draw attention to my registered interests. In the race to net zero, and given the importance of reducing carbon footprints, how excited are this Government about our world-leading advances in small modular reactors—SMR nuclear?
2024-05-22
Media Bill
I will frame it.
2024-05-22
Media Bill
I do not wish to comment in any way, shape or form on the value or otherwise of any amendment to the Bill; I will just correct a statement. There is one code on due impartiality; the only difference between news and current affairs is that politicians ar
2024-05-21
Water Companies: Failure
My Lords, we have reached the end of a long period of very low interest rates, during which the regulated utilities have taken on a great deal of debt. That was not a problem when interest rates were so low but, now that interest rates have risen, does t
2024-03-26
Israel and Gaza
Can the Minister share with the House any information he has about the level remaining in Gaza of active, armed Hamas rocket launchers and armed terrorists, if I can use that word? It appears that Israel has not yet achieved its objective—leaving aside t
My Lords, I am sure that most people will welcome the extension of prescribing facilities to pharmacies. Does the Minister understand that the rate of closure of independent pharmacies in the UK—these vital community facilities —is absolutely acceleratin
2024-01-17
BBC: Funding
My Lords, I may have to change my name to Tina. I declare my interests as set out in the register. I have no opinions to offer on the future of the BBC or its funding. My concern is to stress to the Minister that one of the greatest economic success stor
2024-01-17
BBC: Funding
My Lords—
My Lords, after years and years of pressing Polish Administrations to move on this issue, as Poland is the only country that has not in Europe, out of those discussions the Government must have some idea of what objections the Poles have got to acceding
2023-06-14
Football Matches: Violence
My Lords, I declare my interest as a lifelong supporter of the greatest team in south-east London, known to its supporters as “Charlton nil”. Can the Government encourage the football authorities to get the players to set an example on the field and not
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Register of Interests · 15 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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Chairman, Tribe Entertainment Ltd (film and television production company) (payment by way of equity shareholding)
registered 2026-06-19
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Member, advisory board, Wona (entertainment technology) (payment by way of granting of shares)
registered 2026-05-12
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Chair, Imagineear Ltd (provides digital displays for museums, galleries and live attractions)
registered 2025-01-09 · amended 2025-04-05
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Non-executive Chairman, Ofcom (UK's communications regulator) (interest ceased 30 April 2026)
registered 2022-07-04 · amended 2026-05-05
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Chairman, Chiltern Vital Group (project creation)
registered 2021-02-05 · amended 2026-05-05
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Non-executive Chairman designate, McFaddens & Co Group Ltd (investment, philanthropic and lifestyle solutions)
registered 2020-09-03 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chairman, Heathrow Expansion Advisory Board, Arora Group
registered 2018-04-06 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Grade Linnit Company Ltd (theatres consortium)
registered 2015-07-21 · amended 2025-04-09
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Director, Wave Stadiums Ltd (representation of proprietary stadiums design and structure)
registered 2015-02-24 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Wave Stadiums Ltd (representation of proprietary stadiums design and structure) (shareholder of 50% of ordinary share capital)
registered 2015-02-24 · amended 2025-04-05
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Grade Linnit Company Ltd (theatres consortium; 50% shareholder)
registered 2012-11-15 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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TTB Management Limited t/a The Talent Bank (digital content creation)
registered 2021-02-15 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chiltern Vital Group (project creation)
registered 2021-02-05 · amended 2026-05-05
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AKL Research & Development Ltd (software development)
registered 2018-04-06 · amended 2025-04-05
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Ingenious Film Investment Scheme
registered 2012-11-15 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2026-05-01 → present
Conservative
current
2022-05-01 → 2026-04-30
Non-affiliated
2011-01-25 → 2022-04-30
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2011-03-31 → 2011-10-12
Draft Defamation Bill (Joint Committee)
2012-05-29 → 2013-02-28
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Committee
2018-05-17 → 2019-03-19
Regenerating Seaside Towns and Communities Committee
2019-06-13 → 2020-06-16
Gambling Industry Committee
Chair
+£15,509/yr
2021-04-14 → 2022-03-26
Industry and Regulators Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
ros@michaelgrade.com
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 1 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 1 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
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)
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.