The Rt Hon. the Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd. His name is Roger John Laugharne Thomas, 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
176 divisions
49 Content(27.8%)
16 Not-Content(9.1%)
111 didn't vote(63.1%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-24
Not-Content
80–166
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
214–142
Content
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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
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
I make one brief observation on Amendment 83. When one looks back at the last group of amendments and at this one, one sees that what is happening, in effect, is the creation of an entirely alternate system of dispute resolution—a new form of court or ad
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank everyone who has spoken in this short, slightly esoteric argument and on these interests. I simply say that I do not think that this issue will go away. First, the payment terms in the Bill are 60 days and in modern international trade
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I declare my interest as chairman of the board that advises the International Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, for his support in this, and for the time that the Minister and his officials a
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I have one or two brief observations in support of the amendments, particularly Amendments 73 and 78 tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Holmes. First, it is critical that people are given an easy understanding of digital access to the system, but t
My Lords, I too add my congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, on raising this point. It is important for two reasons: first, the terrible damage done to those who have suffered as a result of what happened; and, secondly, and to my mind impo
As the first person to speak this afternoon who can claim no part whatever in the production of this report, I independently express my view, and the views of many to whom I have spoken, on its excellence and that it needed doing and that what it said ne
2026-07-08
Police Leadership Commission Report
My Lords, the Minister has explained over and over again the number of changes that are occurring. I welcome them all, just as I welcome the noble Lords’ report. However, there are various ways in which these changes can be implemented. Can we have in th
2026-06-17
Thames Water
One of the problems in regulation is that those who are regulated are able to pay substantially greater salaries and employ better experts. Are the Government going to look at properly funding the new regulator so that the ability of those employed by th
2026-06-09
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
I too welcome the powerful, lucid and passionate way in which the noble Lord the Minister introduced, based on his own experience, the need for this Bill and the principal purposes behind it. It is also a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hun
2026-06-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I, too, welcome this Bill as an important step in strengthening the position of London in the world’s financial markets. However, I also pay tribute to the regulators, particularly the FCA, who have had to cope with markets that have changed en
2026-06-04
AI Regulation Bill
My Lords, I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, for obtaining this debate, and more so for his singular and determined leadership and focus on this issue. The need is becoming even more urgent for the Government to end their current policy of “just w
2026-06-01
Devolved Public Services: Funding
Will the Minister be able to outline the steps that are being taken by the Government to review the intergovernmental structures for co-operation between Cardiff, Westminster, Edinburgh and Belfast, and to ensure that these are strengthened over the next
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, in the gracious Speech, there are two matters where constitutional principle relating to our justice system requires particular scrutiny, and they also require scrutiny in relation to the strength of our union.
First is lay participation in
2026-04-15
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, on the Motion that has been proposed as regards private prosecutions, it is very urgent that this is brought into effect as soon as possible. If the proposal goes ahead for an extensive consultation of the kind envisaged, together with impact a
2026-03-25
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, can I add one word? In my experience in dealing with a large number of offences where corporations were responsible, it is only fines—and fines of a substantial amount—that have any real effect. The fines in this Bill are modest, in my view. I
2026-03-23
Pension Schemes Bill
Before the noble Lord sits down, can I ask him a question? The instrument says, “on the law”. We know that English law operates so that there are some obligations that are performable only by His Majesty’s Government, and other obligations that are accor
2026-03-23
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I shall make a few brief remarks in support of the Government. I declare an interest as chairman of the Financial Markets Law Committee, which issued a paper about two years ago now to try to explain the very complicated problems. This would be
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I hope I will be permitted to say something about Wales. I was going to make a much longer speech but my friend, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Llanfaes, made an excellent argument on the merits of the issues relating to Wales.
The short
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
When we had a debate in Committee, Wales was squeezed into the very short time we had on the Thursday afternoon before a debate had to start. It is no one’s fault but Wales is being squeezed again. It is now 11.30 pm and this is serious—it is no-one’s fa
2026-03-10
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I have a brief observation about Clause 12. The costs of private prosecution mean that money disappears from the overall Treasury contribution to the justice system. I think we should pause long and hard before we remove the power of the Govern
I too welcome the obtaining of this debate by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, and want to return, as we often should, to the actual Question in the debate. We shall have plenty of time to look at the Bill when it gets here. We are not on the Bill but on
2026-02-23
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I briefly rise in support of the aims of the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. I urge that we get on—as the noble Baronesses, Lady Hayman and Lady Penn, have so eloquently said. Listening to the debate, I do not think th
2026-02-11
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords—
2026-02-11
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, the issue of costs in private prosecutions is an extraordinarily serious one. The noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, has spoken of the position of charities, the RSPCA being one example. One can well understand the position of a charity conducting a p
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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.
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President, Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre (the member's annual earnings for this work fall within the £200,000-£300,000 band)
registered 2018-11-01 · amended 2025-04-05
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Practice as an arbitrator and expert witness at Arbitrators at 24 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
registered 2017-10-26 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2017-10-09 → present
Crossbench
current
2013-10-04 → 2017-10-08
Non-affiliated
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2018-05-15 → 2020-04-23
EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee
2018-06-04 → 2018-07-12
Middle Level Bill Committee
2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31
EU Services Sub-Committee
2024-09-05 → present
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£17,806/yr
2020-07-14 → 2024-05-30
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2020-05-22 → 2024-05-30
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
2020-06-04 → 2021-03-31
European Union Committee
2020-09-17 → 2023-12-31
Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee
2022-12-12 → 2023-02-20
Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
Chair
+£16,422/yr
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2024-01-24 → 2024-03-27
Arbitration Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
Chair
+£17,806/yr
Contact
Parliamentary office
thomasjl@parliament.uk
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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