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The Lord Johnson of Lainston CBE

Conservative Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Johnson of Lainston's full title is The Lord Johnson of Lainston CBE. His name is Dominic Robert Andrew Johnson, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

Allowance claims · 2026

Daily attendance allowance £5,936
16 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed £5,936
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.

Ministerial activity

Records on file 1008
933 meetings · 45 hospitality · 5 gifts · 25 overseas trips · 2023-02-01 → 2024-06-30
Total overseas travel cost £39,589

Recent meetings · latest 20 of 933

Date Met with Purpose Source
2024-06-25 Hitachi, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Mitsui, Horiba, Marubeni, Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Electric, Mitsui Fudosan, Mitsubishi Estate, Toyota, Nissan, Toshiba and Softbank Roundtable to discuss UK-Japanese trade and investment as part of Japanese State Visit department-for-business-and-trade
2024-06-11 Kickstart Ventures To discuss London Tech Week and the UK's investment landscape department-for-business-and-trade
2024-06-11 LogChain To discuss trade digitalisation department-for-business-and-trade
2024-06-11 PEXA To discuss PEXA's business plans and the Legal Technology sector department-for-business-and-trade
2024-06-06 Lendlease To discuss Lendlease's business strategy in the UK department-for-business-and-trade
2024-06-05 Eden Renewables To discuss investment into solar energy department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-22 PPF Group To discuss the UK investment environment department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-21 Get Living To discuss ongoing investment projects department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-21 Panattoni To discuss Panattoni's business plans in the UK department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-21 Elite Partners Capital To discuss the UK's investment environment department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-21 Gamuda Berhad To discuss Gamuda Berhad's investment plans in the UK department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-21 CapitaLand To discuss CapitaLand's investment ambitions in the UK department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-21 Amro Partners, Legal and General, Mubadala, Aldi, JLL, Rolls Royce, Evans Randall, UBS, Prologis, Greystar, MetLife Investment Management, Capital and Centric, ARA, CapitaLand, Elite Partners Capital, Lendlease, KWAP/Prima Ekuiti, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Manchester City Council, West Midlands Growth Company and Western Gateway Roundtable to discuss the UK's investment environment department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-20 Kadans, CBRE, Schroders, Langham, Shinhan Bank and Thames Estuary Growth Board Roundtable to discuss investment in the UK's real estate and infrastructure sectors department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-20 Schneider Electric To discuss Schneider Electric's investment plans in the UK department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-17 Legal and General To discuss the UK property sector department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-16 Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances, Kuehne+Nagel, British Retail Consortium, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Philip Morris UK, SC Johnson Professional, National Farmers Union To discuss regulatory reform department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-15 Alfanar To discuss investment in sustainable aviation fuel department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-15 HSBC To discuss GREAT Futures department-for-business-and-trade
2024-05-14 Innovo To discuss UK exports to Saudi Arabia and investment in the UK department-for-business-and-trade

Recent hospitality · latest 20 of 45

Date Host Type Value
2024-05-21 UKREiiF Breakfast —
2024-05-10 Hong Kong Association Lunch —
2024-04-26 McLaren Lunch —
2024-04-25 Bosch UK Dinner —
2024-04-24 State Street Dinner —
2024-02-29 China Chamber of Commerce in the UK Dinner —
2024-01-26 Franco/British Colloque Breakfast —
2024-01-25 Franco/British Colloque Dinner —
2024-01-24 Bechtel Corporation Dinner —
2024-01-18 CNN Dinner —
2024-01-17 Washington Post and Drax Dinner —
2024-01-11 UK University Overseas Campus Network Dinner —
2023-11-15 — Dinner —
2023-11-13 — Dinner —
2023-11-03 — Lunch —
2023-11-02 — Dinner —
2023-10-30 — Dinner —
2023-10-04 — Dinner —
2023-09-21 — Lunch —
2023-09-02 — Lunch —

Recent gifts

Date Gift From / To Outcome Value
2024-06-17 One Pirelli 2024 calendar Pirelli & C. S.p.A Held by department —
2023-12-20 Hamper - wooden box with cook book, various food items Bahrain Embassy Held by department —
2023-08-23 Cigars Sheikh Dr Khalid Thani Al-Thani Held by department —
2023-05-05 Barbeque Set Chairman of Mazhilis of Parliament of Kazakhstan Bought by minister —
2022-02-20 Vase Embassy of Kazakhstan Kept by Department —

Recent overseas travel · latest 20 of 25

Dates Destination Purpose Total cost
2024-05-13 → 2024-05-15 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Chartered flight outbound/commerical return flight
To participate in the GREAT Futures summit in Saudi Arabia £6,689
2024-05-02 → 2024-05-03 Paris, France
Scheduled Eurostar
To attend the OECD Ministerial Meeting £560
2024-04-10 → 2024-04-12 Copenhagen, Denmark; and Helsinki, Finland
Scheduled Flight
To meet with international investors £1,863
2024-03-25 → 2024-03-28 Bangkok, Thailand
Scheduled Flight
To attend a financial services conference and promote the UK as an investment destination £8,706
2024-03-11 → 2024-03-13 Cannes, France
Scheduled Flight
To attend a real estate conference, MIPIM, and promote the UK as an investment destination £976
2024-02-03 → 2024-02-05 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Scheduled Flight
To attend the World Defence Show and to promote investment from Saudi Arabia and the UAE £6,777
2024-01-27 → 2024-02-02 Washington DC, Miami and New York (USA)
Scheduled Flight
To promote US investment into the UK £9,631
2024-01-25 → 2024-01-26 Versailles, France
Eurostar
To attend the Franco/British Colloque £656
2024-01-17 → 2024-01-19 Davos, Switzerland
Scheduled Flight
To attend the World Economic Forum £3,732
— Paris, France
Eurostar
Meeting with key French investors operating in the UK or planning to operate in the UK —
— Amsterdam, Netherlands
Scheduled flight
To meet with key investors in the Netherlands —
— Vienna, Austria
Scheduled flight
To meet with key investors in Austria —
— Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea
Scheduled flight
Meetings with key investors in the region —
— Germany (Berlin and Frankfurt)
Scheduled flight
To attend a conference on Hydrogen and meet with renewable energy investors, alongside a number of venture capital firms —
— Manama, Bahrain
Scheduled flight
As a follow up to the recent visit of the Crown Prince of Bahrain and signing of the Strategic Investment and Collaboration Partnership —
— China (Shanghai and Beijing)
Scheduled flight
To represent HMG at the International Trade and Services fair and discuss Chinese-UK trade and investment links —
— USA (New York, Boston) and Canada (Toronto)
Scheduled flight
To meet with big US capital pools and to understand US capital pools and investors approach to the UK —
— Kuwait City, Kuwait. Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE
Scheduled flight
As a precursor to the Guest of Government visit of the Kuwait Crown Prince and to discuss the UK-UAE Sovereign Investment Partnership, and other investments from Kuwait and UAE —
— Amsterdam, Netherlands
Scheduled flight
To meet with Dutch pension funds, invesors and businesses to encourage further investment into the UK —
— Hong Kong
Scheduled flight
To discuss Hong Kong-UK investment links —
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

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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

2026-09-16 Retirement and Participation Committee Report
My Lords, I have two interests to declare. First, I am remarkably young. I am following the oldest Member of the House in this debate and I am probably one of the youngest. I like that. Here, I feel so youthful; it is even more effective than some kind o
2026-09-15 Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions
My Lords, I thank noble Lords for a first-class debate. I feel, as I always do when I am in my own committee, deeply humbled by the incredible level of expertise around me, supplemented so well by Olympians and other enthusiasts and knowledgeable individ
2026-09-15 Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions
My Lords, I am delighted, as chair of the International Agreements Committee, to lead this debate on the committee’s report on the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, better known as the Macolin convention. People in
2026-09-15 Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions
That the Grand Committee takes note of the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions (the Macolin Convention). Relevant document: 4th Report of the International Agreements Committee
2026-09-14 Representation of the People Bill
I begin by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Macintosh of Eastwood, on his excellent maiden speech. To reassure him, I continue to get lost after four years, and I think most Members of this House do. The doorkeepers in the other place are very keen to
2026-09-14 Hospitality Industry: VAT
My Lords, the Minister raised the importance of copying Europe with the tourist tax, but many European countries—all of them, I think—have a VAT discount on tourist shopping, one of the things the last Government sadly did away with. This has a huge impa
2026-07-02 Political Party Finance and the Electoral Commission
My Lords, I welcome this debate into this important matter, but more to help put the record straight than to add further fuel to the misconception about how mainstream political parties raise funds. The noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, raised some extremely im
2026-06-30 Ukraine: International Claims Commission Convention
That is very helpful; I thank the Minister very much. I thank all the Members of the Committee who have contributed to this debate, particularly those who are not members of the International Agreements Committee but also, of course, the members of that
2026-06-30 Ukraine: International Claims Commission Convention
My Lords, I thank the main drafter of this report, Samantha Granger, who worked tirelessly to produce this scrutiny document against a very tight deadline. I also thank Dominic Walsh and his team—I am sure I say that on behalf of all the committee—who pr
2026-06-30 Ukraine: International Claims Commission Convention
That the Grand Committee takes note of the Convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine. Relevant documents: 1st Report of the International Agreements Committee
2026-06-30 Ukraine: International Claims Commission Convention
I thank the Minister for her exceptionally helpful and thorough response. There was one small point that I asked about UK citizens and the processes around that.
2026-06-05 Artificial Intelligence: Impact on Human Relationships and Society
My Lords, I begin by declaring an interest. I am invested in AI companies, and I am hoping to go on the board of an AI company, because I think AI is the most amazing thing ever to happen to us. I cannot understand the long faces in this Chamber, the wor
2026-05-14 King’s Speech
My Lords, I will take a slightly different tack and praise the Government for some of the Bills put forward in the most gracious Speech. However, before I do, I want to admit to a slightly shady secret: I am a capitalist; I like making money, I am on the
2026-04-22 British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme
My Lords, I was extremely excited about this debate today. I saw “British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme” and raced to read the Minister’s Statement. But all I see in it is simply a series of taxes that were being levied on businesses being discounted
2026-04-14 Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Bill
My Lords, first, I express my gratitude to the Whips for allowing me to speak in the gap and apologise for not registering in time. I have a few quick points to make after hearing what I already know, which is how hard-working and truly valuable Lords
2026-03-19 Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I speak in this mini-debate in full support of this amendment. I am extremely concerned about the principle of government directing any form of investment. I do not think any Government have a strong record on making investments, and to compel
2026-03-16 Treaty Scrutiny in Westminster (International Agreements Committee Report)
My Lords, we have already sung the praises of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, and I am delighted to do so again in relation to this excellent report and his chairmanship of this committee over the past few years. I also commend the team who p
2026-03-11 Secondary International Competitiveness and Growth Objective (FSR Committee Report)
My Lords, I shall first declare my interests. I am on the board of a crypto data business and have investments in companies regulated by the FCA and the PRA. More usefully for this debate, I ran a regulated asset management firm for 15 years, a job that
2026-03-04 UK-India: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
I was just getting to the good bit.
2026-03-04 UK-India: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
My Lords, I was giving a great oration to demonstrate my interests and biases towards India, my passion for that great country, my own heritage and how important I felt it was, in the run-up to the India free trade deal, that we celebrated our joint comm
2026-03-04 UK-India: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
My Lords, it is always a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, who is a pillar of our committee. First, I pay tribute to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, and his leadership of the International Agreements Committee. In my view—
2026-03-03 Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, we have had a very valuable debate so far on the practicalities of a generational ban on smoking. I have been particularly intrigued by the journey we have taken. In that journey, a number of people have come to me, and I thank them for the eno
2026-02-24 Tobacco and Vapes Bill
I am never quite sure whether I should declare an interest in this debate as someone who has smoked the occasional cigar, but on this set of amendments I declare an interest in that I have teenage children. I see their actions, which chime very much with
2026-02-24 Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for her highly engaged approach to these issues facing small specialist tobacconists in the niche handmade, hand-rolled cigar industry. I also appreciated the assistance of her officials at the Department of Health,
2026-02-23 US Tariffs
My Lords, I read somewhere that the Department for International Trade is going to be reducing the number of experts in the field from 1,600 to 1,000. Is now really the time to be reducing our global staff by a third when our businesses need all the supp
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Register of Interests · 27 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.

  • Chairman of Advisory Group, The Entrepreneur Festival Limited (exhibition and fair organisers)
    registered 2026-07-22
  • Non-executive director, Potentially AI Plc (technology company)
    registered 2026-07-22
  • Non-executive director, AI Pathfinder Inc Limited (interest ceased 27 January 2026)
    registered 2025-10-27 · amended 2026-03-06
  • Director, The Lainston Partnership Limited (personal service company for financial services marketing) (client was Equitix Infrastructure Investments Limited (interest ceased 1 January 2026))
    registered 2025-10-13 · amended 2026-02-24
  • Member, Advisory Board, Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (interest ceased 24 November 2025)
    registered 2025-08-20 · amended 2025-11-24
  • Non-executive director, Block Scholes Limited (crypto analytics)
    registered 2025-07-23 · amended 2026-03-06
  • Director, AMP Ventures Limited (personal holding company)
    registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05

Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)

  • The Lainston Partnership Limited (personal service company for financial services marketing)
    registered 2025-09-01 · amended 2025-09-29
  • AMP Ventures Limited (personal holding company)
    registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05

Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)

  • Lockhouse Systems Limited (technology)
    registered 2026-07-22
  • Apertura Energy Plc
    registered 2026-07-22
  • Potentially AI Plc (technology)
    registered 2026-07-22
  • Taiwan Semiconductor
    registered 2026-06-26
  • Standard Life
    registered 2026-06-26
  • Nvidia (technology)
    registered 2026-06-26
  • Amazon
    registered 2026-05-01
  • AI Pathfinder Inc Limited (interest ceased 18 December 2025)
    registered 2025-11-24 · amended 2026-01-05
  • Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (aerospace and defence) (interest ceased 3 March 2026)
    registered 2025-06-26 · amended 2026-03-06
  • Esgian AS (green emissions measuring technology)
    registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Castle Point Holdings Limited (NZ investment management) (interest ceased 14 December 2025)
    registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2026-02-24
  • MVPF Global (recruitment)
    registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Wardhaven (Vietnam investment management)
    registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Invisible Homes Limited (online estate agency)
    registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Power Roll Limited (solar panel technology)
    registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Block Scholes Limited (crypto data)
    registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2026-01-28
  • Superdielectrics Limited (battery technology)
    registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05

Category 3: Land and property

  • Property in Wiltshire from which rental income is received
    registered 2025-03-14 · 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

2022-10-19 → present
Conservative current

Government posts

2023-02-07 → 2024-07-05
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
2022-11-25 → 2023-02-06
Minister of State (Department for International Trade)
2022-10-02 → 2022-10-28
Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
2022-10-02 → 2022-10-28
Minister of State (Department for International Trade)

Opposition posts

2024-09-01 → 2024-11-10
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Committee memberships

2026-01-27 → present
International Agreements Committee Chair +£18,305/yr

Contact

Parliamentary office
dominicjohnson295@gmail.com
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
International Trade and Investment All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Vice Chair — 4 2027-03-12
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

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 1 as lead sponsor 2 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Act 2024 Sponsored Royal Assent 2023-11-08
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Supported Royal Assent 2022-09-22
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Act 2023 Supported Royal Assent 2022-05-11
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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