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The Rt Hon. the Lord Beith

Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Beith's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Beith. His name is Alan James Beith, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
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Allowance claims · 2026

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Party history

1988-03-02 → present
Liberal Democrat current
1973-11-08 → 1988-03-02
Liberal

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2001-06-01 → 2002-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
1995-01-01 → 1997-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs)
1994-01-01 → 1999-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs)
1987-01-01 → 1994-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury)
1985-01-01 → 1987-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
1976-01-01 → 1987-01-01
Opposition Whip (Commons)

Committee memberships

2000-02-14 → 2001-05-11
Procedure Committee
1978-11-01 → 1987-05-15
Procedure Committee
2010-07-21 → 2015-03-30
Liaison Committee (Commons) Chair +£14,582/yr
2003-02-04 → 2015-03-30
Liaison Committee (Commons)
1983-06-09 → 1985-12-05
Liaison Committee (Commons)
1986-05-14 → 1987-05-15
Privileges
2006-10-09 → 2010-05-06
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2001-01-01 → 2005-05-24
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2001-07-30 → 2008-11-24
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
2007-11-06 → 2015-03-30
Justice Committee Chair +£13,638/yr
2009-07-13 → 2010-05-06
Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
2010-01-13 → 2015-03-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2024-01-31 → present
Constitution Committee
2016-05-25 → 2021-01-28
Constitution Committee
2016-12-20 → present
Lord Speaker's committee on the size of the House
2020-11-24 → 2024-05-30
Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act
2024-09-05 → 2025-01-30
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2022-01-19 → 2024-05-30
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2023-01-31 → 2024-01-31
Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
beithalanj@gmail.com
 020 7219 3540 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 7 active officership(s) · 2 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary British-Norwegian Group
Country Group
 Vice Chair — 4 2025-06-25
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Georgia
Country, Area or Region Group
 Vice Chair — 4 2027-02-09
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nordic Countries
Country, Area or Region Group
 Officer — 4 2026-03-26
All-Party Parliamentary Group on the East Coast Main Line
Subject Group
 Vice Chair — 7 2024-06-25
British-Swedish All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
 Vice Chair — 4 2024-06-11
Channel Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country, Area or Region Group
 Officer Government of Jersey and Government of Guernsey 4 2027-01-03
North East All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
 Co-Chair — 4 2027-01-04
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)

2 bills 2 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Road Safety Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2011-05-18
Road Signs (Tourist Destinations and Facilities) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2009-06-09
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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