The Rt Hon. the Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom. His name is James Norwich Arbuthnot, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£5,565
15 days attended across 1 published month
Travel claims
£654
Attendance £654
Total claimed
£6,219
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
68 Content(36.0%)
1 Not-Content(0.5%)
120 didn't vote(63.5%)
2026-07-21
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173–234
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2026-03-05
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193–143
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194–140
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198–139
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208–142
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201–169
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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
Does the Minister accept that without litigation funding, Alan Bates would never have been able to bring his fantastic legal action against the Post Office, and does he recognise that this is an urgent matter?
My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 167, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, and I also support Amendment 74. I have done that in the knowledge that it is perfectly possible that the Minister will say that she wants to minimise regu
My Lords, good can come out of bad events. The experience, as well as the speech, of my noble friend Lady Harding is one such good aspect. If it combines with bringing us into line with European practice, which so many businesses already have to follow,
2026-09-01
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
My Lords, it is a pleasure and an honour, although rather difficult, to follow the noble Lord, who spoke movingly and from the heart about things he knows a great deal about. I thank him for what he has said. I apologise for having been less in the Chamb
My Lords, I listened carefully to what the Minister said. She made some very reasonable points and she may even be right, but I will need to take it away and think about it. In the meantime, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.
My Lords, I apologise for having spent less time in Committee than I would have liked, but I have been speaking on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill. I am grateful to those noble Lords who I suspect have been speaking to amendments on my behalf.
My Lords, what a pleasure it is to follow such an interesting and constructive speech. I hope the noble Lord will take full part in Committee on the Bill. I declare my interest as chairman of the advisory panel of the technology company Thales UK. I than
2026-03-17
Fujitsu: Post Office Horizon Case
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer. Given that Fujitsu knew from the beginning that its system was faulty; that it knew that it was altering remotely sub-postmasters’ accounts without the knowledge of the sub-postmasters; that it knew that th
2026-03-17
Fujitsu: Post Office Horizon Case
To ask His Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to Fujitsu regarding making an interim payment towards the costs of investigation and redress in the Post Office Horizon case.
2026-03-10
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, on Amendment 21, which is about the reliability of computer evidence, I am grateful to Sam Stein KC for his advice on this difficult issue. I am also extremely grateful to the Minister for meeting me and other signatories to this group, which i
2026-02-12
Post Office Capture and Horizon Scandals
My Lords, the Capture system was the predecessor of the Horizon system. The Government are paying compensation to all the Capture sub-postmasters—except those who have convictions. Given that the Post Office’s behaviour towards the Capture sub-postmaster
2026-02-11
Victims and Courts Bill
My Lords, I will speak on Amendment 61. I did not speak at Second Reading, for which I apologise to your Lordships’ House. I lacked the ingenuity of the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, in moving an amendment to the Bill. I pay tribute to her for doing
2026-02-11
Victims and Courts Bill
Before the Minister moves on to Amendment 62, would she please comment on the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Russell, about the Law Society’s contribution to the consultation about a system of assurances? That may be a way forward that might allow he
2026-01-19
Public Inquiries: Costs
My Lords, public inquiries have had a bad rap recently, partly because of the eye-watering sums of money spent by the Post Office on its legal fees and the Post Office inquiry. But the Post Office inquiry, so far as I can tell, has been doing a really go
2025-11-05
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
I rise with great diffidence—and apologise to noble Lords—because I have not spoken on this Bill, and I did not speak at Second Reading. This issue seems to me to be relatively simple. We in the Conservative Party had a rather odd ambition during the pre
2025-07-17
Post Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1
My Lords, the Minister is quite right that this matter has taken place over many years, under Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative Ministers. We should all, frankly, hang our heads in shame. I went along to the Oval last week to listen to Sir Wyn give his ex
2025-07-09
Fujitsu: Government Contracts
My Lords, Fujitsu has paid not one penny towards the victims of the havoc and misery that it helped to cause. Is the Government —is the country—over a barrel to Fujitsu? If not, why is Fujitsu still winning government work? If we are, what are the Gover
2025-05-19
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
My Lords, when I was Opposition Chief Whip in another place, I was never really sure whether it was my job to make sure that legislation was as good as possible for the good of the country or as bad as possible in order to make sure that the Government w
2025-05-12
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
My Lords, the Minister is right that it is essential that data collected needs to be accurate and that that applies to data on sex as well as on gender. He is also right that the passport does not contain reliable data on sex, and I am grateful to him f
2025-05-06
Energy Grid Resilience
Is the Minister able to tell us what proportion of our annual electricity comes from undersea cables, whether from abroad—France, Norway or eventually, possibly, Morocco—or from our own offshore wind farms? Because we know what President Putin has his ey
2025-05-01
NHS: Single-sex Spaces for Staff
Before the Minister stands up, we have the benefit of having the chair of the EHRC in the Room with us. I wonder whether it is your Lordships’ wish that we hear from her.
2025-05-01
NHS: Single-sex Spaces for Staff
My Lords, if there is any area of the country that is greatly affected by the Supreme Court judgment, it is the NHS: one of the largest organisations in the country, with over a million employees working long hours, at the most horrendous times of the da
2025-05-01
NHS: Single-sex Spaces for Staff
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure all NHS staff have sufficient access to single-sex spaces.
2025-03-06
Iranian State Threats
My Lords, in answer to the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy, the Minister said that he cannot confirm or deny that proscription of the IRGC could take place. If he cannot confirm that it could be proscribed, what does “keeping it under review” mean?
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Register of Interests · 5 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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Chair of "fireside chat", 12 November 2025, Space Security Symposium, London
registered 2025-11-18
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Member, Advisory Board, Montrose Associates (strategic intelligence and advice)
registered 2019-11-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chairman, Advisory Panel, Thales Group UK (aerospace, defence and security)
registered 2015-10-27 · amended 2026-03-16
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Electricity Resilience Ltd (strategic advice on resilience) (dormant)
registered 2019-10-11 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Neuro-Bio Ltd (a biotechnology company)
registered 2017-02-06 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1987-06-11 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
1995-07-06 → 1997-05-01
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Procurement)
1994-07-20 → 1995-07-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security)
1992-04-15 → 1994-07-20
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
2005-02-01 → 2005-10-31
Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry)
2003-11-08 → 2005-05-10
Shadow Secretary of State (Trade and Industry)
1997-06-11 → 2001-06-07
Shadow Chief Whip (Commons)
Committee memberships
2001-07-30 → 2006-01-26
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
2002-06-19 → 2003-07-16
House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee)
2005-07-11 → 2014-04-28
Defence Committee
Chair
+£12,500/yr
2005-07-11 → 2014-04-28
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2026-01-27 → present
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2010-01-13 → 2014-06-16
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2011-01-17 → 2011-03-08
Armed Forces Bill Committee
2019-07-02 → 2020-04-23
EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee
2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31
EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee
2020-10-15 → 2021-11-24
Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee
Chair
+£15,928/yr
Contact
Parliamentary office
arbuthnotj@parliament.uk
020 7219 3000 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 3000 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 6 active officership(s) · 3 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Security
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2025-06-27 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Future Generations
Subject Group
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Officer | — | 4 | 2027-03-04 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Grid Networks
Subject Group
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Officer | Stephenson-Mohl Group | 4 | 2027-01-09 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cyber Security
Subject Group
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Officer | Wychwood Consulting Ltd | 15 | 2024-05-20 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Identity
Subject Group
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Officer | Wychwood Consulting Ltd is paid by Yoti Ltd to act as the group's secretariat | 4 | 2027-01-11 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Post Offices
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2025-05-27 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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