The Rt Hon. the Lord Howard of Lympne CH KC
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Howard of Lympne's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Howard of Lympne CH KC. His name is Michael Howard, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£1,296
6 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£1,296
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
42 Content(22.2%)
1 Not-Content(0.5%)
146 didn't vote(77.2%)
2026-07-13
Content
142–138
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2026-07-13
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158–239
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Content
131–127
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2026-01-05
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194–130
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2026-01-05
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168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
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210–131
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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
I had the privilege of sitting in Cabinet with James, where he was listened to with the same respect and attention as he was later as a Back-Bench Member of your Lordships’ House. Why should we impair the quality of our proceedings by this act of self-ha
My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Davies, if I am still around, I will leave your Lordships’ House in July 2029. I shall do so with regret and equanimity. I assure your Lordships that the few observations that I am about to make do not spring from self
2026-09-01
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
My Lords, I have never been able to find the words to describe the calamitous events that took place at Hillsborough on 15 April 1989. I join with others in expressing, as I have previously done, my deepest sympathy with the families of those who lost th
2026-06-15
Defence Investment Plan
My Lords, the Minister rightly said that the money must come from somewhere, so may I make a suggestion? Why will the Government not reduce current—not capital—departmental spending by 1% per year, little more than a rounding error for most departments,
2026-05-21
King’s Speech
My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, who speaks on these matters with great authority, and I agree with what she said about Iran.
I am not an expert on defence, and I have rarely troubled your Lordships with my views on defence. I
2026-01-26
Holocaust Memorial Day
My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to say a few words in the gap and to pay tribute to the many excellent speeches that we have heard in this debate, including, particularly, the admirable maiden speech of the right reverend Prelate.
As I hav
2025-11-20
Asylum Policy
My Lords, who will decide whether a country is safe? The previous Government decided that Rwanda was safe, but the Supreme Court, following a decision of the European Court of Human Rights, said that it was the body with the responsibility for deciding
My Lords, I draw attention to my entry in the register, and in particular to my chairmanship of Direct Special Metals, a company whose recent experience I shall refer to in my brief contribution. It is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ski
My Lords, following on from that answer, the Prime Minister has said repeatedly that the prosecution required evidence that the information was linked to an enemy, based on the policy of the previous Government. The Director of Public Prosecutions on Fri
2025-07-16
Employment Rights Bill
I do not know if the noble Lord’s memory extends to which of us won on that occasion. It is true that there has been an improvement, but it would be a mistake to assume that those provisions would cover all the cases to which I drew attention in my remar
2025-07-16
Employment Rights Bill
My Lords, I rise to support these amendments and declare my interests, as recorded in the register, as the chairman of three businesses that would undoubtedly qualify as small enterprises.
I was provoked into intervening in this debate by an observati
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
I am grateful to the Leader of the House for giving way. Does the caveat that she has just entered about future Parliaments apply to the assurances she gave on behalf of the Government from that Dispatch Box earlier this afternoon on the future status of
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
I dare say, but the noble Baroness repeated those assurances from the Government, from that Dispatch Box, and that carries as much or as little weight as the assurances given by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Irvine of Lairg, when he introduced the ori
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
I was not talking about those assurances; I was talking about the assurances the noble Baroness gave in our first debate about the durability of the status of the Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain.
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I support the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Hailsham and the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington.
Earlier today, my noble friend Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay reminded your Lordships’ House about the assurance given by the no
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Not all the speeches.
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
Is my noble friend not aware—I speak as a former member of HOLAC—that it does indeed subject any applicant for membership of your Lordships’ House to quite stringent questioning on the extent of the commitment they are likely to make to the House and th
2025-06-11
Holocaust Memorial Bill
My Lords, I have not previously spoken in the debates on this Bill and I had not expected to speak today, but I wish to say a few words in support of the observations made by my noble friend Lord Pickles.
My grandmother was killed in Auschwitz. I was
2025-06-02
Independent Sentencing Review
My Lords, I thank the Minister for giving me some advance indication of the proposals in the government Statement, but does he not agree that sentences of imprisonment, including short sentences, are almost invariably imposed by the courts only as a matt
2025-03-25
Israel: Arms Exports
I thank the Minister for that answer but, when the Foreign Secretary announced the suspension, he was careful not to use the word “required”, and specifically referred to the fact that international humanitarian law was not the only factor to be taken in
2025-03-25
Israel: Arms Exports
To ask His Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 3 September 2024 (HL Deb cols 1065-69), whether they had discretion not to suspend the arms exports to Israel which they suspended.
2025-03-13
United Kingdom: Global Position
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Howell on securing this debate, though I fear I cannot quite share his degree of optimism. I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Pitkeathley, on a most accomplished maiden speech. We look forward to hearing
2025-03-10
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
On the contrary, if reasons were given, those reasons could be the basis of a challenge in the courts. I fear I entirely disagree with the last point my noble friend made in his speech, when he suggested that reasons should be given. If reasons are given
2025-03-10
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 45 and the other amendments in this group that would make HOLAC a statutory body. I was a member of the commission for a number of years and, despite the fact that I hold the proposers of these amendments in ve
2025-03-04
Ukraine
My Lords, I join the unanimous support that the House has given to the efforts of the Prime Minister, and we all congratulate the Prime Minister on what he has sought to do in the past few days. Alas, however, his efforts have not yet met with success—an
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Register of Interests · 16 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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Non-executive Chairman, Direct Special Metals (Partners) Limited (processes and recycles waste)
registered 2024-04-25 · amended 2025-04-05
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Deputy (formerly non-executive) Chairman, Direct Special Metals Group Limited (processes and recycles waste)
registered 2024-04-25 · amended 2026-03-20
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Non-executive Chairman, Earth Source Hydrogen Limited (natural hydrogen exploration)
registered 2023-05-15 · amended 2025-04-05
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Non-executive Chairman, South West Strategic Developments Limited (property development)
registered 2016-01-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Occasional newspaper articles and television appearances
registered 2011-03-23 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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IG Group (financial technology)
registered 2026-04-30
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Direct Special Metals (Partners) Limited (processes and recycles waste)
registered 2025-05-27
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South West Strategic Developments Limited (property development)
registered 2025-05-27
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Entrée Resources Limited (exploration and mining)
registered 2017-04-18 · amended 2026-03-20
Category 5: Overseas visits
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Visit to Ukraine, 20-25 February 2026, as part of parliamentary delegation meeting officials and parliamentarians; costs of travel (in part) and accommodation met by UK Friends of Ukraine
registered 2026-03-20
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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Guest lecturer on Seabourn Venture, 15–25 April 2026, operated by Seabourn; flights and hospitality for member and wife paid by organisers
registered 2026-04-30
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Honorary membership, 10 Trinity Square (private members' club)
registered 2019-12-23 · amended 2025-04-05
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As a member of the All-Party British–American Parliamentary Group the member receives occasional hospitality and invitations to events which during the calendar year together exceed £300 in value
registered 2015-08-03 · amended 2026-04-30
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Honorary membership, Carlton Club
registered 2010-08-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Honorary membership, Pratt's Club
registered 2010-08-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Honorary membership, Buck's Club
registered 2010-08-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1983-06-09 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
1993-05-27 → 1997-05-01
Home Secretary
1992-04-11 → 1993-05-26
Secretary of State for Environment
1990-01-02 → 1992-04-10
Secretary of State for Employment
1989-07-25 → 1990-01-02
Minister of State (Department of Environment) (Housing)
1988-07-25 → 1989-07-23
Minister of State (Department of Environment) (Planning)
1987-06-13 → 1988-07-24
Minister of State (Department of Environment) (Local Government)
1985-09-02 → 1987-06-13
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Trade and Industry)
Opposition posts
2003-11-06 → 2005-12-06
Leader of HM Official Opposition
2001-01-09 → 2003-11-06
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
1997-06-11 → 1999-06-15
Shadow Secretary of State
Committee memberships
2009-07-13 → 2010-05-06
Committee on Issue of Privilege (Police Searches on Parliamentary Estate)
2022-03-31 → 2023-04-20
Constitution Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
howardm@parliament.uk
020 7219 3964 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 3964 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
External or private office
murrellt@parliament.uk
01883 713249 · Tracy Murrell
01883 713249 · Tracy Murrell
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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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)
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Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.