The Earl of Lytton
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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The Earl of Lytton's full title is The Earl of Lytton. His name is John Peter Michael Scawen Lytton, and he has retired from 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
162 divisions
14 Content(8.6%)
9 Not-Content(5.6%)
139 didn't vote(85.8%)
2026-03-12
Content
26–134
Not-Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Content
201–169
Content
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
In my view, a process of parishing does not consist of the dividing up of a borough—if I can call it that—such as Eastbourne into a load of little bits and pieces. That may be the way in which it is being presented because of the electoral ward structure
I thank the Minister for her kind remarks about me. It has been a pleasure to work with her and with predecessor Ministers from her department and their various Bill teams over a very large number of years. This is not the time for me to make a valedicto
My Lords, Amendment 209A in this group is in my name. I express my regret that I was unable to speak at Second Reading, for which I apologise. This is my first intervention on this Bill. I have interests to declare: I am a former president, and now a vic
2025-11-27
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, this is the first time I have spoken at this stage of the Bill. I must say that, in the presence of such expertise, I find myself entirely inadequate for the purpose. At Second Reading, I raised a question about the interaction of Clause 80 wi
My Lords, I am pleased to support the Motion in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Caithness. There are indeed matters to regret in the manner—and especially the timing—of these regulations. I cannot claim the experience that other Members of this House do
2025-10-27
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, it is a pleasure to support the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, to which I have added my name. We have both spent many years trying to persuade the Government that a clearer and more comprehensive solution is needed to pro
2025-10-16
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I very much welcome the opportunity to discuss the matters in this Bill and welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Levitt, to the Front Bench. She is obviously used to dealing with gargantuan matters, such as those to do with my profession and the RI
2025-09-09
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
After such an expert series of speeches on this, I hesitate to rise, but I feel compelled to support the noble Lord, Lord Best, and others who have introduced a critical series of amendments and raised a challenge to current practice. As somebody who has
2025-09-09
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, invited me to acknowledge that other jurisdictions do this better. I entirely agree, but they do not always have the same regulatory baggage that we in this country seem to have; perhaps there is something that
2025-09-09
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I declare an interest, as I have nine water butts all collecting rainwater when it rains. However, further to what the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, said, there are some issues. For instance, what falls on roofs does not necessarily arrive in a cl
2025-09-04
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, the issue of training was behind my comments in the previous group about planning and proceeding on the basis of competence and confidence, so I support all the amendments in this group as well, and particularly Amendments 102, 103, and 162, wh
2025-09-04
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
This group of amendments raises several interesting areas about which I, as a chartered surveyor and an occupier and co-owner of listed buildings, feel strongly. I welcome the opportunity to discuss these and the question of proportionality referred to b
2025-07-01
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, as this is the first time I have addressed the House at this stage of the Bill, I will just remind your Lordships that I am a chartered surveyor. I think that is probably the only interest I need to declare, other than being the father of three
2025-06-25
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I must remind your Lordships of my professional involvement in aspects of this sector as a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, an honorary fellow of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers, a vice-president of the Na
2025-06-17
Cladding: High-rise Buildings
My Lords, the Minister will be aware of the divergent opinions of fire safety remediation standards under what is known as PAS 9980, and in particular the undefined metrics of proportionality and tolerable risk which still leave residential blocks such a
2025-05-14
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I have already mentioned Amendment 222 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, so I need say no more about it at this stage. I turn, then, to the one other amendment in this group that interests me: the one introduced by the noble Ba
2025-05-14
Renters’ Rights Bill
I will make just a couple of comments on the two amendments tabled by my noble colleague, the noble Lord, Lord Best. I start with Amendment 220 and the point made in support of it by the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, because what is proposed here is cl
2025-05-14
Renters’ Rights Bill
I am grateful to noble Baroness, who has great wisdom in this area. I am a humble technician on these matters.
There is an issue of permanence: whether the item is in some way permanently fixed or adhering to the surface—or, if it was a house on stilt
2025-05-14
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I welcome this group of amendments as a point of discussion and commend the noble Lord, Lord Cashman, on his introduction of it. As somebody who has spent 50 years in the property business, I am absolutely unsurprised that the noble Lord may ha
2025-04-28
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, as this is the first time I have spoken at this stage of the Bill, I ought to declare an interest. I am a landlord of private rented residential property, but I think that all—both—the renters concerned would agree that I am not somebody who se
For my part, I too add my thanks to the Minister for his willingness to engage at all times. As he now knows, business rates is a rather niche area of activity for your Lordships. I started my professional career just over 50 years ago in the Inland Reve
My Lords, I had not originally intended to intervene on this amendment, but I cannot help but see a wider point of principle that is involved with Clause 5 of the Bill.
I should explain that rating law serves to exempt premises used by charities and o
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken to this group—and in particular my colleague on these Benches, my noble friend Lord Thurlow, for introducing his amendment.
I appreciate that the Minister has effectively gone as far as his br
My Lords, as this is the first time I have spoken at this stage of the Bill, I declare an interest as a chartered surveyor, a member of the Rating Surveyors’ Association, and a member of the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation. In fact, these are
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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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Judge, International Property Awards
registered 2021-05-18 · amended 2025-04-05
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Consultant, Lawrence Foote and Partners (London) Ltd (chartered quantity surveyors)
registered 2014-05-27 · amended 2025-04-08
Category 3: Land and property
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Co-owner (with wife) of agricultural land and woodland in Somerset and West Sussex together with let and in-hand residential, holiday and business accommodation from which income is received; trustee of associated family trust
registered 2011-05-18 · amended 2025-04-05
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Residual interests qua Lord of the Manor of several manors in Surrey and West Sussex
registered 2011-05-18 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 7: Miscellaneous financial interests
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Copyrights to certain manuscripts in public ownership, including the Wentworth Bequest, British Library and Bodleian Library, Oxford; Copyrights in other family and estate documents on loan to public bodies from which income is received
registered 2011-05-18 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1985-04-23 → 2026-03-28
Crossbench
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2012-05-16 → 2015-03-30
Information Committee (Lords)
2015-06-11 → 2016-02-11
National Policy for the Built Environment Committee
2021-04-14 → 2023-01-31
Built Environment Committee
Contact
No contact details recorded.
APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | Construction Industry Council | 4 | 2026-09-07 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Democracy
Subject Group
|
Secretary | — | 6 | 2023-06-05 |
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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)
4 bills
4 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-15 | |
| Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-13 | |
| Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2016-05-25 | |
| Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-06-01 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.