The Rt Hon. the Lord Laming CBE DL
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Laming's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Laming CBE DL. His name is William Herbert Laming, and he is a current member of 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
2 Content(1.2%)
3 Not-Content(1.9%)
157 didn't vote(96.9%)
2026-01-12
Not-Content
201–169
Content
2026-01-05
Content
132–124
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
2026-03-09
Independent Commission on Adult Social Care
My Lords, for what it is worth, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, on her initial findings, which illustrate all too well how serious the situation is. The problem will be made worse by things such as, as the Minister just reported, the NHS w
2026-03-04
Local Government Reorganisation
My Lords, in recent years there has been a growing concern about the failure of front-line range of local services to collaborate effectively with each other to exchange vital information. Will the Minister ensure that, during this transition period in l
2026-02-24
Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper
My Lords, I am sure that the Minister will agree that lifelong learning needs to be based upon a strong foundation, which has at its heart valuing education. That means that all parents should ensure that their children get into school, stay in school re
2026-02-09
Hospitals: Delayed Discharges
My Lords, the report in the Question is most welcome, but I am sad to say that it is the latest in a long line of similar reports, all recognising that the NHS will continue to be at risk until social care is sorted out, not least because the NHS is free
My Lords, the Government deserve credit for developing a strategy to tackle child poverty, but does the Minister accept that there has to be a partnership between parents and the state? The state can carry out its responsibilities in tackling poverty, bu
2026-01-27
Best Start Family Hubs
My Lords, the House will have been surprised by recent reports about the number of children who start school and are not fully toilet trained and have very poor command of language. Does that not illustrate how we must invest more in parental skills to h
2026-01-20
Youth Unemployment
My Lords, the Minister will agree that this transition from school to employment is a critical stage in the life of every young person. Could she assure the House that all steps have been taken to ensure that the link between services for children and ad
2026-01-14
Early Years Education
My Lords, does the Minister agree that the mastery and development of language, spoken and written, needs to begin very early and be sustained through the early years? Children will not get that from a tablet. What they need is interaction with adults in
My Lords, the Minister will agree that, after the 1948 Education Act was introduced, there was an unspoken contract between the state and parents that the state would provide education for every child and that parents, on the other hand, had an obligatio
2025-12-02
Carer’s Allowance: Overpayments
My Lords, I hope I am right in thinking that the whole House is in support of what the Minister is trying to achieve, so well done. Can she extend this just a little further and help carers feel that they are recognised and listened to? Some of the point
2025-11-24
NHS: Wheelchair Services
My Lords, does the Minister agree that one of the problems is that the need is often not identified until the person is heading for discharge from hospital, whereas if it was foreseen at a much earlier stage and there was proper co-ordinated planning bet
2025-11-18
Carer’s Allowance: Overpayments Review
My Lords, in the preparation of this report, could the opportunity be taken to pay a very warm and well-deserved tribute to carers for what they do? As a society, we should always indicate how indebted we are to the people who care for other people with
My Lords, at the outset, I once again emphasise how greatly the committee was helped by hearing from children with a disability and their parents. They very generously helped us to have an insight and to understand something of their experiences. That wa
2025-10-28
People with Disabilities: Employment
Does the Minister recall the Public Services Committee’s report on the transition of young people with a disability from education into adult services? The evidence showed that there was a remarkable divergence. In some parts of the country, local author
2025-10-20
Healthcare Provision: Inequalities
My Lords, one of the groups most disadvantaged and, I regret to say, ignored at times, is unpaid carers—those who have taken on the care of a very disabled child or an elderly relative. Will the Minister continue her work to persuade all the services to
2025-10-15
Unpaid Carers
My Lords, I was told in a discussion with a carer coping with the day-by-day, hour-by-hour demands of looking after someone with severe dementia that when they got a hospital appointment, the doctor spent a great deal of time looking at the screen and f
2025-10-14
Prisoners: Reoffending
My Lords, in support of the initiatives that I know the Minister is very much involved with and has mentioned, could he say what progress he is making to reduce the number of prisoners being released on a Friday afternoon?
2025-10-13
Chinese Espionage: Parliament
My Lords, does the Minister agree that, to the average lay person, such as myself, it seems strange that the prosecution services can bring serious charges against two people and, for 18 months, these charges remain and the court is convened to prosecute
2025-09-17
Independent Commission on Adult Social Care
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Monckton. Does the Minister agree that we are still writing off too many young people as unemployable because the focus has been on what they cannot do, rather than concentrating on what they
2025-09-01
Children: Dangers of Screen Time
My Lords, the Minister may well have seen an interview with some young people at the end of last term. They are in a school where there has been agreement between the school, the parents and the young people that there will be no screen time, other than
2025-07-22
Independent Commission on Adult Social Care
My Lords, the Minister will know that, as many more people are, thankfully, surviving longer despite having severe disabilities or illnesses, and as we are all ageing, there are more people living in the community than in hospitals who need continuing me
2025-07-09
Prisons: Early Release
My Lords, is the Minister satisfied that when a prisoner is discharged, particularly in early discharge, they have somewhere to stay when they have left prison? Secondly, can he assure the House that every effort is made to reinforce the conditions of th
2025-07-01
Migrants: Hotel Accommodation
My Lords, can the noble Lord bring us up to date on the position of unaccompanied migrant children who are in hotels, and is he satisfied that their safety and safeguarding are being properly addressed?
2025-06-24
Social Care
Does the Minister agree that the Government will not achieve their ambitions for the National Health Service without also having a well-developed and successful plan of development to make social care services easily accessible, properly trained and well
2025-06-18
Care Workers: Foreign Worker Visas
My Lords, I am sure the Minister will agree that we have an enormous challenge to overcome the belief that all you need to do this work is a kind heart. A kind heart is important, but there is a huge range of skills that are necessary over and above that
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Party history
2016-09-01 → present
Crossbench
current
2015-09-28 → 2016-08-31
Non-affiliated
1999-01-29 → 2015-09-27
Crossbench
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1999-11-23 → 2002-11-07
House of Lords Offices Committee
2015-07-09 → 2015-11-10
Ecclesiastical Committee
2002-01-24 → 2015-03-30
Ecclesiastical Committee
2010-06-06 → 2016-08-31
Administration and Works Committee (Lords)
2010-06-15 → 2015-03-30
Joint Committee on Security
2026-01-27 → present
Liaison Committee (Lords)
2015-09-07 → 2016-08-31
Liaison Committee (Lords)
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2011-09-05 → 2016-08-31
Liaison Committee (Lords)
2015-09-07 → 2016-08-31
Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords)
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2011-09-05 → 2016-08-31
Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords)
2026-01-27 → present
Committee of Selection (Lords)
2015-09-07 → 2016-08-31
Committee of Selection (Lords)
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2011-09-05 → 2016-08-31
Committee of Selection (Lords)
2011-09-05 → 2016-08-31
House Committee (Lords)
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2015-09-07 → 2016-08-31
Procedure and Privileges Committee
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2011-09-05 → 2016-08-31
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2015-09-07 → 2016-08-31
Sub-Committee on Leave of Absence
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2011-09-05 → 2016-08-31
Sub-Committee on Leave of Absence
2015-07-20 → 2017-04-27
Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee)
2015-09-07 → 2016-08-31
Hybrid Instruments Committee (Lords)
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2015-09-07 → 2016-08-31
Standing Orders (Private Bills) Committee (Lords)
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2015-09-07 → 2016-08-31
Refreshment Committee (Lords)
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2016-09-01 → 2021-01-28
House of Lords Commission
2016-09-01 → 2021-01-28
Services Committee
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2021-01-28 → 2022-01-19
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2022-01-19 → 2022-11-21
Adult Social Care Committee
2023-01-31 → 2026-01-27
Public Services Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
lamingh@parliament.uk
020 7219 8907 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 8907 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Parliamentary office
hlservicescommittee@parliament.uk
For Services Committee inquiries
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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.
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
0 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy) Act 2012 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2012-06-20 | |
| Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2010-06-30 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.