The Rt Hon. the Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers KG
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers KG. His name is Nicholas Addison Phillips, 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
6 Content(3.7%)
4 Not-Content(2.5%)
152 didn't vote(93.8%)
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
Content
2026-03-05
Content
198–139
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
2026-03-25
Small Boat Deaths: Cranston Inquiry Report
My Lords, the Cranston report runs to over 400 pages. What is the most important lesson to be learnt from it?
2026-01-22
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, this is not a small matter that we are debating. I have listened to both sides of the argument. The argument in favour of these stand part notices was made in detail, initially by the noble Lord, Lord Black, and was then supported by the noble
My Lords, it is perhaps ironic that the first statutory instrument we considered was designed to relieve the pressure on the prison population, but these measures are calculated to increase the prison population. They will add to the list of aggravating
2025-07-16
Employment Rights Bill
If there is not to be a sensible probation period, is any employer going to have the courage to take on an ex-offender?
2025-07-09
Prisons: Early Release
My Lords, how does the reoffending rate of those released early compare with that of those released after full term?
2025-07-09
Prisons: Early Release
My Lords—
My Lords, this rather sombre debate has been enhanced by the delightful and endearing maiden speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Nichols of Selby. I am so glad I was here to hear it.
I endorse the comments made in respect of the death of my learned fri
2025-04-03
Sentencing Council Guidelines
My Lords, I used to chair the Sentencing Guidelines Council, which was the predecessor to the present Sentencing Council. As the House has heard, a primary role of the Sentencing Council is to promote consistency in sentencing. At present, there is an ap
2025-03-19
Sentencing Council Guidelines
My Lords, in my relative youth I used to chair the Sentencing Guidelines Council, the predecessor of the Sentencing Council. From the Library this morning I obtained a publication that I believe emanates from the Sentencing Council, which includes the gu
2025-03-13
North Sea Vessel Collision
My Lords, would the Minister comment on the role of professional salvors in a situation such as this?
2025-02-05
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
I simply want to endorse, but not repeat, the propositions of law advanced by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick.
2024-12-03
Respect Orders and Anti-social Behaviour
My Lords, in order to qualify for a respect order, will behaviour have to be criminal? If not, what criteria will it have to satisfy?
2024-09-12
Prison Capacities
My Lords, the crisis in prison capacity results from the fact that the prison population of England and Wales has more than doubled over the last 30 years, and this trend is expected to continue. Why? A large part of the answer is that the length of pris
2019-10-03
Offender Management and Treatment
My Lords, the delay to this debate in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, for which I join in thanking him, has made it all the more timely, because the Government have recently announced a programme of major reform of the treatment of offenders
My Lords, I put down my name to speak in this debate for one reason only: to put on record my enthusiastic support for this report. It is, if I may say so, a masterpiece of skill, wisdom and tact.
The desirability of a reduction in our numbers is, I
2017-12-14
Bach Commission: The Right to Justice
My Lords, the impressive report of the noble Lord, Lord Bach, to which Sir Henry Brooke so notably contributed, accurately depicts the lamentable effect that the withdrawal of legal aid by LASPO has had on access to justice in so many areas. It raises a
2017-09-07
Prisons: Overcrowding
My Lords, we are dealing with a problem that successive Governments have failed to solve for over half a century. The cause of that problem is that we send far too many people to prison for far too long: far longer than is necessary for rehabilitation an
My Lords, how many IPP prisoners have been refused release by the Parole Board because they have been unable to discharge the burden of proof upon them?
2017-03-28
Criminal Finances Bill
My Lords, I support this amendment. I suggest that whistleblowers need to be both protected and rewarded in order to encourage them. The Mauritian legislation of which I spoke earlier makes provision for rewards to be paid to whistleblowers whose informa
2017-03-28
Criminal Finances Bill
My Lords, I speak in harmony with the previous two speakers. I have some experience of this area, having wrestled in a judicial capacity with more than one appeal in relation to the Proceeds of Crime Act, and I have also recently taken the chair of the
2017-03-16
Prisoners: Voting Rights
My Lords, I served on the Joint Committee on the Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill and we made our recommendations over three years ago. They included this comment in relation to parliamentary sovereignty:
“We agree with the evidence of Lord M
My Lords, I have listened to this debate with a question that was unanswered at the beginning and, to me, is still unanswered. It is this. Subsections (3) and (4) of the proposed new clause read:
“The prior approval of both Houses of Parliament shall
My Lords—
2016-07-14
Courts: Resourcing and Staffing
My Lords, I apologise for missing the first minute or two of this debate, due to bad timetabling. I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, for securing this important debate and want to start by endorsing the comments that he made about th
2016-07-13
Investigatory Powers Bill
My Lords, the example given by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, demonstrates why Amendment 48 is too narrow. If a villain were to seek advice on his will it would not be a criminal purpose but it might none the less be justifiable to listen to the
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Register of Interests · 2 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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Member of arbitration panel in which one party was the National Iranian Oil Company, which is owned by the Iranian state; the member's earnings from this work in 2024–25 fell within the £40,000–50,000 band
registered 2024-12-18 · amended 2025-07-03
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Work as an arbitrator
registered 2024-08-15 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2012-10-01 → present
Crossbench
current
2009-10-01 → 2012-09-30
Non-affiliated
1999-01-12 → 2009-09-30
Crossbench
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2013-05-14 → 2013-12-16
Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill (Joint Committee)
2015-11-03 → 2016-05-12
Committee of Selection (Lords)
2026-05-18 → present
Conduct Committee
Contact
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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)
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.