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The Lord Grabiner KC

Crossbench Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Grabiner's full title is The Lord Grabiner KC. His name is Anthony Stephen Grabiner, 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 3 Content(1.9%) 9 Not-Content(5.6%) 150 didn't vote(92.6%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
135154 Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
214156 Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
65173 Not-Content
2026-04-13
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178231 Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69332 Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
257180 Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
247187 Content
2026-03-11
Content
227221 Content
2026-03-11
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215180 Content
2026-03-09
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88172 Not-Content
2026-03-09
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75190 Not-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

2026-04-27 Antisemitic Attacks
My Lords, the thrust of the remarks made by the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson, was specifically with respect to what he described as “Islamist extremism”. However, I notice that the Minister made no reference to that expression, and I would be interested to k
2026-04-13 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
My Lords, if cream were added to the strawberries, I suspect it may be more attractive to the noble Lord, Lord Banner. I support Amendment 248 and I have added my name to the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Banner. In a nutshell, Amendment 248 has t
2026-03-05 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Before the Division Bells, the noble Baroness was very dismissive of the consultation process, which is spelled out in the amendment. She referred to what sounded like her own unpleasant experience of such processes in the past. I wonder whether, on refl
2026-03-05 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
My Lords, your Lordships will pleased to know that I have accepted the advice of others that it would not be acceptable for me to start again. I had actually reached the last paragraph before we were—I will not say rudely, but I simply say—interrupted by
2026-03-05 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
My Lords, I support this amendment and have added my name to that of the noble Lord, Lord Banner. I am afraid that the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, is unable to be with us this afternoon and apologises to the Committee for his absence. The background has be
2025-09-15 Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Banner, and have added my name to his amendment. Every so often, we get a court decision which produces an unsatisfactory outcome. If, as is the position in relation to this amendment, it is a decision of the S
2025-09-12 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I will address two points. When you read the debates in the other place, you immediately see a strong focus by proponents of the Bill on the pain and suffering of the terminally ill individual in the period leading to death. That distress and s
2025-04-02 Chagos Islands
My Lords, there has been a great deal of chatter over the past few days to the effect that President Trump has approved a Chagos deal. Can the Minister advise us whether that is true? Also, whether it is true or not, is the Government’s expectation that
2024-05-21 Universities: Financial Sustainability
My Lords, does the Minister not think that perhaps the time has come to increase the cap? The £9,250 has been in place now for many years, and the only way that many universities are able to make it work is by charging some extortionate fees at the gradu
2023-11-29 Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
My Lords, on the question of the possible involvement of the IRGC on the appalling weekend of 7 October, is the Minister aware of reports at the time of Farsi having been spoken during the intrusion from Gaza into Israel? If that is correct, the implicat
2023-10-24 Israel/Gaza
My Lords, I want to speak about proportionality and the position of Iran. I commend the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Verdirame, as to the meaning of lawful self-defence in international law. If I may respectfully say so, for anybody interested in the s
2023-05-10 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
My Lords, when this Bill left your Lordships’ House, it seemed that through the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, we had achieved a reasonable and workable compromise. Sensibly, the Government had accepted as axiomatic the principle that
2023-03-21 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
My Lords, I confess to be rather miffed by the Government’s acceptance of the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, because it deprives me of the ability to make the fire and brimstone remarks that I had planned to make. However, I certainly welcom
2023-03-21 British Banking Sector
Are we entitled to assume that the London branch of Credit Suisse is being properly regulated by the FCA and the Bank of England?
2022-12-07 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. With respect, I did not say that they would not be quantifiable. My point was that there would be difficulty in quantifying the figure but in any event, in my view, for what is worth, the figure that you woul
2022-12-07 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
My Lords, I thank the noble Earl the Minister and the Minister the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, for the explanations that they have provided in the House, in correspondence and at meetings that we have had. That said, I am afraid that I am still firmly a
2022-12-07 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
My Lords, I agree with the comments and observations made by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, the noble Baroness, Lady Morris of Yardley, and others on this amendment. But I do not support it, simply because I think this is an extremely good exa
2022-12-07 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
My Lords, I have just a very brief point. I welcome, in particular, the amendments brought by the Government in relation to the meaning of the word “member” in this context. That is an extremely sensible development in the drafting of the Bill. All that
2022-11-14 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
My Lords, if I may respectfully say so, I was extremely interested in the observations of the noble Lord, Lord Johnson of Marylebone, in support of the two amendments to which his name is attached. But there is another aspect of this discussion that give
2022-11-14 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
My Lords, without wishing to repeat points that I made on earlier amendments, I will refer briefly to the amendments put forward by the noble Lords, Lord Willetts and Lord Stevens of Birmingham, Amendments 58 and 59. Both draw attention to key deficienci
2022-11-14 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
I apologise: it is probably my fault because I did not convey the point of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, as clearly as I could, and perhaps should, have done, and certainly not as clearly as he inevitably would have. It is not about the earlier
2022-11-14 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
Does the Minister think it appropriate that there should be left in place two possible routes for a complainant—a regulatory route and a Clause 4 route—without there being any guidance whatever in the legislation as to who should or should not go first?
2022-11-14 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
My Lords, the premise of the amendment moved by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, is a presupposition that the clause remains. I will be a little more ambitious by arguing that the provision is in fact otiose and we would do well to get rid of i
2022-11-02 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
My Lords, I will be very brief. On the point made a moment ago by the noble Baroness, one of the oddities about the Kathleen Stock case—the noble Baroness, Lady Falkner, knows a lot more about this than I do—is that she undoubtedly would have had a claim
2022-11-02 Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
My Lords, I will be brief. In his remarks, the noble Lord, Lord Mann, gave some extremely significant examples. Some very bad stories are no doubt out there but, with great respect, might it not be more appropriate for such matters to be dealt with in th
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Register of Interests · 48 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.

  • Non-executive Director, University of Law (graduate professional educational establishment)
    registered 2016-05-18 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Practising barrister
    registered 2010-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05

Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)

  • Anglo American plc (mining and natural resources) (interest ceased 25 July 2025)
    registered 2026-04-14
  • Cooper (health care) (interest ceased 12 September 2025)
    registered 2026-04-14
  • Booking Holdings Inc (travel services)
    registered 2026-04-14
  • Taiwan Semiconductor (technology)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • Spotify Technology (communications services)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • Schneider Electric (energy management)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • The Procter and Gamble Company (consumer goods)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • Partners Group Holding (private equity)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • National Grid plc (utilities)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • Meta Platforms (communications services)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • L’Oréal (cosmetics)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • L’Air Liquide (materials)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • Hilton Worldwide Holdings (hospitality)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • General Electric Company (industrials)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • Eaton Corporation (industrials)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • Datadog (information techonology)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • Compass Group (consumer services)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • Broadcom Corp (information technology)
    registered 2026-04-10 · amended 2026-04-14
  • Thermo Fischer Scientific Inc (healthcare)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • Eli Lilly (healthcare)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • Boston Scientific Group (healthcare)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (finance)
    registered 2026-04-10
  • Universal Music (communications services)
    registered 2025-04-11
  • Unitedhealth Group (health care) (interest ceased 4 August 2025)
    registered 2025-04-11 · amended 2026-04-14
  • Morgan Stanley (financials)
    registered 2025-04-11
  • Waste Management Inc Cmn (industrials)
    registered 2024-04-08 · amended 2025-04-05
  • TotalEnergies (energy)
    registered 2024-04-08 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Nvidia Corporation (computer hardware)
    registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Microsoft Corporation (technology)
    registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
  • London Stock Exchange Group plc (stock exchange and financial information company) (interest ceased 16 February 2026)
    registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2026-04-14
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co (bank)
    registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Intuitive Surgical Inc (surgical systems)
    registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Halma plc (electronic and electrical equipment)
    registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Atlas Copco AB ser 'A' Npv (industrial engineering)
    registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Apple Inc (technology)
    registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Amazon.com Inc (retail)
    registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Adobe Inc (technology) (interest ceased 19 September 2025)
    registered 2022-04-13 · amended 2026-04-14
  • Visa Inc (payment services)
    registered 2021-04-11 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Roche Holding AG (medicines and diagnostics)
    registered 2021-04-11 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Martin Marietta Materials Inc (supplier of aggregates and heavy building materials)
    registered 2021-04-11 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Assa Abloy Group (lock manufacturer)
    registered 2021-04-11 · amended 2025-04-05
  • ASML Holding (manufacture of chip making and semi-conductor equipment)
    registered 2021-04-11 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Alphabet Inc (computer software)
    registered 2021-04-11 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Unilever plc (multinational consumer goods company)
    registered 2018-05-22 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Rio Tinto plc (metals and mining)
    registered 2018-05-22 · amended 2025-04-05
  • AstraZeneca plc (biopharmaceutical business)
    registered 2018-05-22 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly. Read the full Lords Code of Conduct for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.

Party history

2016-09-07present
Crossbench current
2015-09-282016-09-06
Non-affiliated
1999-07-262015-09-27
Labour

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2002-05-152003-04-10
Committee On Religious Offences
2009-05-112009-07-16
Draft Bribery Bill (Joint Committee)
2011-07-182011-09-05
Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee)
2018-05-172019-03-04
Bribery Act 2010 Committee
2024-01-242026-01-27
Financial Services Regulation Committee
2026-01-27present
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
grabinera@parliament.uk / agrabiner@oeclaw.co.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

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.
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