The Lord Skidelsky
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Skidelsky is deceased. His full title was The Lord Skidelsky. His name was Robert Jacob Alexander Skidelsky.
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
4 Content(2.5%)
5 Not-Content(3.1%)
153 didn't vote(94.4%)
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
2026-03-17
Spring Forecast Statement
My Lords, the eloquent speech this evening by the noble Lord, Lord St John, reminded me yet again of what this House is losing by chucking out its hereditary Peers.
I want to take advantage of the slightly longer time allowed to Back-Benchers to make
2026-02-23
US Tariffs
My Lords, is there anyone in the Government thinking about alternatives to trade wars or trade deals as a way of organising the economic affairs of the world? The noble Lord, Lord Howell, is quite right: historically, tariffs tend to set the ground for w
2026-02-23
Free Speech Complaints Scheme
I thank the Minister for her reply. Can she please explain why a complaints scheme has not yet been introduced, despite the Government’s promise set out in the Department for Education policy paper published in June 2025 to
“seek a legislative vehicle
2026-02-23
Free Speech Complaints Scheme
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the letter to the Secretary of State for Education, signed by more than 350 academics and campaigners, calling for a free-speech complaints scheme run by the Office for Students.
2026-02-05
Jobs Market
My Lords, in view of the continuing high level of long-term unemployment, would the Government seriously consider the TUC proposal for a national job guarantee with wage subsidy to employers for up to six months, targeted at the most vulnerable areas? Wo
2026-02-05
Jobs Market
My Lords—
2026-02-05
Jobs Market
My Lords—
2026-01-12
Ukraine and Wider Operational Update
My Lords, the Statement leaves me puzzled. Are the Government insisting on boots on the ground in Ukraine as a condition of a ceasefire? As the Russian Government have said that under no conditions will they accept NATO boots on the ground, is that not e
2025-12-04
Autumn Budget 2025
My Lords, first, I distance myself from the Opposition’s onslaught on Rachel Reeves. To my mind, she is a tragic figure rather than an incompetent one. She is trying to do her best for her people and the country but is in hock not just to the bond market
My Lords, I would also like to thank the noble Lord, Lord Elliott, for giving us a chance to discuss this important question, and it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell.
Economic commentary has been dominated by the fiscal hole
2025-10-31
Ukraine
I thank the Minister for giving way. She has just produced some very impressive statistics on economic sanctions. What effect have they had?
2025-10-31
Ukraine
My Lords, I do not know whether it is a punishment or a privilege to be put last in the list of Back-Bench speakers, as I invariably am when it comes to a debate on Ukraine. The noble Lord, Lord Coaker, was powerful and eloquent in opening, and it is c
2025-10-16
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
My Lords, I do not want to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, in her discourse on the Ukraine war. My position is known on that. As for the rest of it, I have more sympathy with the spirit of the noble Baroness, Lady Stuart, than I have with that o
2025-10-16
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
My Lords, I am so sorry—my mistake.
2025-10-16
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
My Lords—
2025-09-10
Defence Industrial Strategy
My Lords, I would like to offer a dissenting opinion, but some noble Lords will be used to that. I strongly support industrial policy, but the coupling of defence and industrial strategy needs some thought. It suggests that industrial policy is driven by
2025-09-09
Ukraine: Negotiations
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply, but may I press him more fully to explain what contribution he thinks our country can and should make to the peace process? The Government have insisted on the need for British and European forces to be stati
2025-09-09
Ukraine: Negotiations
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the current state of negotiations for ending the war in Ukraine.
2025-07-18
Strategic Defence Review 2025
My Lords, I have a long-standing respect for the noble Lord, Lord Robertson. In the early 2000s, we were both engaged in trying to build better relations with Putin’s Russia—he as chair of the NATO-Russia Council and myself as founder of the UK-Russia ro
2025-03-27
Spring Statement
My Lords, do the Government believe that we have a shortage or a surplus of labour? The question arises because the OBR has calculated an output gap of 0.5%, closing by 2027, which suggests that we actually have full employment, yet that flies in the fac
2025-03-17
Ukraine: UK Policy
My Lords, last Thursday, the noble Lord, Lord Howell, asked the House to take note of the UK’s international position. My purpose today is narrower but more urgent; to ask the Government what their Ukraine policy now is. It is urgent because the Trump Ad
2025-03-17
Ukraine: UK Policy
To ask His Majesty’s Government what is their policy with regard to the Ukraine war following the new policy of the government of the United States of America.
Hear, hear!
My Lords, I will not speak directly to the proposals of the report to improve our military capabilities but will consider the framework in which they are set.
The report’s underlying assumption is that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made Europe a mu
2025-03-05
Conduct Committee
My Lords, like other noble Lords, I commend the efforts of the noble Baroness and her committee to shorten and simplify the code and guide. That they have not altogether freed themselves from the bureaucracy involved in all this is more a sign of the tim
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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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Member, Scientific Committee on the Research and History of the Mediobanca Group (interest ceased 14 October 2025)
registered 2024-02-13 · amended 2025-11-11
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Adviser, Victoria Harbor Group (urban development in the UK) (unremunerated but member has share options)
registered 2024-01-02 · amended 2025-04-05
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Fees for authorship and lecturing; journalism
registered 2024-01-02 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Skidelsky Consultancy Ltd (member's company owned 100 per cent by him) (dormant)
registered 2024-01-02 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Skidelsky Consultancy Ltd (member's company owned 100 per cent by him) (dormant)
registered 2024-01-02 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2001-10-15 → 2026-04-15
Crossbench
1991-07-15 → 2001-10-14
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2019-07-01 → 2023-01-31
Economic Affairs Committee
2012-10-09 → 2015-03-30
Economic Affairs Committee
2006-11-22 → 2008-05-06
Economic Affairs Committee
2009-11-25 → 2014-05-14
Refreshment Committee (Lords)
2011-07-20 → 2011-12-13
Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee)
2015-06-12 → 2018-05-15
EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee
Contact
No contact details recorded.
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.