The Earl of Courtown
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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The Earl of Courtown's full title is The Earl of Courtown. His name is Patrick Courtown, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£7,049
19 days attended across 1 published month
Travel claims
£423
Attendance £423
Total claimed
£7,472
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
5
3 meetings ·
2 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
0 overseas trips
· 2016-04-01 → 2018-09-30
Recent meetings
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-01 | — | Nil Return | cabinet-office |
| 2018-01-01 | — | Nil Return | cabinet-office |
| 2017-07-01 | — | NIL Return | cabinet-office |
Recent hospitality
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-27 | — | Light refreshments | — |
| 2016-04-01 | — | Ticket to event | — |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
138 Content(73.0%)
5 Not-Content(2.6%)
46 didn't vote(24.3%)
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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
My Lords, I join other noble Lords in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Crisp, for securing this important debate on what the NHS can learn from partnerships with hospitals in Africa and Asia. It was particularly interesting to hear his description of the si
2026-09-01
Nepal: Flooding
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his contributions and his update on this devastating event that happened in Nepal. I also join other noble Lords in sending our condolences to the families of the victims and our support for those responding, whether as
2026-07-22
AI: International Co-operation
My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Davidson, for bringing this important subject to the House today. Can the Minister tell the House whether the relevant Minister or officials have spoken to trusted international partners before respondin
2026-07-20
Strait of Hormuz: Merchant Shipping
My Lords, it has been reported that the new Prime Minister supports increasing foreign aid spending back up to 0.7% of GDP. The Government have previously confirmed that all the money saved from cutting aid spending has been allocated to the Ministry of
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Silvertown, for bringing this up, and I could not agree more with everything she has said. The essential thing is to get the aid flowing—to remove the impediments to the flow of aid to these people. We
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Sugg for bringing this debate forward. Her long-standing commitment to international development is respected across the House, and I pay tribute to her for her continued work.
Before I address the issue of overs
2026-07-09
Ukraine: Decentralisation Reforms
My Lords, first, I thank my noble friend Lord Risby for securing this valuable debate. Last week, in our debate on the Convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine, my noble friend Lord Callanan noted that, while the war continu
2026-06-24
Darfur: Atrocities
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for bringing this subject to the attention of the House once again. It is an incredibly important subject, and we should be concentrating more on it. The UN Human Rights Office has said that it has verified 5
2026-03-19
Middle East
My Lords, I thank the Minister for giving the House the opportunity to ask questions on this Statement. Before I say anything else, I thank the men and women of our Armed Forces who are serving in the region and who stand ready to support operations ther
2026-03-18
Digital ID: Public Consultation
My Lords, this Statement was delivered just one week ago and has already run into some serious difficulty. Reports in the press suggest that both the Health Secretary and the Education Secretary have made it clear that their departments will not provide
2026-01-26
Water White Paper
My Lords, we welcome the progress made by the Government on the recommendations of the Independent Water Commission. In particular, we welcome the proposed integrated regulator to replace Ofwat and combine functions of the Environment Agency, Natural Eng
2026-01-20
Atrocity Crimes
My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Alton of Liverpool, on securing this timely debate. In our increasingly unstable world, the incidence of atrocities has grown in recent years, as mentioned by all noble Lords. The
2026-01-13
Official Development Assistance
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Bates on securing this important debate. He has once again made a powerful and deeply personal case for the positive impact of UK overseas development assistance, and for the leadership role that this country
2026-01-08
Israel: Trade
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Austin, for introducing this really interesting debate. He ranged into a whole lot of different areas and pinpointed some of the great pieces of trade between our two countries.
His Majesty’s loyal Opposition are
2026-01-07
Middle East and North Africa
My Lords, I thank the Minister for giving us the opportunity to ask questions on this Statement, which covered events in Iran, Gaza, Syria and Yemen, and the case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah. That alone demonstrates the increasing instability we are facing glo
2026-01-05
Muslim Brotherhood
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for saying that the position of the Muslim Brotherhood is under review by His Majesty’s Government. There is legitimate concern that this has led to networks and ideologies spreading to European countries, includin
2025-12-18
UK-EU Common Understanding Negotiations
My Lords, there is little doubt across the House that the opportunity to live, study and work abroad can bring real benefits for young people. It enables them to experience different cultures, encounter new ways of thinking, build confidence and form rel
2025-12-17
Jimmy Lai Conviction
My Lords, His Majesty’s Opposition echo calls for the immediate release of Jimmy Lai. Persecuted under the national security law, which is a breach of the 1984 Sino-British joint declaration, Lai’s verdict was made by politically appointed judges, and th
2025-12-11
United States: Intelligence Sharing
My Lords, I thank the Minister for the clarifications he has made during this Question. Can he confirm that the United Kingdom has sufficient assets in the Caribbean so as to continually fight against the scourge of the drug trade in that area?
2025-12-04
UK Citizens in Venezuela
My Lords, as the Minister has said, the situation in Venezuela is very concerning. Given our special relationship with our US allies, what conversations are ongoing with the US Government to ensure that our Government have the up-to-date information need
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to open for the Official Opposition on this important Bill. Before I speak to the Bill, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Whitehead, to his place on the Front Bench and congratulate him on his excellent maiden speech. He ser
2025-12-01
AIDS
My Lords, I congratulate—as I am sure the whole House does—the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, on the work he has done over many years on this subject. Domestically, I understand that 5% of people living with HIV do not know their status. What does this mean as
2025-12-01
South Sudan
My Lords, as the Minister said earlier, political stability and inclusive politics are important for the future of Sudan to improve the dreadful situation there. The previous Foreign Secretary advised, or encouraged, all Britons to leave Sudan if it was
2025-11-19
Gaza and Sudan
My Lords, I thank the Minister for giving the House the opportunity to respond to the Government’s Statement in the other place on two of the most serious conflicts in the world today. Given that these are two distinct issues, I will address the situatio
2025-11-04
Energy Market Reforms
My Lords, the decision not to implement zonal pricing will mean the continuation of payments to turn off wind farms when they produce excess power, which are projected to reach £8 billion by 2030. Given the scale of this, and following on from what the n
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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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Chair, 90 Club (part of The Feathers Association, a charity supporting communities and young people)
registered 2024-12-12 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Residual estate in County Wexford, Ireland
registered 2010-04-14 · amended 2026-06-15
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Party history
2002-10-23 → present
Conservative
current
2001-06-13 → 2002-10-22
Non-affiliated
1979-07-24 → 2001-06-12
Conservative
Government posts
2016-07-17 → 2024-07-05
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)
2015-05-14 → 2016-07-17
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
2026-06-15 → present
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
2026-06-15 → present
Opposition Whip (Lords)
2024-09-01 → 2026-04-29
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Lords)
Committee memberships
1999-12-06 → 2001-05-11
Hybrid Instruments Committee (Lords)
2013-10-28 → 2013-12-16
Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Bill [HL]
2014-06-12 → 2015-02-04
Digital Skills
2016-09-01 → 2026-04-29
Finance Committee (Lords)
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 1 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Dog Advisory Welfare Group
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-02-15 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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departments
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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
1 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contingencies Fund Act 2020 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2020-03-24 | |
| Sunday Trading (Horticulture) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2008-03-10 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.