The Lord Howard of Rising
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Howard of Rising's full title is The Lord Howard of Rising. His name is Greville Patrick Charles Howard, 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
70 Content(43.2%)
2 Not-Content(1.2%)
90 didn't vote(55.6%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
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2026-03-05
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194–140
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198–139
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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2026-03-05
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214–142
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2026-01-12
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201–169
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2026-01-05
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132–124
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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
2026-06-11
Rural Economy
My Lords, I declare my interest as a farmer and the owner of a country estate.
When considering the rural economy—which, after all, consists mainly of people working hard for long hours with little reward, frequently for the good of others—we should r
2026-06-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I declare an interest as a holder of listed shares and a director of a listed investment trust.
There is much to be commended in this proposed legislation. Any reduction in regulation and the consequential benefit on the wealth of the nation
2025-11-26
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, my Amendment 200A touches on a different theme from the other amendments that I have tabled. As my noble friend Lord Howe commented, it is a probing amendment to test the Government’s attitude to small shops and the burdens that they face. I en
2025-11-26
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate and the Minister for her response. I hope she and her officials will take away some of the considered points made by noble Lords in this debate for consideration as we make further progress with the
2025-11-26
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My amendment seeks to allow ministerial discretion for heated tobacco products. As I have said previously, we know that vapes and heated tobacco products are much safer than smoked tobacco products. We need a regime of regulation that promotes switching
2025-11-26
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2025-11-17
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
I beg leave to withdraw.
2025-11-17
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
In moving Amendment 161A, tabled by my noble friend Lord Udny-Lister, I will speak to Amendments 168A and 170A in this group. My Amendment 168A seeks to permit the advertisement of vapes, heated tobacco and other nicotine products to adult smokers as a p
2025-11-17
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2025-11-17
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
2025-11-17
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, in moving Amendment 160 in the name of my noble friend Lord Udny-Lister, I also speak to Amendment 173A in my name. I spoke at Second Reading about the infringement of personal liberty and not allowing individuals to take their own decision; I
2025-11-17
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2025-10-27
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, I will speak to the amendments in my name in this group, starting with Amendment 87FB. These are about bats, which I will come on to in a minute.
In the meantime, I would like to say that His Majesty’s Government have made a number of statem
2025-09-04
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
There is no need. The castle provides a home to endless bats.
2025-09-04
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
I am very grateful for the intervention. It makes the world of Alice in Wonderland look normal and sensible, and that also applies to the front door.
My second example is on a smaller scale. With the support and blessing of English Heritage, I recentl
2025-09-04
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
My Lords, Amendment 346DB in my name is a probing amendment to debate what can be done to get rid of the absurd rules relating to bats—I am resisting calling them “batty”. The legislation is complex, but that does not alter the need for something to be d
2025-07-07
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I support Amendment 53A in the name of the noble Lord, Lord de Clifford, spoken to so ably by the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull.
While there is considerable improvement in the present five-week deposit limit, there will still be a good number of
2025-07-02
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, what an honour to follow on from my noble friend Lord Roberts, to whose amendment I have added my name. There is little I could possibly add to the noble Lord’s excellent remarks, so I will not waste your Lordships’ time in repeating the same
2025-07-01
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 31 to 33 in my name. I declare an interest as a landlord of rented properties.
When I pointed out in Committee that the Bill as drafted would create a conservative 1 million applicants to the rent tribunals, the M
2025-05-06
Renters’ Rights Bill
As my amendment alluded to, the Government’s definition of a pet is very broad and open to debate, although I believe that the Minister’s remarks were helpful. As we have heard from my noble friend Lord Dobbs, the definition could be stretched to the ext
2025-05-06
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, Amendment 121 seeks to probe and address the inadequate definition of “pet” in the Bill, which has already been mentioned by a number of noble Lords during this debate. Part 1, Chapter 1, Clause 12(2) inserts the following definition into Secti
2025-05-06
Renters’ Rights Bill
2025-05-06
Renters’ Rights Bill
My Lords, I am not quite sure what the Minister said earlier, but I would like to declare interest as an owner of rented property.
I shall speak to Amendments 120, 122 and 123 in my name in this group. All these amendments seek to highlight where pets
2025-04-28
Renters’ Rights Bill
That is the point. If you put it up to market rates, it can never go above market rates, so market rates can never increase. They will always stay static, and in 10 years they will be exactly the same.
2025-04-28
Renters’ Rights Bill
Perhaps the Minister can help me: if you can never put the rent above market rates, how does it ever change? You can never put it up—you can only ever put it down—so it can never go up and will only ever drop. That seems a bit of a conundrum.
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Register of Interests · 14 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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Director, Roydon Limited (property investment and lending) and Roydon Nominees Limited (nominee company)
registered 2021-04-19 · amended 2025-12-11
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Director, North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc
registered 2015-11-18 · amended 2025-12-11
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Director, Chateau Limited (non-trading)
registered 2014-07-01 · amended 2025-12-11
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Director, Castle Rising Holdings Ltd and subsidiaries (Trafford Engineering Ltd)
registered 2010-04-14 · amended 2025-12-11
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Dalbini Ltd (non-trading; set up to investigate investment opportunities in the media and entertainment sector)
registered 2023-05-23 · amended 2025-12-11
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GSE Trustees Limited (Goldsmid Settled Estates; non-trading)
registered 2017-12-01 · amended 2025-04-05
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Castle Rising Holdings Ltd
registered 2010-04-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chateau Limited
registered 2010-04-14 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Wicksteed Leisure Limited (playground equipment) (the member is beneficiary of a trust in which the shares are held)
registered 2025-12-11
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Indra Sistemas SA (defence)
registered 2025-06-19
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Secure Trust Bank
registered 2025-06-19
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EKF Diagnostics (healthcare)
registered 2017-12-01 · amended 2025-04-05
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North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc
registered 2016-07-12 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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The Castle Rising Estate (residential and commercial property; farmland and woodland; and Castle Rising Castle)
registered 2010-04-14 · amended 2025-12-11
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Party history
2004-06-04 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2005-06-18 → 2007-11-14
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2012-06-20 → 2014-02-11
Refreshment Committee (Lords)
2022-01-19 → 2025-01-30
Services Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Play
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-01-02 |
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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.
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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)
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constitutional Privileges Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-23 |
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.