The Lord Ramsbotham GCB CBE
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Ramsbotham is deceased. His full title was The Lord Ramsbotham GCB CBE. His name was David John Ramsbotham.
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
No Lords votes recorded for 2026.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2022-09-10
Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
My Lords, I had the privilege and pleasure during my Army career to have audiences with Her Majesty the Queen. When I became Chief Inspector of Prisons, those audiences continued. What was very impressive was the Queen’s knowledge about our prisons. May
2022-05-12
Queen’s Speech
My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Henig. I have three points to make. First, as other noble Lords have said, I deplore the number of times we were asked by the Commons response to our amendments to a number of Bills in
2022-02-28
Nationality and Borders Bill
My Lords, I strongly support Amendment 1, to which I have added my name. I declare an interest as a vice-chairman of the Chagos Islands (British Indian Ocean Territory) All-Party Parliamentary Group. How do the Government have the neck to condemn others
2022-02-07
Criminal Justice: Royal Commission
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. I make no apologies for asking the Question again, because, as I have said before, I regarded it as extremely discourteous of the Government to ask Her Majesty the Queen to make an announcement which they ha
2022-02-07
Criminal Justice: Royal Commission
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made with the establishment of the Royal Commission on the Criminal Justice System announced in the 2019 Queen’s Speech.
2022-01-27
Nationality and Borders Bill
My Lords, I declare my interest as a founder member and, like the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, a vice-chairman of the Chagos Islands All Party Parliamentary Group. Having once had the pleasure of meeting the Chagos Islanders based in Mauritius, I rise
2022-01-12
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
My Lords, I rise to strongly support this amendment, which was so ably introduced by my noble friend Lady Meacher, particularly if it is matched by a strong commitment to restorative justice among all sections of Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Servic
2022-01-10
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
My Lords, I strongly support this amendment. Noting the success of the Youth Justice Board, as the noble Lord, Lord Marks, did, I venture to suggest that many of the problems of women in the criminal justice system would disappear if there was such a boa
2022-01-05
Nationality and Borders Bill
My Lords, when you are speaking 51st on the Second Reading of a Bill which has already generated much controversy in the other place, the chances are that some other noble Lords will have already mentioned any point you wished to make. That is very true
2021-12-15
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
My Lords, I support Amendments 89 and 90. I endorse what the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, said. Thompson and Venables, the murderers of Jamie Bulger, although 10 at the time, had a developmental age of only four, which makes their High Court trial o
2021-12-07
Health and Care Bill
My Lords, when you are number 55 in a 74-strong speakers’ list, you have not got much new to say. As other noble Lords have said, there is much to be welcomed in this Bill—certainly including its intention and stated aims of integration and innovation, p
2021-11-24
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
My Lords, I support Amendment 292P, so ably introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford. As the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, bleakly pointed out, the history of royal commissions under this Government is not particularly promising, wh
2021-11-17
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
My Lords, I support Amendments 240A and 259C, so comprehensively introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames. Ever since the formation of the Youth Justice Board, I have been keen on the idea of a women’s justice board, with the accompan
2021-11-15
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
My Lords, I rise to support Amendments 210 and 211, and congratulate the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, and the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, on their introductions.
I am at one with the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, on this issue. When he was Prisons Minister,
2021-11-15
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
My Lords, I strongly support all the amendments in this group, not least because the cause of prisoners serving indeterminate sentences has been languishing ever since such sentences were formally abolished by LASPO in 2012.
I commend the tireless wor
2021-10-22
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]
My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lady Meacher on bringing forward this Bill. I make no apologies for focusing entirely on my wife, who took her own life recently after a horrendous year. Having broken her hip in a fall, she fell again in th
2021-10-14
Iraqi Interpreters
My Lords, does the Minister agree that we have forfeited any right to have our word taken as our bond, through our shameful treatment of those whom we employed as interpreters in Iraq and Afghanistan?
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that disappointing reply. The last time I asked his predecessor this Question, I was told that a committee in the Ministry of Justice was looking into the issue. I must admit that I deplore the deliberate discourtesy to
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made with the establishment of the Royal Commission on the Criminal Justice System announced in the 2019 Queen’s Speech.
2021-06-15
Armed Forces: Transition to Civilian Life
My Lords, can the Minister please tell the House whether the Department for Work and Pensions has carried out any assessment of the usefulness of Armed Forces employment to civilian employers?
2021-05-25
Net Migration
My Lords, can the Minister please assure the House that the Home Office has sufficient numbers of experienced and qualified caseworkers to deal with the increased numbers likely under the new immigration plan?
2021-05-18
Queen’s Speech
My Lords, I must admit to being disappointed that the gracious Speech did not include details of the criminal justice catch-up and recovery plan, for which the Ministry of Justice is responsible, because one of the main effects of the Covid pandemic is t
2021-04-28
Carrier Strike Group Deployment
My Lords, I ask the Minister: how many small ships are left to protect the United Kingdom’s coastline, when those required to accompany the carrier strike group are taken away?
My Lords, I declare two interests. First, I once had the honour and pleasure of serving with the King’s African Rifles and, secondly, as Adjutant-General I was an ex officio member of the council of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. When I was Chie
2021-04-16
Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill
My Lords, I strongly support the intention behind the Bill and am glad that the noble Baroness, Lady Pidding, began her excellent introduction with a tribute to the late Dame Cheryl Gillan, whose Bill it is, but I admit to being worried about the practic
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Party history
2005-05-17 → 2022-12-13
Crossbench
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2006-11-23 → 2007-10-30
Committee on Regulators
2013-05-16 → 2014-03-11
Soft Power Committee
2015-12-03 → 2017-04-27
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2014-06-12 → 2015-03-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 6 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Young People's Health
Subject Group
|
Officer | Association for Young People's Health | 8 | 2022-06-04 |
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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)
7 bills
5 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Records Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-13 | |
| Criminal Records Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-10-22 | |
| Criminal Records Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-06-29 | |
| Rehabilitation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2016-05-26 | |
| Criminal Cases Review Commission (Information) Act 2016 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2015-06-24 | |
| Rehabilitation of Offenders Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-06-11 | |
| Prison (Property) Act 2013 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2012-06-20 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.