The Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Dannatt's full title is The Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC. His name is Francis Richard Dannatt, 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
8 Content(4.9%)
0 Not-Content(0.0%)
154 didn't vote(95.1%)
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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
2026-06-16
Defence Investment Plan
What is the defence intelligence assessment of the Treasury’s inexplicable decision not to fully fund the strategic defence review of the noble Lord, Lord Robertson? If it is purely to force change on the Ministry of Defence and move from legacy systems
2026-05-21
King’s Speech
My Lords, yesterday, I had the privilege to visit an exercise being conducted this week deep underground, less than half a mile from your Lordships’ House. It was being conducted by the headquarters of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, a British-led NATO
2025-11-05
“Soldier F” Trial Verdict
My Lords, now that the 2023 Act has been suspended, it is open season once more on veterans. Quite recently, the Minister of State for the Armed Forces announced six protections for veterans. Do His Majesty’s Government intend to put those six protection
2025-09-16
Ethiopia and Eritrea
My Lords, this conflict is another example of the UK’s reduced influence in the world as a result of our reduction in overseas development money. The previous Government took it down from 0.7% to 0.5% and the present one have taken it down from 0.5% to 0
2025-07-18
Strategic Defence Review 2025
My Lords, I am conscious that I am about the halfway point in our debate and therefore I risk some repetition, although repetition lends emphasis. I add my welcome to the majority of the 62 recommendations in the strategic defence review but emphasise th
2025-04-30
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
My Lords, I welcome this Bill and congratulate the Government on bringing it forward to this point. I will speak in support of Amendments 3 and 5. I believe that there is a distinction between a complaint that an individual wants to see resolved and the
2024-11-14
Defence: 2.5% GDP Spending Commitment
My Lords, is the Minister aware that in 1935 we were spending less than 3% on defence? We failed to either deter or appease Hitler. Is he further aware that, in 1939, when the war had broken out, our defence spending rose to 19% and in 1940, when we were
2024-10-31
MV “Ruby”: Ammonium Nitrate
My Lords, I am delighted to be able to come to the assistance of the Minister and can assure him that there has been very responsible coverage of this incident in Great Yarmouth, as I live not terribly far away. The Eastern Daily Press yesterday and this
2024-10-15
Afghan Special Forces Relocation Review
My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. If any of the groups or individuals who supported the British forces in Afghanistan deserve proper treatment, it is the Triples, who supported our special forces in difficult and dangerous circu
2024-10-10
Combat Air Capability
My Lords, while we accept that future generations of fast jet aircraft should be able to fly off aircraft carriers and fixed land bases, will the noble Lord accept that we also have land forces that need major investment? Will he also consider that going
2024-03-14
Royal Navy: Climate Change Training
My Lords, I think we can all agree that the main purpose of the Question is to express our concerns about the health of our planet. However, I will extend that to say that I am concerned about the health—as the noble Lord, Lord West, will be pleased to k
2023-11-15
King’s Speech
My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, has suggested, there may be formula for following a maiden speech, but it is genuinely the greatest pleasure and a real privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Young of Old Windsor, and to congratulate him on hi
2023-09-07
Armed Forces
My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Soames, on securing this important and timely debate. I thank him for concentrating his remarks on the commitment and excellence of our soldiers, sailors, Air Force personnel and m
I accept that point entirely. I meant people such as me who live in England—I am three-quarters English and one-quarter Welsh. It is people such as me whom I had in mind, fully accepting that veterans from Northern Ireland have a very different outlook
I accept the noble Viscount’s point. I say simply that, if investigations are going to continue, and the rule of law is going to continue to be applied, I would seek for protocols to be put in place to protect the manner in which investigations were carr
My Lords, I realise that I run the risk of striking a discordant note in this afternoon’s debate, and I very much understand the widespread criticism of this Bill from virtually every quarter that has been identified. However, I choose to identify with t
2022-06-27
British Army: Troop Size
My Lords, does the Minister agree, as he has just suggested, that it is not about numbers but capability? Does he agree that the capability of the British Army is well below what it should be for a nation of our standing and a permanent member of the UN
2022-06-09
Ukraine: Defence Relationships
My Lords, I join in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, on securing this important debate, which gives us the opportunity to look again at the integrated review in the context of unfolding events within Ukraine. It is a great pleasure to follow t
2022-05-18
Queen’s Speech
My Lords, in this wide-ranging debate on the Queen’s Speech I shall focus on two particular aspects. The first is following up the reference in the gracious Speech to the legacy in Northern Ireland. I very much welcome the Northern Ireland Troubles (Lega
2022-02-25
Ukraine
My Lords, I join the near-universal condemnation of current operations by Russia against Ukraine. Frankly, the return of violent war in Europe is an obscenity, and a return to state-on-state war is not acceptable in the 21st century. Putin and Putin’s Ru
2021-12-02
Afghanistan
My Lords, I also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Roberts of Llandudno, on securing this important debate this afternoon although, as the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, has said, it is a shame that we have only an hour to touch on these subjects.
Of cou
2021-11-23
Armed Forces Bill
I will make two points, a broader one and a narrower one that is particularly germane to this amendment. My broader point picks up the discussion in your Lordships’ House about the wider duty of care standard, which we debated in the context of the overs
2021-11-23
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I also support Amendment 4. I ask your Lordships to reflect on the origin of the Armed Forces covenant, which we find in the Armed Forces Acts, going back to 2011. It was not a new idea dreamed up by the Government of the day but the beginning
2021-11-02
Armed Forces Bill
I hope the noble Baroness will forgive me for interrupting. I much appreciate her point, but my point was not in this instance to do with interpreters. I am very grateful for the work of the Ministry of Defence in enabling many of our interpreters to com
2021-11-02
Armed Forces Bill
My Lords, I support both these amendments in regard to those affected in Hong Kong, about whom the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig of Radley, spoke most eloquently, and Gurkha soldiers who are Nepalese citizens. It is also worth putting in the widest
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Register of Interests · 10 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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Speaking engagement, 18 June 2026, Elsdon Consulting, London
registered 2026-06-18
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Occasional guest lecturer, Crystal Cruises
registered 2026-04-20
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Occasional guest lecturer, Cunard cruises
registered 2026-04-20
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Royalties from Osprey Publishing (part of Bloomsbury Publishing) for “Korea - War without End”
registered 2026-04-16
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Occasional columnist, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and Daily Express
registered 2026-04-16
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Occasional appearances on GB News and Sky News
registered 2026-04-16
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Royalties from Hodder and Stoughton for "Churchill’s D-Day"
registered 2026-04-16
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Royalties from Osprey Publishing (part of Bloomsbury Publishing) for "Victory to Defeat - The British Army 1918-1940"
registered 2026-04-16
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Director, Mill House Partners 2012 Limited (publishing)
registered 2026-04-16
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Blue International Holdings Limited (mining and energy in sub-Saharan Africa)
registered 2026-04-16
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Party history
2011-01-19 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2018-05-17 → 2019-03-26
Rural Economy Committee
2024-09-05 → 2025-01-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2022-01-19 → 2024-05-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2024-10-31 → present
Ecclesiastical Committee
2023-03-09 → 2024-05-30
Ecclesiastical Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
dannattr@parliament.uk
020 7219 8949 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 8949 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 2 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 2 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
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)
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.