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The Lord Purvis of Tweed

Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Purvis of Tweed's full title is The Lord Purvis of Tweed. His name is Jeremy Purvis, 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.

Party history

2013-09-13present
Liberal Democrat current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2021-10-07present
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
2021-01-05present
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (International Development)
2016-10-28present
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (International Trade)
2015-06-012015-09-07
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)

Committee memberships

2016-05-252021-01-28
International Relations and Defence Committee
2021-04-142023-01-31
European Affairs Committee
2024-10-222025-11-10
Liaison Committee (Lords)
2025-07-25present
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2025-07-25present
House of Lords Commission
2025-07-25present
Committee of Selection (Lords)
2025-07-25present
Restoration and Renewal Client Board

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 8 active officership(s) · 15 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Trade Justice
Subject Group
Vice Chair The Trade Justice Movement 7 2024-03-25
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment
Subject Group
Vice Chair 15 2024-01-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extreme Poverty
Subject Group
Vice Chair BRAC UK 12 2024-02-25
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nutrition for Growth
Subject Group
Vice Chair RESULTS UK 7 2022-05-29
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade out of Poverty
Subject Group
Co-Chair ODI 8 2024-05-28
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tunisia
Country Group
Vice Chair 17 2022-11-21
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair 23 2024-05-13
Devolution All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Vice Chair Connect 8 2024-05-29
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

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)

3 bills 2 as lead sponsor 1 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Constitutional Convention Bill [HL] Sponsored 1st reading 2021-06-17
Constitutional Convention Bill [HL] Sponsored Committee stage 2015-06-01
International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015 Supported Royal Assent 2014-07-02
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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