The Rt Hon. the Lord Burnett of Maldon KG
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Burnett of Maldon's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Burnett of Maldon KG. His name is Ian Duncan Burnett, 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
4 Content(2.5%)
5 Not-Content(3.1%)
153 didn't vote(94.4%)
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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 23
2026-01-21
Motorway Speed Cameras
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, has identified some of the financial costs that might flow from being wrongly picked up for speeding, and it is good to hear that the Government are working on a plan to compensate people. In this context,
2026-01-21
Age of Criminal Responsibility
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Meston, indicated that Scotland raised the age to 12 and the noble Lord, Lord Marks, referred to the age of criminal responsibility in most of Europe, which is a good deal higher than in England and Wales. Your Lordships mi
2026-01-06
Sentencing Bill
My Lords, your Lordships may recollect that, in Committee, I supported an amendment which would have removed Clause 18 from the Bill altogether. While also suggesting that Clause 19 would be best removed, I laid an amendment to the effect that a guidelin
2025-12-01
Sentencing Bill
I record, if I may, my thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Lemos, and to the Minister, in the broader conduct of this Bill, for offering to continue discussions. We have had useful discussions so far, even if they have not led very far. In those circumstances
2025-12-01
Sentencing Bill
2025-12-01
Sentencing Bill
My Lords, perhaps rather surprisingly, I find myself in agreement with the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, in seeking to remove Clause 18—but for polar opposite reasons. The noble Lord seeks to abolish the Sentencing Council; I wish to protect it from interfer
2025-12-01
Sentencing Bill
My Lords, I was not intending to intervene at all in this group, but could I just try to inject an element of reality into Amendment 86A, which the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, proposes? It requires the courts service to record and retain, in respect of all
2025-11-12
Sentencing Bill
My Lords, I start by declaring some interests. I was on the independent panel chaired by David Gauke which produced a preliminary short review in February, History and Trends in Sentencing. I shall return to that, if I may. It then produced a final repor
My Lords, I start by thanking the committee en bloc for the important work that it has done in looking at this subject which, as has already been observed, is something of a Cinderella in the justice system. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Morris,
My Lords, I first associate myself with the words of those who spoke in tribute to Lord Justice William Davis. News of his death on Saturday morning reached his fellow judges, and former judges, like a thunderclap. He really was tremendously admired and
My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for that suggestion. I hope not to detain the Committee for long. I declare some interests at the outset. When I was Lord Chief Justice, I was president of the Sentencing Council and t
My Lords, I shall make one or two observations on this group. I echo what the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, said, but, before anyone considers this additional process, it is important to have in mind what already exists. All guidelines that the Sentencing
2025-03-20
Crown Court Criminal Case Backlog
My Lords, I join others in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Longfield, on her instructive maiden speech.
The outstanding case load in the Crown Court has reached a level that is irretrievable without a radical change to the way in which many Cr
2025-01-15
Courts: Backlogs
My Lords, the current outstanding backlog in the Crown Court is a little over 73,000; it was only 40,000 when Covid struck. The Minister has already indicated that the volume of cases coming into the Crown Court continues to increase. Has any solution oc
2024-12-12
Post Office: Capture System
My Lords, as my name has been mentioned on two occasions already, it is perhaps apt that I should say something. I yield to no one in my admiration for the work that the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, has done in this field. He was good enough to pay an und
2024-11-18
Legal Aid: Social Welfare and Family Law
The noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, and the noble Lord, Lord Bach, have referred to the cost that falls on the courts as a result of the removal of legal aid for parents in dispute over their children. That is robbing Peter to pay Paul. I
2024-09-12
Prison Capacities
My Lords, I add two points to those already made. First, there is much talk of prison capacity, but it is important to appreciate the difference between capacity in the sense of how many can be crammed in and the real capacity of our prisons. The Ministr
2024-07-24
King’s Speech
My Lords, I add my welcome to the noble Lords now occupying the Government Front Bench, and in particular congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Timpson, on his maiden speech. We last met, as he may remember, when he was chairman of the Prison Reform Trust. W
2024-05-13
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill
My Lords, the wrongful conviction of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses as a result of prosecutorial misbehaviour has caused personal harm—indeed, tragedy—and a national scandal. Wrongful convictions must be quashed, and a bespoke process is necessar
2024-02-26
Victims and Prisoners Bill
I thank the Minister for his response. It is a delight to see him back in his place. I also thank those who spoke in support of the amendment put down by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, with my support.
I was intrigued by the Mini
2024-02-26
Victims and Prisoners Bill
My Lords, in the absence of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, who is abroad at the moment, I move this amendment and will speak to the others in this group, save for Amendments 146A, 174 and 175 which stand in the name of the noble Bar
2024-02-26
Victims and Prisoners Bill
2023-11-08
King’s Speech
My Lords, I start by echoing the sentiments of other noble Lords at the sad and shocking news of the death of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, a great Chief Justice and an outstanding parliamentarian.
This maiden speech has been long in coming
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Register of Interests · 5 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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Appointed to arbitral panel by Bahrain Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, November 2024; parties settled November 2024; the member’s earnings from this work fell within the £0–5,000 band
registered 2025-01-06 · amended 2025-07-15
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Chair, ad hoc tribunal established under section 74 of the Constitution of Bermuda; the member’s earnings from this work fell within the £100,001–200,000 band (interest ceased 31 May 2025)
registered 2024-08-05 · amended 2026-01-07
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Member, Blackstone Chambers, for mediation, arbitration, consultancy etc.
registered 2024-02-22 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chief Justice, Astana International Financial Centre Court; the member’s earnings in financial year 2024–25 fell within the £300,001–400,000 band
registered 2023-11-09 · amended 2026-01-07
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Member, Supplementary Panel of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
registered 2023-10-25 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2023-10-01 → present
Crossbench
current
2017-10-30 → 2023-09-30
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Government posts
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Opposition posts
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Committee memberships
2024-01-31 → present
Constitution Committee
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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