The Lord Carter of Haslemere CB
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Carter of Haslemere's full title is The Lord Carter of Haslemere CB. His name is Harold Mark Carter, 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
58 Content(35.8%)
5 Not-Content(3.1%)
99 didn't vote(61.1%)
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
Content
2026-03-05
Content
198–139
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2026-03-05
Content
214–142
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2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
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
My Lords, there are so many angles to this important subject. AI obviously has many very positive attributes. But I am reminded of a debate among AI experts and neuroscientists that took place on the “Today” programme a few months ago on whether AI cou
2026-05-18
King’s Speech
My Lords, I will focus on the Representation of the People Bill, which seeks to protect our democracy. What is more important than that? I declare an interest, since I have been liaising with and advising the charity Spotlight on Corruption.
There is
2026-03-25
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
My Lords, I entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Nash, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Bellamy; I will reiterate the points that they have been making.
The amendments pose the question of how best to make meaningful change to online safety la
My Lords, in response to a question during Oral Questions on 11 February about the risks of the First-tier Tribunal becoming overwhelmed by rent increase appeals brought by tenants who have nothing to lose, the Minister stated that
“there is a case fo
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who have spoken today so powerfully. I say to the noble Lord, Lord Hanson, that I do not in the slightest bit resent the fact that the letter arrived so late; I appreciate that there is a lot going on at the moment.
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, Amendment 429ZA seeks to leave out Clause 212. I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, and the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower, for adding their names to the amendment. Clause 212 addresses situations where a person has been convict
2026-03-18
Crime and Policing Bill
2026-03-13
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I have tabled four amendments towards the end of this group, Amendments 317, 346, 457 and 512, which are in identical terms. They are designed to ensure that a person seeking a state-assisted death is not acting out of a temporary feeling of fe
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, Amendment 403 in this group is in my name.
The group that we are talking about raises the issue whether authorised firearms officers deserve any special protection if they are, or may be, prosecuted for their conduct or if they are convicted
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I very much support this amendment. In Committee, I tabled an amendment, which was debated—the noble Baroness, Lady Levitt, was acting Minister at the time—and would have prevented a criminal record being kept for children who are prosecuted by
2026-02-25
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I strongly support the intention and spirit of Amendment 13. Fly-tipping shows a shocking disregard for other people, the local community, society and the environment. It is not right that the cost of removing the consequences of it fall on the
2026-02-11
Renters’ Rights Act: Implementation
My Lords, the Master of the Rolls, who oversees the efficiency of our civil justice system, recently said that the Act creates an incentive for tenants to appeal every increase in rent to the First-tier Tribunal because, even if the appeal fails, the in
2026-02-02
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, to conclude, I do not have long comments on this. The Attorney-General would be there in such cases to examine whether something illegal and wrong has occurred, and he could withhold his consent for a prosecution if he considered that that was
2026-02-02
Crime and Policing Bill
I cannot speak to that sort of case, and I entirely agree that it sounds terrible. But the police are there to investigate; that is their job. They have to do it according to rules and codes of practice and, if the system works properly, that sort of cas
2026-02-02
Crime and Policing Bill
That does not detract from the fact that Amendment 456 would create a robust filter, through which prosecutions would have to go before instituting criminal proceedings. That would need the consent of the Attorney-General and without that consent—
2026-02-02
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, the debate that we have just been having illustrates perfectly why the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Verdirame, is so apt. His amendment would insert a requirement for the Attorney-General’s consent before criminal proceedings c
2026-01-30
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 84 since I think the noble Lord, Lord Frost, has struck gold with this amendment. Requiring
“unbearable suffering … which cannot be relieved by treatment”,
raises four critical issues at the epicentre of the B
2026-01-23
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am very grateful to the noble and learned Lord for his explanation of informed consent. There is a little doubt as to whether giving people lots of information, leading to an informed wish, actually encapsulates them fully understanding it. I was wonde
2026-01-22
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I respectfully disagree with the proposition that these clauses should be removed from the Bill. My views will come as no surprise to the 10 noble Lords who were present in the Chamber on Tuesday night at 11.15 pm to debate my amendment on why
2026-01-20
Crime and Policing Bill
I am extremely grateful. To some extent mine is a probing amendment—I need more facts and evidence around this—but the Minister referred to the Code for Crown Prosecutors. The cases I spoke about were prosecuted by the train operating company. I am not r
2026-01-20
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, my Amendment 423 would implement a recommendation of the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords in the judgment in the Lee Clegg case in the 1990s. Briefly, the facts of that case were that, on 30 September 1990, Private Lee Clegg was on patr
2026-01-20
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I am going to speak to Amendment 486D, and I support all the other amendments in this group. I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Marks, for his compelling introduction, and for the other powerful speeches. You may wonder why I have table
2026-01-09
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I speak to the six amendments in my name in this group. I do not need to explain what they say because they are all replicated by other amendments in the group, so I can be very brief. All these amendments are intended to ensure that a person s
2026-01-06
Sentencing Bill
My Lords, I too strongly support the amendment moved by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas. This amendment is the safest, best amendment on IPP prisoners we have seen so far. It would give an IPP prisoner a clear statutory steer as to what they have
2026-01-06
Sentencing Bill
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 90 in this group, which would insert a proposed new clause on extended determinate sentence prisoners, who I will refer to as EDS prisoners.
Currently, the majority of people serving an EDS first become eligible for
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Register of Interests · 1 entries on file
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Part-time legal consultant, Kingsley Napley (law firm)
registered 2023-12-05 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2019-10-30 → present
Crossbench
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Government posts
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Opposition posts
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Committee memberships
2025-05-22 → present
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
Contact
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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departments
2026-01-05
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rented Housing: Evictions
Answered
2026-01-05
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizenship Education Bill [HL] | Lead | 2nd reading | 2026-06-17 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizenship Education Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2026-06-17 |
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introduction. Sorted newest first.