The Lord Johnson of Lainston CBE
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Johnson of Lainston's full title is The Lord Johnson of Lainston CBE. His name is Dominic Robert Andrew Johnson, 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.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
1008
933 meetings ·
45 hospitality ·
5 gifts ·
25 overseas trips
· 2023-02-01 → 2024-06-30
Total overseas travel cost
£39,589
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 933
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-25 | Hitachi, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Mitsui, Horiba, Marubeni, Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Electric, Mitsui Fudosan, Mitsubishi Estate, Toyota, Nissan, Toshiba and Softbank | Roundtable to discuss UK-Japanese trade and investment as part of Japanese State Visit | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-06-11 | Kickstart Ventures | To discuss London Tech Week and the UK's investment landscape | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-06-11 | LogChain | To discuss trade digitalisation | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-06-11 | PEXA | To discuss PEXA's business plans and the Legal Technology sector | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-06-06 | Lendlease | To discuss Lendlease's business strategy in the UK | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-06-05 | Eden Renewables | To discuss investment into solar energy | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-22 | PPF Group | To discuss the UK investment environment | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-21 | Get Living | To discuss ongoing investment projects | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-21 | Panattoni | To discuss Panattoni's business plans in the UK | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-21 | Elite Partners Capital | To discuss the UK's investment environment | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-21 | Gamuda Berhad | To discuss Gamuda Berhad's investment plans in the UK | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-21 | CapitaLand | To discuss CapitaLand's investment ambitions in the UK | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-21 | Amro Partners, Legal and General, Mubadala, Aldi, JLL, Rolls Royce, Evans Randall, UBS, Prologis, Greystar, MetLife Investment Management, Capital and Centric, ARA, CapitaLand, Elite Partners Capital, Lendlease, KWAP/Prima Ekuiti, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Manchester City Council, West Midlands Growth Company and Western Gateway | Roundtable to discuss the UK's investment environment | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-20 | Kadans, CBRE, Schroders, Langham, Shinhan Bank and Thames Estuary Growth Board | Roundtable to discuss investment in the UK's real estate and infrastructure sectors | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-20 | Schneider Electric | To discuss Schneider Electric's investment plans in the UK | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-17 | Legal and General | To discuss the UK property sector | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-16 | Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances, Kuehne+Nagel, British Retail Consortium, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Philip Morris UK, SC Johnson Professional, National Farmers Union | To discuss regulatory reform | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-15 | Alfanar | To discuss investment in sustainable aviation fuel | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-15 | HSBC | To discuss GREAT Futures | department-for-business-and-trade |
| 2024-05-14 | Innovo | To discuss UK exports to Saudi Arabia and investment in the UK | department-for-business-and-trade |
Recent hospitality · latest 20 of 45
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-21 | UKREiiF | Breakfast | — |
| 2024-05-10 | Hong Kong Association | Lunch | — |
| 2024-04-26 | McLaren | Lunch | — |
| 2024-04-25 | Bosch UK | Dinner | — |
| 2024-04-24 | State Street | Dinner | — |
| 2024-02-29 | China Chamber of Commerce in the UK | Dinner | — |
| 2024-01-26 | Franco/British Colloque | Breakfast | — |
| 2024-01-25 | Franco/British Colloque | Dinner | — |
| 2024-01-24 | Bechtel Corporation | Dinner | — |
| 2024-01-18 | CNN | Dinner | — |
| 2024-01-17 | Washington Post and Drax | Dinner | — |
| 2024-01-11 | UK University Overseas Campus Network | Dinner | — |
| 2023-11-15 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-11-13 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-11-03 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2023-11-02 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-10-30 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-10-04 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-09-21 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2023-09-02 | — | Lunch | — |
Recent gifts
| Date | Gift | From / To | Outcome | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-17 | One Pirelli 2024 calendar | Pirelli & C. S.p.A | Held by department | — |
| 2023-12-20 | Hamper - wooden box with cook book, various food items | Bahrain Embassy | Held by department | — |
| 2023-08-23 | Cigars | Sheikh Dr Khalid Thani Al-Thani | Held by department | — |
| 2023-05-05 | Barbeque Set | Chairman of Mazhilis of Parliament of Kazakhstan | Bought by minister | — |
| 2022-02-20 | Vase | Embassy of Kazakhstan | Kept by Department | — |
Recent overseas travel · latest 20 of 25
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-13 → 2024-05-15 |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Chartered flight outbound/commerical return flight
|
To participate in the GREAT Futures summit in Saudi Arabia | £6,689 |
| 2024-05-02 → 2024-05-03 |
Paris, France
Scheduled Eurostar
|
To attend the OECD Ministerial Meeting | £560 |
| 2024-04-10 → 2024-04-12 |
Copenhagen, Denmark; and Helsinki, Finland
Scheduled Flight
|
To meet with international investors | £1,863 |
| 2024-03-25 → 2024-03-28 |
Bangkok, Thailand
Scheduled Flight
|
To attend a financial services conference and promote the UK as an investment destination | £8,706 |
| 2024-03-11 → 2024-03-13 |
Cannes, France
Scheduled Flight
|
To attend a real estate conference, MIPIM, and promote the UK as an investment destination | £976 |
| 2024-02-03 → 2024-02-05 |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Scheduled Flight
|
To attend the World Defence Show and to promote investment from Saudi Arabia and the UAE | £6,777 |
| 2024-01-27 → 2024-02-02 |
Washington DC, Miami and New York (USA)
Scheduled Flight
|
To promote US investment into the UK | £9,631 |
| 2024-01-25 → 2024-01-26 |
Versailles, France
Eurostar
|
To attend the Franco/British Colloque | £656 |
| 2024-01-17 → 2024-01-19 |
Davos, Switzerland
Scheduled Flight
|
To attend the World Economic Forum | £3,732 |
| — |
Paris, France
Eurostar
|
Meeting with key French investors operating in the UK or planning to operate in the UK | — |
| — |
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Scheduled flight
|
To meet with key investors in the Netherlands | — |
| — |
Vienna, Austria
Scheduled flight
|
To meet with key investors in Austria | — |
| — |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea
Scheduled flight
|
Meetings with key investors in the region | — |
| — |
Germany (Berlin and Frankfurt)
Scheduled flight
|
To attend a conference on Hydrogen and meet with renewable energy investors, alongside a number of venture capital firms | — |
| — |
Manama, Bahrain
Scheduled flight
|
As a follow up to the recent visit of the Crown Prince of Bahrain and signing of the Strategic Investment and Collaboration Partnership | — |
| — |
China (Shanghai and Beijing)
Scheduled flight
|
To represent HMG at the International Trade and Services fair and discuss Chinese-UK trade and investment links | — |
| — |
USA (New York, Boston) and Canada (Toronto)
Scheduled flight
|
To meet with big US capital pools and to understand US capital pools and investors approach to the UK | — |
| — |
Kuwait City, Kuwait. Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE
Scheduled flight
|
As a precursor to the Guest of Government visit of the Kuwait Crown Prince and to discuss the UK-UAE Sovereign Investment Partnership, and other investments from Kuwait and UAE | — |
| — |
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Scheduled flight
|
To meet with Dutch pension funds, invesors and businesses to encourage further investment into the UK | — |
| — |
Hong Kong
Scheduled flight
|
To discuss Hong Kong-UK investment links | — |
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HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
74 Content(45.7%)
2 Not-Content(1.2%)
86 didn't vote(53.1%)
2026-01-05
Content
131–127
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2026-01-05
Content
194–130
Content
2026-01-05
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168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
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210–131
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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, I begin by declaring an interest. I am invested in AI companies, and I am hoping to go on the board of an AI company, because I think AI is the most amazing thing ever to happen to us. I cannot understand the long faces in this Chamber, the wor
2026-05-14
King’s Speech
My Lords, I will take a slightly different tack and praise the Government for some of the Bills put forward in the most gracious Speech. However, before I do, I want to admit to a slightly shady secret: I am a capitalist; I like making money, I am on the
2026-04-22
British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme
My Lords, I was extremely excited about this debate today. I saw “British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme” and raced to read the Minister’s Statement. But all I see in it is simply a series of taxes that were being levied on businesses being discounted
2026-04-14
Ministerial Salaries (Amendment) Bill
My Lords, first, I express my gratitude to the Whips for allowing me to speak in the gap and apologise for not registering in time.
I have a few quick points to make after hearing what I already know, which is how hard-working and truly valuable Lords
2026-03-19
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I speak in this mini-debate in full support of this amendment. I am extremely concerned about the principle of government directing any form of investment. I do not think any Government have a strong record on making investments, and to compel
My Lords, we have already sung the praises of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, and I am delighted to do so again in relation to this excellent report and his chairmanship of this committee over the past few years. I also commend the team who p
My Lords, I shall first declare my interests. I am on the board of a crypto data business and have investments in companies regulated by the FCA and the PRA. More usefully for this debate, I ran a regulated asset management firm for 15 years, a job that
I was just getting to the good bit.
My Lords, I was giving a great oration to demonstrate my interests and biases towards India, my passion for that great country, my own heritage and how important I felt it was, in the run-up to the India free trade deal, that we celebrated our joint comm
My Lords, it is always a privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, who is a pillar of our committee.
First, I pay tribute to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, and his leadership of the International Agreements Committee. In my view—
2026-03-03
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, we have had a very valuable debate so far on the practicalities of a generational ban on smoking. I have been particularly intrigued by the journey we have taken. In that journey, a number of people have come to me, and I thank them for the eno
2026-02-24
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for her highly engaged approach to these issues facing small specialist tobacconists in the niche handmade, hand-rolled cigar industry. I also appreciated the assistance of her officials at the Department of Health,
2026-02-24
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
I am never quite sure whether I should declare an interest in this debate as someone who has smoked the occasional cigar, but on this set of amendments I declare an interest in that I have teenage children. I see their actions, which chime very much with
2026-02-23
US Tariffs
My Lords, I read somewhere that the Department for International Trade is going to be reducing the number of experts in the field from 1,600 to 1,000. Is now really the time to be reducing our global staff by a third when our businesses need all the supp
2025-12-08
Employee Car Ownership Schemes
My Lords, I welcome the Minister to his role. I seem to remember that being Investment Minister is an important part of government. One of our triumphs was that we succeeded in creating the new gigafactory for Tata, in Somerset, which was clearly a landm
2025-11-17
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
I rise to speak in favour of the first amendment, proposed by my noble friends, and against the second amendment: Amendment 180.
On actors and their ability to smoke on set, in my view, this is something that needs further refining. I ask the Minister
2025-11-17
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
I apologise for delaying the Committee. I was not having a cigar, as was suggested; I just got caught in the slow lane in the Lobby.
I shall come briefly to a conclusion. I ask the Minister for some clarification around the reality of how these propos
2025-11-17
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I will speak to the amendments relating to penalties around advertising. As is often the case with legislation—many of us on this side were Government Ministers, too—the catch-all is extremely complex and rather dangerous. I agree that trying t
2025-11-17
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I will briefly follow my noble friend’s comments. We are in danger, with an understandable zealotry to extinguish all types of access to all types of tobacco-related products, of missing the reality of the point that there are millions of peopl
2025-11-13
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I am sorry, but we will have to wait a few more moments for the noble Baroness’s excellent speech, which I know is coming filled with logic and reason.
I want briefly to speak in favour of many of these amendments. I echo the points made by
2025-11-11
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
I shall speak to my Amendments 135A and 136A, as noble Lords would imagine. I will be brief. I hope these will meet a sympathetic ear from the Minister, who has oozed reasonableness from every pore during this debate. The specific amendment relates to No
2025-11-11
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
It is a very interesting statistic that 2.4% of 14 to 16 year-olds have tried cigars in the last 30 days. That does not sound quite right; maybe it did not come out right. I would be grateful if we could have clarification on that piece of data.
2025-11-11
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I will speak in favour of this group of amendments, especially my noble friend Lord’s Lindsay’s excellent amendments— I commend him on his first-class speech to the Committee—and those amendments in my name, relating to the need for an impact a
2025-11-11
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I support the amendments from my noble friends Lord Udny-Lister and Lord Lansley. I do not know whether any noble Lords in this Committee saw the news item, a few weeks ago, when the BBC went around looking not for under-the-counter illegal cig
2025-11-10
National Insurance: Partnerships
My Lords, I think there may be a misunderstanding about what LLP structures are. Will the Minister agree with me on the importance of these structures, which enable people to pool their own labour? This is not a loophole; it is an opportunity for people
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Register of Interests · 20 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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Non-executive director, AI Pathfinder Inc Limited (interest ceased 27 January 2026)
registered 2025-10-27 · amended 2026-03-06
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Director, The Lainston Partnership Limited (personal service company for financial services marketing) (client was Equitix Infrastructure Investments Limited (interest ceased 1 January 2026))
registered 2025-10-13 · amended 2026-02-24
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Member, Advisory Board, Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (interest ceased 24 November 2025)
registered 2025-08-20 · amended 2025-11-24
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Non-executive director, Block Scholes Limited (crypto analytics)
registered 2025-07-23 · amended 2026-03-06
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Co-chairman of the Conservative Party and member of the Party Board (interest ceased 22 July 2025)
registered 2024-11-14 · amended 2025-07-23
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Director, AMP Ventures Limited (personal holding company)
registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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The Lainston Partnership Limited (personal service company for financial services marketing)
registered 2025-09-01 · amended 2025-09-29
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AMP Ventures Limited (personal holding company)
registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Amazon
registered 2026-05-01
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AI Pathfinder Inc Limited (interest ceased 18 December 2025)
registered 2025-11-24 · amended 2026-01-05
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Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (aerospace and defence) (interest ceased 3 March 2026)
registered 2025-06-26 · amended 2026-03-06
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Esgian AS (green emissions measuring technology)
registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05
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Castle Point Holdings Limited (NZ investment management) (interest ceased 14 December 2025)
registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2026-02-24
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MVPF Global (recruitment)
registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05
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Wardhaven (Vietnam investment management)
registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05
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Invisible Homes Limited (online estate agency)
registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05
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Power Roll Limited (solar panel technology)
registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05
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Block Scholes Limited (crypto data)
registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2026-01-28
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Superdielectrics Limited (battery technology)
registered 2022-11-22 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Property in Wiltshire from which rental income is received
registered 2025-03-14 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2022-10-19 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2023-02-07 → 2024-07-05
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
2022-11-25 → 2023-02-06
Minister of State (Department for International Trade)
2022-10-02 → 2022-10-28
Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
2022-10-02 → 2022-10-28
Minister of State (Department for International Trade)
Opposition posts
2024-09-01 → 2024-11-10
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
Committee memberships
2026-01-27 → present
International Agreements Committee
Chair
+£18,305/yr
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
International Trade and Investment All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-03-12 |
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.
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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)
3 bills
1 as lead sponsor
2 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Act 2024 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2023-11-08 | |
| Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2022-09-22 | |
| Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2022-05-11 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.