The Lord Ashcombe
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Ashcombe's full title is The Lord Ashcombe. His name is Mark Edward Cubitt, 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
99 Content(61.1%)
4 Not-Content(2.5%)
59 didn't vote(36.4%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-25
Content
95–137
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
Content
2026-03-05
Content
198–139
Content
2026-03-05
Content
208–142
Content
2026-03-05
Content
214–142
Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Content
201–169
Content
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
2026-04-27
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I declare my interest as an employee of Marsh, whose sister company Mercer is a pension consultancy, master trust provider and, importantly, a signatory to the Mansion House Accord. What would the Noble Baroness the Minister say to firms that s
My Lords, the Energy Prices Act 2022 was brought forward in circumstances that were, by any measure, extraordinary. It was a moment of acute global volatility, when Governments across Europe were forced to act at speed to shield households and businesse
2026-03-19
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I declare my interest as an employee of Marsh, whose sister company Mercer is a pension consultancy, master trust provider and signature to the Mansion House Accord. I speak in strong support of this group, beginning with Amendment 52, which wo
2026-03-12
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
We have a problem with the Isle of Wight. One of the vessels has done everything that it could possibly do to decarbonise. It has no option to go anywhere else because the power is not there. It is a fully hybrid boat, as the noble Lord, Lord Greenway, p
2026-03-12
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
My Lords, we have heard from the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, my noble friend Lord Moynihan and from other noble Lords regarding the situation facing Northern Ireland’s ferry services and the shenanigans that are certainly coming to light today. Having bee
My Lords, very briefly, I support Amendments 6 and 22 from my noble friends Lord Mackinlay and Lord Fuller. As we have heard, the practical application of the £2,000 cap per person must be clearly defined in primary legislation. Leaving such a significan
My Lords, I speak to my Amendment 34 in this group, and I am grateful for the support from the noble Lord, Lord Londesborough. Pensions legislation is, as many of your Lordships appreciate, inherently complex and difficult to understand. It is also curre
My Lords, this is a very large group with a number of issues to address. First, I support my noble friends Lady Neville-Rolfe and Lord Altrincham in Amendment 1 in this group. I remind the House that the Department for Work and Pensions has acknowledged
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his responses and thank those who have taken part in this short debate. I am not sure that we have unknown unknowns, because the Minister has again stated where these various documents are scattered around, but we have
I thank the Minister for giving way. He has mentioned up to five different publications where this information may be found. Is it not possible for the Government to bring it into one place, so that we can actually see what the information is?
My Lords, I support the amendments in this group in the names of my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe, the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, and others—in fact, quite frankly, most of the noble Lords currently in Committee.
These amendments speak directly to
My Lords, the amendments in this group either increase the level of pension contributions exempt from national insurance or seek to prevent fiscal drag. Both aims are very welcome. In many respects, the higher the exempt amount, the better; on the face o
My Lords, clearly there remains a tension within government between the Department for Work and Pensions and the Treasury. As we heard at Second Reading, the DWP is focused on encouraging people to save more for their retirement, yet the Treasury continu
My Lords, I wish to express deep concern about the Government’s decision to impose a £2,000 cap on salary sacrifice arrangements for pension contributions. This measure may appear technical, but its consequences for retirement saving are anything but tri
2026-01-26
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, after that. I support Amendments 115 and 152, in the names of my noble friends Viscount Younger of Leckie and Lady Stedman-Scott, concerning the Government’s draft powers to mandate.
2026-01-26
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I remind the Committee of my interest as an employee of Marsh, which owns Mercer, a pension and investment advisory management company.
I did not intend to speak on this group but I do not believe that financial size is the be-all and end-al
2026-01-06
Nitrogen Reduction, Recycling and Reuse (Environment and Climate Change Committee Report)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to serve as a member of the Environment and Climate Change Committee and to speak in this debate. I place on record my thanks to the excellent staff who supported us throughout the nitrogen inquiry.
Nitrogen pollution is a v
2025-12-18
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, like other noble Lords, I very much look forward to the maiden speech of the noble Baroness, Lady White of Tufnell Park. I declare an interest as an employee of Marsh, the sister organisation to Mercer, a pension and investment advisory and man
2025-12-15
Crime and Policing Bill
Before the Minister goes on, I think there is a real worry about the current situation on the face of a previous Bill and the insurance that is paid by law-abiding citizens today. I would like some reassurance that that is going to be seriously considere
2025-12-15
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I speak to Amendment 416B, tabled in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter of Kentish Town, which concerns the issue of uninsured drivers and to which I have added my name, as this is a serious crime. I declare my interest as an insurance
2025-12-05
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I wish to express my particular concern regarding Amendment 416. The question I must put to the noble and learned Lord is, why should an independent doctor tasked with providing a second opinion not have access to the notes of the first? Is the
2025-12-05
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I take noble Lords back to when they were young; we have all been there. I suspect that we all remember the odd and what may now seem very troubling ideas that sometimes passed through our minds during those years. Many of us have also watched
2025-11-24
ExxonMobil: Mossmorran
My Lords, last week was another sad one for the UK oil and petrochemicals industry, as well as for the company employees, contractors and those in the general supply chain who rely on it. The imminent closure of Mossmorran comes in addition to the Grange
2025-11-21
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I would like to go back to our noble colleague from Yorkshire—I am afraid I do not know the noble Lord’s name and I apologise. He talked about working in the communities in the East End. We are short of GPs as it is, and most of our GPs come from an Angl
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Register of Interests · 2 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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Managing director, Marsh Risk Limited (insurance broker)
registered 2022-11-28 · amended 2026-06-15
Category 5: Overseas visits
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Member was part of UK parliamentary ski team participating in annual race against Swiss MPs in Davos, Switzerland, 29 March to 4 April 2026; member paid own travel and accommodation costs; ski pass and ski tuition for the week for member and wife supplied by Skigruppe der Bundesversammlung (ski group of the Federal Assembly)
registered 2026-04-29
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Party history
2022-10-28 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2025-01-30 → 2026-04-29
Environment and Climate Change Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Floating Offshore Wind
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | RenewableUK | 3 | 2026-03-20 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services
Subject Group
|
Officer | Chartered Insurance Institute Group | 4 | 2026-06-12 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
5
of 5 tabled
5 answered(100.0%)
2
departments
2026-03-26
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Offshore Industry: Exploration
Answered
2026-03-26
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Liquefied Natural Gas: Carbon Emissions
Answered
2026-03-26
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Offshore Industry: Exploration
Answered
2026-03-26
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Liquefied Natural Gas: Carbon Emissions
Answered
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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)
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.