Select Committees
Liaison Committee (Lords) (since April 2023)Procedure and Privileges Committee (since April 2023)
Committee of Selection (Lords) (since April 2023)
Services Committee (since April 2023)
House of Lords Commission (since April 2023)
Restoration and Renewal Client Board (since April 2023)
Division Voting information
Debates during the 2019 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Sparring Partners
(22 debate interactions)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
(21 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(58 debate contributions)
(40 debate contributions)
(30 debate contributions)
(30 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(2,588 words contributed)
(1,620 words contributed)
(1,453 words contributed)
(1,446 words contributed)
Lords initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Earl of Kinnoull, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
Earl of Kinnoull has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Earl of Kinnoull has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 1 Written Question
(View all written questions)The UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020 and is no longer part of the EU’s decision making machinery so no further scrutiny overrides will require to be reported to Parliament.
Between July 2019 to January 2020, 348 Explanatory Memoranda on EU proposals and other documents were submitted for scrutiny.
Scrutiny during this period was interrupted by the dissolution of parliament. There were 54 occasions when the Government supported decisions in the EU Council of Ministers before parliamentary scrutiny procedures had been completed.
Historically, the largest category of instruments on which overrides have occurred have been fast-moving and sensitive Common Foreign and Security Policy measures including EU restrictive (sanctions) measures and during this period there were 40 occasions when such instruments were adopted before scrutiny could be completed.
The figures requested are set out below:
Department | House of Lords override | House Commons override | No. of overrides in both Houses at same time | Total no. of overrides |
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Defence | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
Foreign and Commonwealth Office | 34 | 39 | 33 | 40 |
HM Treasury | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
International Development | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
International Trade | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 44 | 52 | 42 | 54 |
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal