Lord Cameron of Dillington
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined House of Lords: 29th June 2004
3 APPG Officer Positions (as of 12 Oct 2026)
Dairy, Deep Geothermal, Hemp Carbon Capture and Rural Development6 APPG Memberships
Energy Studies, Environment, Nutrition for Development, Science and Technology in Agriculture, United Nations Global Goals, CAFOD16 Former APPG Officer Positions
Agriculture and Food for Development, Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming, Angola, Broadband and Digital Communication, Environment, Ethiopia and Djibouti, Marine Energy and Tidal Lagoons, Nutrition for Development, Nutrition for Growth, Population, Development and Reproductive Health, Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse, Rural Services, Science and Technology in Agriculture, Small Shops, Water, WetlandsDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
(2 debate interactions)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
(2 debate interactions)
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
(2 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(18 debate contributions)
(7 debate contributions)
(4 debate contributions)
(2 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
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Lords initiatives
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Lord Cameron of Dillington has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 13 Written Questions
(View all written questions)3 Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Questions
(View all Lord Cameron of Dillington's DESNZ questions)We plan to publish a renewed Hydrogen Strategy, alongside a package of other hydrogen policy documents, as soon as possible.
The renewed Hydrogen Strategy will set out Government’s vision and objectives for hydrogen, and how we intend to work together with industry to continue to transform ambition into action. Our understanding of where hydrogen can deliver the greatest value in our energy system has matured and our strategy will sharpen our priorities, deepen industry collaboration, and unlock the potential of hydrogen over the next decade.
We have finished due diligence and cost assurance on shortlisted HAR2 projects.
We recognise the need for clarity to help businesses manage resources and expectations of third parties. We are working hard across government to start the Invite to Offer stage of HAR2 as soon as possible and will be in touch with the projects when this commences.
The Industrial Strategy’s Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan (CEI) backs hydrogen as a frontier technology, with potential to drive economic growth, create high-quality jobs, and build industries of the future.
In the UK, hydrogen could support 6,500 – 11,500 jobs by 2035 with opportunities across the graduate and technically trained workforce. We expect these figures to scale with hydrogen sector growth out to 2050.
As part of our Industrial Strategy, we published the Clean Energy Jobs Plan which confirms the workforce needed to deliver our clean energy ambitions and how government will work with industry and trade unions to deliver it.
10 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Lord Cameron of Dillington's Defra questions)This Government continues to recognise the importance of smaller abattoirs to our national food supply chain and remains committed to maintaining a resilient meat processing sector. Currently about 7% of national meat consumed in the UK goes through smaller abattoirs, although this is a small amount a thriving smaller abattoir network plays a crucial role in driving rural economic growth, creating skilled employment opportunities, reducing journey times to slaughter and supporting farmers that keep rare and native breeds.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Defra maintains close engagement with the small abattoir sector through two formal groups: the Small Abattoirs Working Group and the Small Abattoirs Task and Finish Group. These forums bring together industry representatives, regulators and delivery bodies to identify challenges and opportunities facing the sector and to collaborate on practical solutions that support the sustainability of local abattoir facilities.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Defra engages regularly with representatives from the small and medium-sized abattoir sector through formal groups to understand the challenges facing the industry and consider what support may be required. This engagement has informed work on issues including regulatory flexibilities, labour and workforce challenges, and animal by-product management, helping support a resilient and sustainable abattoir sector.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Negotiations with the EU on the SPS Agreement are ongoing. Under the proposed agreement, as set out in the Common Understanding published in May 2025, we expect to align with EU rules on sanitary and food safety issues. We expect this to provide access to regulatory relief for small abattoirs through the 5% Flexibility Rule. This would expand the number of smaller operators eligible for reduced Official Veterinarian attendance, helping to lower costs and allowing greater flexibility in the timing of post-mortem checks.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This Government recognises the important role small abattoirs play within the national food supply chain and remains committed to maintaining a resilient meat processing sector. Abattoirs currently receive support towards Official Control Regulation (OCR) charges through a tiered discount regime, with the smallest operators receiving up to a 90% discount. Following a public consultation between March and June 2026, the FSA Board is considering changes to target support more effectively and reduce regulatory burdens across the sector. Under the proposed approach, the smallest plants would receive a guaranteed 90% discount on OCR charges.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Defra announced last week that we will undertake a review of the English MPA network to consider how it can better address biodiversity loss and be more resilient to climate change. We will update on the results of that review in due course.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Since 01 January 2025, water companies are required to publish data related to discharges from all storm overflows within one hour of the discharge beginning (under section 141DA of the Water Industry Act 1991 as inserted by section 81 of the Environment Act 2021).
Data must be published in a way that is accessible to the public and in a form that allows the public readily to understand it. To support this, Water UK have launched a central hub that provides discharge data of every storm overflow in England on a single website.
To further support understanding of the impact that sewage discharges have on the receiving watercourse, a programme to rollout Continuous Water Quality Monitors near storm overflows and sewage treatment works is beginning in Price Review period (PR24), which runs from 2025-2030. Monitors will be installed at 25% of assets in scope for the continuous water quality monitoring programme in the next Price Review 24. Sites prioritised for monitoring will be based on Defra’s priority areas, such as those that impact designated bathing and shellfish waters.
Combined, these measures are creating an unprecedented level of transparency, enabling the public and regulators to see where, and how often, overflows are discharging, and to hold water companies to account. Where breaches of legal requirements are identified as a result of this data, regulators won't hesitate to take action.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Since 01 January 2025, water companies are required to publish data related to discharges from all storm overflows within one hour of the discharge beginning (under section 141DA of the Water Industry Act 1991 as inserted by section 81 of the Environment Act 2021).
Data must be published in a way that is accessible to the public and in a form that allows the public readily to understand it. To support this, Water UK have launched a central hub that provides discharge data of every storm overflow in England on a single website.
To further support understanding of the impact that sewage discharges have on the receiving watercourse, a programme to rollout Continuous Water Quality Monitors near storm overflows and sewage treatment works is beginning in Price Review period (PR24), which runs from 2025-2030. Monitors will be installed at 25% of assets in scope for the continuous water quality monitoring programme in the next Price Review 24. Sites prioritised for monitoring will be based on Defra’s priority areas, such as those that impact designated bathing and shellfish waters.
Combined, these measures are creating an unprecedented level of transparency, enabling the public and regulators to see where, and how often, overflows are discharging, and to hold water companies to account. Where breaches of legal requirements are identified as a result of this data, regulators won't hesitate to take action.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Since 01 January 2025, water companies are required to publish data related to discharges from all storm overflows within one hour of the discharge beginning (under section 141DA of the Water Industry Act 1991 as inserted by section 81 of the Environment Act 2021).
Data must be published in a way that is accessible to the public and in a form that allows the public readily to understand it. To support this, Water UK have launched a central hub that provides discharge data of every storm overflow in England on a single website.
To further support understanding of the impact that sewage discharges have on the receiving watercourse, a programme to rollout Continuous Water Quality Monitors near storm overflows and sewage treatment works is beginning in Price Review period (PR24), which runs from 2025-2030. Monitors will be installed at 25% of assets in scope for the continuous water quality monitoring programme in the next Price Review 24. Sites prioritised for monitoring will be based on Defra’s priority areas, such as those that impact designated bathing and shellfish waters.
Combined, these measures are creating an unprecedented level of transparency, enabling the public and regulators to see where, and how often, overflows are discharging, and to hold water companies to account. Where breaches of legal requirements are identified as a result of this data, regulators won't hesitate to take action.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)