Lord Horam Portrait

Lord Horam

Conservative - Life peer

Became Member: 4th September 2013


Lord Horam is not a member of any APPGs
1 Former APPG membership
Aluminium Industry
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill Select Committee (Lords)
5th Mar 2020 - 14th Oct 2022
EU External Affairs Sub-Committee
12th Jun 2015 - 2nd Jul 2019
Communications and Digital Committee
12th Jun 2014 - 30th Mar 2015
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
27th Nov 2013 - 14th May 2014
Foreign Affairs Committee
12th Jul 2005 - 6th May 2010
Environmental Audit Committee
12th Nov 1997 - 16th Jul 2003
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2nd Dec 1997 - 16th Jul 2003
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health)
29th Nov 1995 - 1st May 1997
Parliamentary Secretary (Duchy of Lancaster Office)
6th Mar 1995 - 27th Nov 1995
Public Accounts Committee
27th Apr 1992 - 31st Mar 1995
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
12th Sep 1976 - 3rd May 1979


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Lord Horam has voted in 529 divisions, and 1 time against the majority of their Party.

28 Feb 2022 - Nationality and Borders Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Horam voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 6 Conservative Aye votes vs 141 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 237 Noes - 154
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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.

Department Debates
Home Office
(45 debate contributions)
Scotland Office
(10 debate contributions)
Cabinet Office
(7 debate contributions)
Ministry of Justice
(5 debate contributions)
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Lords initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Lord Horam, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.


Lord Horam has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

Lord Horam has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 4 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
12th Apr 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet with the Courtyard Societies of Burlington House to ensure that they remain based at their current premises.

Both DCMS and MHCLG are sympathetic to the Societies’ position and are working closely together to explore whether there is a solution that can deliver value for taxpayers and help the Society to remain in situ at New Burlington House.

Baroness Barran
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
26th Jan 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their central estimate for the total out of country inflows to the UK of (1) EEA long-term workers, (2) EEA dependants, (3) non-EEA workers, and (4) non-EEA dependants, in each of the five years from 2020/21 to 2024/25, arising from the calculations in the Impact Assessment for the Changes in Immigration Rules; and what are the relevant comparator figures for each of the previous five years.

The information below is taken from modelling underpinning Home Office Impact Assessment HO0376 ‘Impact Assessment for changes to the Immigration Rules for Skilled Workers’, with further details on the modelling framework and limitations of analysis also set out in that document and the ‘Technical Annex to accompany the Impact Assessment for changes to the Immigration Rules for Skilled Workers’.

These documents can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-documents-for-skilled-worker-immigration-rules

Estimates of outflows of long-term EEA and non-EEA workers and their dependants were used to inform the overall estimates of volumes and costs, but not presented separately in the documents above. These estimates are set out in the table below. All figures, including for the period 2016/2017 to 2019/20 are estimates based on modelling.

Year

Estimated Long-Term EEA Worker - Outflow

Estimated Dependants of Long-Term EEA Worker - Outflow

Estimated Long-Term Non-EEA Worker - Outflow

Estimated Dependants of Long-Term Non-EEA Worker - Outflow

2016/17

~50k

~10k

~10k

~5k

2017/18

~70k

~10k

~10k

~5k

2018/19

~55k

~10k

~10k

~5k

2019/20

~75k

~10k

~10k

~10k

2020/21

~70k

~10k

~15k

~10k

2021/22

~65k

~10k

~15k

~10k

2022/23

~50k

~10k

~20k

~15k

2023/24

~40k

~5k

~20k

~15k

2024/25

~35k

~5k

~25k

~20k

Data is rounded to nearest 5,000, and all data are estimates and subject to uncertainty. Dependants refer to dependants associated to main applicants and may not necessarily be of the same nationality as the main applicant. For further information on the modelling process and limitations in analysis please refer to Home Office Impact Assessment HO0376 ‘Impact Assessment for changes to the Immigration Rules for Skilled Workers’, and ‘Technical Annex to accompany the Impact Assessment for changes to the Immigration Rules for Skilled Workers’.

Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
5th Jan 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the introduction of the points-based immigration system, what they estimate net migration levels in the UK will be in (1) 2021, (2) 2022, (3) 2023, (4) 2024, and (5) 2025.

The Home Office does not forecast future levels of net migration due to the considerable uncertainties involved, including movements by those such as British Citizens returning or migrating from the UK, which are not affected by UK immigration controls.

The estimated impact on migration volumes of the recent changes to the immigration rules for students and skilled workers can be found in the associated published impact assessments, accessed through:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/supporting-documents-for-skilled-worker-immigration-rules

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc-707-10-september-2020

Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
23rd Sep 2020
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many visas have been granted in 2020; and of those, how many were visas for (1) work, (2) family, and (3) study.

The Home Office publishes data on visas in the‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’.https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release

Data on grants of visas, by category, are published in table Vis_D02 of the entry clearance detailed datasets. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk These data show that 512,749 visas have been issued in quarters 1 and 2 (January to June) 2020. Of these, 49,679 were for Work, 46,258 were for Study, and 15,426 were for Family reasons.

Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to year ending June 2020. Data relating to the third quarter of 2020 (July to September) are due for future publication, on 26 November 2020.

Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the entry clearance summary tables. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2020/list-of-tables#entry-clearance-visasThe ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on entry clearance visas.

Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’. https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&organisations%5B%5D=home-office&order=relevance

Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)