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Division Votes
9 Sep 2026 - Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Smith of Hindhead voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 135 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 196 Noes - 138
9 Sep 2026 - Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Smith of Hindhead voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 138 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 194 Noes - 138
9 Sep 2026 - Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Smith of Hindhead voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 155 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 226 Noes - 162
9 Sep 2026 - Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Smith of Hindhead voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 164 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 248 Noes - 163
9 Sep 2026 - Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Smith of Hindhead voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 128 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 188 Noes - 125
7 Sep 2026 - Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Smith of Hindhead voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 163 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 247 Noes - 165
8 Sep 2026 - Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 - View Vote Context Lord Smith of Hindhead voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 16 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 26 Noes - 63
15 Sep 2026 - Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Smith of Hindhead voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 96 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 258 Noes - 109
14 Oct 2026 - ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities - View Vote Context Lord Smith of Hindhead voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 52 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 56 Noes - 82
20 Oct 2026 - Armed Forces Bill - View Vote Context Lord Smith of Hindhead voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 57 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 67 Noes - 168
20 Oct 2026 - Armed Forces Bill - View Vote Context Lord Smith of Hindhead voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 151 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 243 Noes - 168
20 Oct 2026 - Armed Forces Bill - View Vote Context Lord Smith of Hindhead voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 153 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 259 Noes - 173

Speeches
Lord Smith of Hindhead speeches from: Retirement and Participation Committee Report Lord Smith of Hindhead contributed 1 speech (860 words) Wednesday 16th September 2026 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House

Written Answers
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility: Loans Asked by: Lord Smith of Hindhead (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 5th August 2026 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask His Majesty's Government whether any funding provided to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility - Carbon Fund will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if so, what the terms of the loans will be. Answered by Baroness Curran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) To date, the UK has invested £141.5m in the World Bank-managed Forest Carbon Partnership Facility – Carbon Fund (£11.5m in 2011; £45m in 2014; and £85m in 2015). This has been in the form of grants (CDEL). No further funding to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility – Carbon Fund is planned.
Renewable Energy: Caribbean Asked by: Lord Smith of Hindhead (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 5th August 2026 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding for the Sustainable Energy Facility for the Eastern Caribbean will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if so, what the terms of the loans will be. Answered by Baroness Curran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) No. The UK uses a combination of grants and other instruments, including loans, as most appropriate to deliver the intended outcomes and provide the best value for money. The majority of UK ICF will continue to be provided through grants. No existing ICF programmes have been switched from grants to loans linked with the recent announcement of £2 bus fares.
KawiSafi Ventures: Loans Asked by: Lord Smith of Hindhead (Conservative - Life peer) Wednesday 5th August 2026 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding for the KawiSafi Ventures Fund will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if so, what the terms of the loans will be. Answered by Baroness Curran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) No. The UK uses a combination of grants and other instruments, including loans, as most appropriate to deliver the intended outcomes and provide the best value for money. The majority of UK ICF will continue to be provided through grants. No existing ICF programmes have been switched from grants to loans linked with the recent announcement of £2 bus fares.

Written Answers

Forest Carbon Partnership Facility: Loans
Asked by: Lord Smith of Hindhead (Conservative - Life peer)
Wednesday 5th August 2026

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether any funding provided to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility - Carbon Fund will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if so, what the terms of the loans will be.

Answered by Baroness Curran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

To date, the UK has invested £141.5m in the World Bank-managed Forest Carbon Partnership Facility – Carbon Fund (£11.5m in 2011; £45m in 2014; and £85m in 2015). This has been in the form of grants (CDEL). No further funding to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility – Carbon Fund is planned.

Renewable Energy: Caribbean
Asked by: Lord Smith of Hindhead (Conservative - Life peer)
Wednesday 5th August 2026

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding for the Sustainable Energy Facility for the Eastern Caribbean will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if so, what the terms of the loans will be.

Answered by Baroness Curran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

No. The UK uses a combination of grants and other instruments, including loans, as most appropriate to deliver the intended outcomes and provide the best value for money. The majority of UK ICF will continue to be provided through grants. No existing ICF programmes have been switched from grants to loans linked with the recent announcement of £2 bus fares.

KawiSafi Ventures: Loans
Asked by: Lord Smith of Hindhead (Conservative - Life peer)
Wednesday 5th August 2026

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding for the KawiSafi Ventures Fund will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if so, what the terms of the loans will be.

Answered by Baroness Curran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Lord Smith of Hindhead mentioned

Select Committee Documents
Thursday 8th October 2026 Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes for House of Lords Liaison Committee 2nd Meeting 26-27 14 September 2026 Liaison Committee (Lords) Found: Baroness Gill Lord Hampton Earl Howe Earl of Kinnoull Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Chair) Lord Smith of Hindhead

Lord Smith of Hindhead - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Monday 14th September 2026 3:30 p.m. Liaison Committee (Lords) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar
Tuesday 10th November 2026 10 a.m. Liaison Committee (Lords) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 29th September 2026 Correspondence - Letter from Georgia Gould OBE MP, Minister for School Standards at the Department for Education, to the Chair of the Liaison Committee regarding the Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee, 23 June 2026 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 29th September 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Leaders of the House of Commons and the House of Lords to the Chairs of the House of Commons and House of Lords Liaison Committees regarding pre-legislative scrutiny, 16 June 2026 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 29th September 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Chair of the House of Lords Liaison Committee to the Leaders of the House of Commons and the House of Lords regarding pre-legislative scrutiny, 30 June 2026 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Wednesday 30th September 2026 Agendas and papers - Special Inquiry Committee proposals 2027 Liaison Committee (Lords)
Tuesday 15th September 2026 Written Evidence - Department for Culture, Media and Sport GAM0018 - Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry – follow-up Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry – follow-up - Liaison Committee (Lords)
Thursday 8th October 2026 Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes for House of Lords Liaison Committee 2nd Meeting 26-27 14 September 2026 Liaison Committee (Lords)