Lord Spicer

Conservative - Life peer

Became Member: 8th July 2010

Left House: 29th May 2019 (Death)


Lord Spicer is not a member of any APPGs
Chair, Conservative Party 1922 Committee
7th Jun 2001 - 6th May 2010
Treasury Committee
16th Jul 1997 - 11th May 2001
Chair, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
1st Apr 1991 - 1st Apr 1993
Minister of State (Department of Environment) (Housing and Planning)
3rd Jan 1990 - 28th Nov 1990
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Energy)
13th Jun 1987 - 3rd Jan 1990
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
11th Sep 1984 - 13th Jun 1987
Deputy Chair, Conservative Party
1st Jul 1983 - 1st Jul 1984
Vice-Chair, Conservative Party
1st Jul 1981 - 1st Jul 1983


Division Voting information

Lord Spicer has voted in 1230 divisions, and 5 times against the majority of their Party.

6 Jan 2010 - Sittings of the House - View Vote Context
Lord Spicer voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 27 Conservative Aye votes vs 27 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 78 Noes - 254
30 Apr 2009 - Members’ Allowances - View Vote Context
Lord Spicer voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 21 Conservative No votes vs 55 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 355 Noes - 39
19 May 2008 - Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Lord Spicer voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 65 Conservative No votes vs 77 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 176 Noes - 336
25 Oct 2007 - Modernisation of the House of Commons - View Vote Context
Lord Spicer voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 21 Conservative Aye votes vs 22 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 36 Noes - 74
7 Mar 2007 - House of Lords Reform - View Vote Context
Lord Spicer voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 80 Conservative Aye votes vs 96 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 196 Noes - 375
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All Debates

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Department Debates
Department for Transport
(44 debate contributions)
Home Office
(35 debate contributions)
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Lords initiatives

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


Lord Spicer has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

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


Latest 2 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
26th Oct 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Callanan on 24 October (HLWS196), whether they intend to publish a new critical path showing how they will address congestion at the five London airports.

The Government has set out its preferred option for an additional runway in the South East, which will be required by 2030. However through the recent Aviation Strategy Call for Evidence the government has consulted on the proposal to support airports throughout the UK making the best use of their existing runways, subject to environmental issues being addressed and will respond in due course.

Beyond this, a new Aviation Strategy will consider whether there is a need for a new framework to be developed to allow airports to grow sustainably, and if so what that framework should look like.

12th Jan 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 11 January (HL Deb, col 10), when they will make available to the House the number of hostel places available and the number of people sleeping rough in the UK.

One person without a home is one too many.

Whilst my Department does not hold information regarding the number of places in hostels for rough sleepers, Homeless Link, the national membership body for the single homelessness sector, estimates that in November 2014 there were 36,540 bed spaces in homelessness accommodation projects in England and 9,647 bed spaces in London.

Further information is available through Homeless Link’s Annual Survey of the sector. DCLG’s own annual snapshot indicates that in England there were 2,744 individuals sleeping rough on a single night in Autumn 2014. Just over a quarter of these, 742 individuals, were in London.

We have supported local areas to improve the quality of hostels through the Homelessness Change Programme, which provided £42.5 million of capital funding in 2012 – 2015 for new and refurbished bed spaces and facilities to provide meaningful activities to support pathways to independent living. The Department of Health is also funding a £40 million programme to refurbish hostels and improve the physical and mental health of rough sleepers, and provide low cost shared accommodation for young people at risk of homelessness.

Baroness Williams of Trafford
Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)