The Rt Hon. the Lord Harper
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
M
Lord Harper's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Harper. His name is Mark James Harper, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
182
135 meetings ·
30 hospitality ·
8 gifts ·
9 overseas trips
· 2015-04-01 → 2024-06-30
Total overseas travel cost
£641
Recent meetings · latest 20 of 135
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-06 | — | To discuss the zero emission vehicle mandate and rollout of electric vehicle charging in the UK. | department-for-transport |
| 2024-05-22 | Road Haulage Association | To discuss the UK logistics and haulage sector | department-for-transport |
| 2024-05-21 | Mayor Ben Houchen | To discuss the transport sector and opportunities in the Tees Valley | department-for-transport |
| 2024-05-20 | Cycling safety campaigner | To discuss dangerous cycling and cycling offences | department-for-transport |
| 2024-05-15 | Logistics UK | Attended Presidents Council meeting to discuss UK logistics and haulage sector | department-for-transport |
| 2024-05-07 | Stellantis | To discuss the UK automotive sector and electric vehicles | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-30 | Port of Dover | To discuss infrastructure at the Port of Dover and readiness for the rollout of the EU Entry Exit System | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-29 | DP World | To discuss the UK maritime sector and seafarer welfare | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-24 | Virgin Atlantic | To discuss the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate and revenue certainty mechanism | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-24 | British Airways | To discuss the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate and revenue certainty mechanism | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-24 | Stellantis | To discuss the UK automotive sector and electric vehicles | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-24 | Loganair | To discuss the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate and revenue certainty mechanism | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-24 | EasyJet | To discuss the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate and revenue certainty mechanism | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-24 | Heathrow | To discuss the Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate and revenue certainty mechanism | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-22 | Mitsui | To discuss investment in the UK and the UK rail sector | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-22 | Stellantis | To discuss the UK automotive sector and electric vehicles | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-18 | Jet Zero Council | To discuss decarbonisation of the aviation industry | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-17 | Unite the Union, Hitachi | To discuss the workforce in the UK rolling stock sector | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-16 | Electric vehicle manufacturer roundtable | To discuss the UK electric vehicle market, zero-emission vehicle mandate and investment opportunities | department-for-transport |
| 2024-04-16 | Alstom | To discuss rail rolling stock | department-for-transport |
Recent hospitality · latest 20 of 30
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-16 | Farnborough Airport | Lunch | — |
| 2024-05-07 | Virgin Atlantic | Reception | — |
| 2024-04-30 | Allister Heath (Sunday Telegraph), Camilla Turner (Sunday Telegraph) | Lunch | — |
| 2024-03-19 | Airport Operaters Association | Dinner | — |
| 2024-02-27 | Airlines UK | Dinner | — |
| 2023-12-18 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2023-12-06 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-12-04 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-12-04 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2023-11-29 | — | Flight (as part of SAF Transatlantic flight) | — |
| 2023-11-28 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-10-03 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-10-03 | — | Breakfast | — |
| 2023-10-01 | — | Lunch | — |
| 2023-09-14 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-07-12 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-07-09 | — | Ticket | — |
| 2023-05-18 | — | Breakfast | — |
| 2023-05-10 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2023-03-15 | — | Dinner | — |
Recent gifts
| Date | Gift | From / To | Outcome | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-12 | Scarves | Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini | Held by department | — |
| 2024-04-12 | Lego tram model | Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini | Held by department | — |
| 2023-11-02 | Horse figurine | Saudi Transport Minister,H.E Saleh Al-Jasser | Held by department | — |
| 2023-06-17 | Ceramic sake set | Tetsuo Saito Japanese Transport Minister | Held by department | £200 |
| 2023-06-17 | Pearl lapel pin | Tetsuo Saito Japanese Transport Minister | Held by department | £150 |
| 2023-05-26 | Berlin bear ornament | Volker Wissing German Transport Minister | Held by department | £190 |
| 2023-05-24 | Pen | Albert Rösti Swiss Transport Minister | Held by department | £200 |
| 2023-02-09 | Pen | Minister Beaune | Held by department | £165 |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-11 → 2024-04-12 |
Milan, Italy
Scheduled flight
|
To attend the G7 Transport Ministers Meeting | £641 |
| — |
Manama, Bahrain and Dubai UAE
Scheduled flight
|
Engagement with the Bahraini Government and supporting British businesses operating in Bahrain. Demonstration of high-level UK engagement, support and promotion of decarbonisation and adaptation work at COP28. | — |
| — |
New York and San Francisco, USA
Scheduled flight
|
Demonstration of high-level UK engagement, support and promotion of SAF development and use. Promotion of the newly announced AV Bill and the UKs role in the development of technology and regulation in this space | — |
| — |
Tokyo, Japan
Scheduled flight
|
To attend the G7 Transport Ministers meeting, hosted by Japan and meetings to promote investment in the UK. | — |
| — |
Leipzig, Germany
Scheduled flight
|
To attend the International Transport Forum Summit, which the UK held the presidency of. | — |
| — |
Washington and Detroit, USA
Scheduled flight
|
To promote UK-US collaboration on transport issues, trade and investment. | — |
| — |
Rzeskow, Poland
Scheduled flight
|
To atend high level dialogue on Ukraine | — |
| — |
Paris, France
Eurostar
|
To attend UK-France summit | — |
| — |
Paris, France
Eurostar
|
To meet with Minister Beaune and other transport stakeholders. | — |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
161 divisions
114 Content(70.8%)
5 Not-Content(3.1%)
42 didn't vote(26.1%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-25
Content
95–137
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Content
193–143
Content
2026-03-05
Content
194–140
Content
2026-03-05
Content
198–139
Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Content
201–169
Content
2026-01-05
Content
194–130
Content
2026-01-05
Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Content
210–131
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2026-01-05
Content
132–124
Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords—
2026-04-24
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords—
2026-04-20
Security Vetting
My Lords, the Prime Minister made it clear that he would have not made the appointment if he had the information from UK Security Vetting. At any point, did the Prime Minister or those working for him ask what the result of the UK security vetting proces
2026-04-15
Southport Inquiry
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his comprehensive answers. He is of course absolutely right that, for many of the recommendations, the Government must take the time to think through their response to get it right. However, people looking at t
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I will be very brief. I will speak to my Amendments 354A and 432A, which are both about making sure that relevant information from the preliminary discussion is made available to the commissioner and the panel. The reason why I can be brief is
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
This will be my last intervention, I promise. I just want to press the noble and learned Lord on this issue. In the exchange we had earlier, he confirmed that in Clause 31 the right to not participate is “in the provision of assistance”. I was unclear ab
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords—
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Given that I had raised the concern and the noble and learned Lord took care and trouble in responding to it, I listened very carefully to what he said. The problem is that what he said about no one being forced to participate in the steps set out in Cla
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I absolutely accept, as my noble friend Lady Coffey said, that the Minister does not have the policy responsibility, so I am absolutely not going to press her for an answer now. However, it would be helpful if we were to get a written response from the p
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but I am grateful that she has allowed me to do so. I want to make sure that I understand correctly what she has just said. I think she just said that, at the moment, the NHS would not be able to deliver this service
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am grateful to the noble Baroness. I said they were in favour of an opt-in system; I did not say they had called for a register. I want a register and I support the amendments that say we should have one. As the noble Lord, Lord Moore, said, it should
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I am very clear that the Bill does not create a duty for people to participate. The problem is that, if there are other statutes and responsibilities for medical professionals, there is then a lack of clarity. It does not matter whether the noble and lea
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The noble and learned Baroness, Lady Scotland, said that there was a great agreement in the House that there should be an opt-in system, and the noble and learned Lord is nodding his assent to that. If the Bill delivered that, the royal colleges that say
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Hang on, let me just finish the point. With respect, people on my side of the debate keep being told off for speaking at length. There is a choice here. I want to try to make my remarks brief, but if I am going to take lengthy interventions from the nobl
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The problem is that I do not think it is that clear, and it is not just me. If it were that clear, then the royal colleges that think that it should be made clearer would not think that. The problem is—
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The noble Baroness said that it was not in favour of a public register, and I did not say that it was, but that is a helpful clarification that the Committee has now been able to hear.
The problem, though, as I said, is with how the Bill is drafted. T
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The noble Baroness said that she does not want a publicly available register. Does she think that the patients of a general practitioner have the right to know whether that general practitioner is willing to provide assisted suicide services?
2026-03-27
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I want to cover a couple of points and reflect on what the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Scotland, said, which was that, despite the debate, there is a sense that people are agreed that this should be an opt-in rather than an opt-out process
2026-03-25
Small Boat Deaths: Cranston Inquiry Report
My Lords, I was pleased to have commissioned Sir Ross to conduct this inquiry and I place on record my thanks to him for his excellent report, which highlights the danger of channel crossings, the appalling organised crime groups that exploit vulnerable
2026-03-23
UK Steel Strategy
My Lords, since there is still time, can I just press the Minister on her attempted answer to my question? She did not confirm that there had been any kind of economic analysis. She said that there had been engagement with the sector. Can she tell us whe
2026-03-23
UK Steel Strategy
My Lords, the Minister knows that tariffs are a tax paid by the consumers of the steel that will be introduced. I have looked carefully in the steel strategy, and I cannot see any analysis of the impact of those increased costs on either our domestic con
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
That is an answer, but a deeply unsatisfactory one. That is exactly what was done when this was set up in the first place. It led to years of disputes, and to constituents living in England being unable to access the health services to which they were le
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
I shall make two linked points. The noble and learned Lord set out clearly the decision that he and the sponsor of the Bill in the Commons made about how to implement it, which was for the Bill to change the criminal law for England and Wales. The altern
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords—
2026-03-20
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords—
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Register of Interests · 3 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Occasional appearances, BBC current affairs programmes
registered 2025-11-26
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Non-executive chair, RVL Aviation (Reconnaissance Ventures Limited) (specialist aviation services)
registered 2025-06-02 · amended 2025-10-20
Category 5: Overseas visits
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Visit to Israel, 26–30 May 2025, on fact-finding trip relating to ongoing conflict; travel, accommodation and subsistence costs paid by Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI Ltd)
registered 2025-06-04 · amended 2025-06-09
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Party history
2005-05-05 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2022-10-25 → 2024-07-05
Secretary of State for Transport
2015-05-08 → 2016-07-14
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip
2014-07-15 → 2015-05-08
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Disabled People)
2012-09-06 → 2014-02-08
Minister of State (Home Office) (Immigration)
2010-05-12 → 2012-09-06
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Opposition posts
2007-07-03 → 2010-05-06
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
2005-12-08 → 2007-04-01
Shadow Minister (Defence)
Committee memberships
2014-03-10 → 2014-12-01
Administration Committee
2005-07-12 → 2006-11-06
Administration Committee
2009-06-29 → 2009-11-23
Work and Pensions Committee
2022-10-19 → 2022-10-25
Speaker's Conference (2022)
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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9
of 9 tabled
9 answered(100.0%)
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departments
2026-03-25
Department for Business and Trade
Iron and Steel: Public Consultation
Answered
2026-03-17
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Freedom of Information: Complaints
Answered
2026-03-02
Women and Equalities
Office for Equality and Opportunity: Written Questions
Answered
2026-03-02
Women and Equalities
Equality and Human Rights Commission: Codes of Practice
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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date.
Historic bills (all-time)
3 bills
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3 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automated Vehicles Act 2024 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2023-11-08 | |
| Pedicabs (London) Act 2024 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2023-11-08 | |
| Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2022-07-06 |
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introduction. Sorted newest first.