The Lord Brennan KC
Non-affiliated
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Brennan's full title is The Lord Brennan KC. His name is Daniel Joseph Brennan, 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.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
2 Content(1.2%)
10 Not-Content(6.2%)
150 didn't vote(92.6%)
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 17
2025-10-31
Ukraine
My Lords, I have to declare a connection with Ukraine. In April 2018, as a barrister, I advised the Government in Kyiv about joining the European Union. I went with them in a delegation to Brussels at the end of that month, so if it turns out that I know
2025-09-19
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
If we vote, let us vote at some further stage when we have something serious, coherent and plausible to consider.
2025-09-19
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, on Saturday last week the Times newspaper ran a centre-page editorial with the headline:
“The flaws of the assisted dying bill may prove irreparable”.
The editorial stated:
“It should not have fallen to the Lords to protect the publi
2023-12-07
Latin America
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hooper, on introducing this debate, which is so important. I remind the House of my interests in Latin America, which are set out in the register, including advising companies and investors on how get int
2023-03-30
Climate Change in Developing Countries
My Lords, I agree with all the speakers thus far. I want to concentrate my remarks on the Commonwealth in particular and how we should be helping it. The noble Lord, Lord Naseby, specifically asked the Government what the plans are for new economic polic
2022-12-19
Central America: Trade and Investment
My Lords, respecting the time constraints in the gap, I have three broad points to make. The first is on the need for international trade and investment for this country. Increasing trade is of the highest importance generally and in the dire economic ci
2020-09-02
Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
My Lords, this Bill, the scope of your Lordships’ debate and the report from the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, emphasise the importance of government supervision of the supply, distribution and safety of medicines and medical devices.
The noble Bar
2019-07-17
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill
My Lords, I had occasion to take part in the same-sex marriage legislation in this House with one objective at the time, which was to balance the opportunity for people of the same sex to marry with the liberty of those of religious belief who disagreed
2019-06-04
D-day: 75th Anniversary
My Lords, this and other acts of commemoration this week about the D-day landing and its aftermath are important and necessary. Memory, it has been said, is the architecture of our identity and sense of belonging, both individually and collectively. Embe
2019-02-28
Safety of Medicines and Medical Devices
My Lords, the topic of today’s debate is well chosen by the noble Lord, Lord O’Shaughnessy. He is to be commended on his enthusiasm, both as a Minister and as a future Back-Bencher, in raising it. I give my best wishes to the noble Lord, Lord Carringto
My Lords, present circumstances present a major challenge to Parliament. A month down the line, we have a Government determined to delay, taking up one month of the four left to 29 March—to do what? To start again now. They are resolute for repetition—
My Lords, nation, duty and responsibility are the foundations upon which Government and Parliament should protect the national interest, especially with a minority Government dealing with one of the greatest decisions of modern times. I declare an intere
I respect my noble friend’s opinion. The point I am making is that we are not here talking about a balance between different rights. We are talking about the restriction of one set of rights in favour of another because it is “necessary”. But how is it n
I read the Doogan judgment with equal care to my noble and learned friend Lord Brown, but the fact is that here we are considering a test which was not considered in Doogan. It is different wording and a different context of statue. The point that I was
The present Bill seeks to introduce a restatement of the law concerning conscientious objection. As far as I am aware, there has been no specific Bill in Parliament with a title such as this, even though it is restricted to medical practice. Conscientiou
2016-07-05
Outcome of the European Union Referendum
My Lords, the present state of affairs constitutes a major challenge to the political system of our country—a challenge with which we in this House have to cope. What is now to come and how should we deal with it?
First, I commend to the House many of
2016-06-10
Asset Freezing (Compensation) Bill [HL]
My Lords, having consulted the Clerk of the Parliaments, I wish to make the following declaration of interests. I have appeared in Northern Ireland against the Real IRA for the families of the Omagh bombing; for a group of plaintiffs in the United States
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Register of Interests · 6 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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Non-executive Director, Tertulias Limited (conference organisers)
registered 2024-05-23 · amended 2025-04-05
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Member, Advisory Board to Claimant Litigation committee of the prospective energy broker commissions group litigation
registered 2024-01-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Member, Advisory Board, Assured Enterprises Inc, USA (cyber-security) (member holds shares in the company)
registered 2018-01-09 · amended 2025-04-05
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Practising barrister (King's Counsel)
registered 2010-05-14 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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DJB Wine and Food Developments Limited (dormant company)
registered 2020-08-21 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 6: Gifts, benefits and hospitality
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From time to time the member receives hospitality from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces which over the course of a calendar year may exceed £300 in value
registered 2019-07-29 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2020-02-25 → present
Non-affiliated
current
2000-05-02 → 2020-02-24
Labour
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2000-12-12 → 2004-11-18
European Union Committee
2001-06-28 → 2002-07-16
Committee On Animals In Scientific Procedures
2001-07-02 → 2002-11-07
Committee on Chinook ZD 576
2014-06-12 → 2017-04-27
Constitution Committee
2017-11-06 → 2022-01-19
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Contact
Parliamentary office
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 6 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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British Council All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
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Vice Chair (Middle East and North Africa) | The British Council | 18 | 2024-06-12 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
1 bills
1 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victims of Overseas Terrorism Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2006-12-19 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.