The Earl of Glasgow DL
Liberal Democrat
Member of the House of Lords
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The Earl of Glasgow's full title is The Earl of Glasgow DL. His name is Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, and he was excluded from the House of Lords on 29 April 2026.
Allowance claims · 2026
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Lords votes · 2026
No Lords votes recorded for 2026.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 23
2023-11-13
King’s Speech
My Lords, I was deeply depressed when the Government announced they were abandoning HS2—or at least, it seems the most important part of their purpose, anyway. It was always a bold and exciting enterprise, allowing increased capacity to the lines going n
2021-11-18
Climate Change: COP 26
My Lords, my home is about 30 miles from the centre of Glasgow, and for two weeks I have been host to something like 50 delegates from all over the world, attending or taking part in the COP 26 negotiations. I do not think I am alone in having to admit
2021-10-22
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]
My Lords, I have long been one of the group campaigning to see assisted suicide made legal in this country. In spite of the recent orchestrated campaign and the many emails we have all received against the Bill, I am certain that the desire of the countr
2021-06-24
Tourism
My Lords, Scottish tourism, like that in the rest of Britain, has been badly affected by the Covid pandemic and government restrictions have made life very difficult—in some cases impossible—for some tourist businesses to survive. Some have been hit wor
2020-09-28
Covid-19: Regional Theatres
My Lords, those of us who are concerned about how badly Covid restrictions have affected British theatre are grateful to the Government for their recent generous contribution to helping it out. However, we are also concerned that too much of this money
2019-09-09
High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Bill
My Lords, I will make a very short speech, because most of the points I wanted to make have already been made in a much better way than I would make them, particularly by the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, and my noble friends Lord Bradshaw and Lord Teverson.
2019-06-11
Theatre Market
My Lords, several of the Liberal Democrats think it is high time we had a debate on the state of British theatre, particularly the London theatre, which attracts millions of tourists from all over the world. London is now generally accepted as being the
2019-06-11
Theatre Market
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the operation of the theatre market in (1) London, and (2) elsewhere in the United Kingdom; and what steps they are taking to ensure that theatre is accessible to as wide an audience as
2019-02-28
Theatre Tickets: London
My Lords, as the Government are almost certainly aware, West End theatre is thriving at the moment. However, the price of a decent seat in the stalls, for example, has nearly doubled in the past three years. The Government may not be aware that the main
2019-02-28
Theatre Tickets: London
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to address the cost of theatre tickets in London and any effect this has on theatregoers.
My Lords, before the Christmas Recess I had convinced myself that there was no point in adding my name to the long list of speakers taking part in the Brexit withdrawal debate. Potentially, every view had already been expressed anyway but now, as the Bre
My Lords, it is very important that the draft regulations laid before the House on 26 April should now be approved, and therefore I enthusiastically support this Motion. Bots in particular must be abolished. They were a method by which digital touts, whi
My Lords, I think that most of us are embarrassed and often inconvenienced by the absurd size of our House, and so the Burns report is to be greatly welcomed. In nearly all respects it proposes a sensible, fair and practical way of reducing our numbers
2017-03-06
Assisted Dying
My Lords, I have long associated myself with the campaign to legalise assisted dying in Britain—as long, of course, as the necessary safeguards are in place. Judging by a number of polls taken over the last 20 years, more than 75% of the public also want
2017-02-08
Digital Economy Bill
My Lords, I support Amendments 230 and 231, to which my noble friends Lord Clement-Jones and Lord Foster of Bath have put their names. I am very aware of the time, so I am going to be very brief. Most of what I wanted to say has already been said. The in
2017-01-24
High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill
There is a huge amount of work to be done in building HS2 and we should be able to get on with that. If what the noble Lord is saying is correct, I may have misunderstood.
2017-01-24
High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill
My Lords, I support the amendment of my noble friend Lord Bradshaw and the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley. This seems an eminently sensible suggestion. At the moment, people are trying to make out that this is an attempt to delay HS2; that is the last thing t
2016-12-05
House of Lords: Size
My Lords, unlike the majority of my fellow Liberal Democrats, I have never believed in an elected second Chamber. However such a Chamber might be constituted, it seems self-evident that two elected Chambers in the Palace of Westminster would be asking for
2016-04-14
High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill
My Lords, it is a great honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, whose knowledge of railways is second to none. I, on the other hand, will speak simply because I am a great enthusiast for HS2. It is the most exciting engineering projec
2016-03-10
BBC Charter
My Lords, the BBC is not perfect. I have worked for it as a documentary film-maker and have been the subject of one of its programmes. That programme turned out to be very different from what I had been led to believe, so I know that the BBC is capable of
2016-02-08
Tourism
My Lords, 20 years ago there were hundreds of tourist information centres all over Britain. They are now becoming very rare because local tourist boards and councils cannot afford to maintain them. I hope that the Government will agree that tourist inform
2016-02-04
Airports: Expansion
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are fully committed to choosing either Heathrow or Gatwick for airport expansion, or are still considering other options.
2016-02-04
Airports: Expansion
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer. Unfortunately I am disappointed by it. There is some confusion in my mind, and perhaps in that of the Government as well, as to whether this airport expansion is primarily to provide extra capacity for the c
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Register of Interests · 3 entries on file
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Category 3: Land and property
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Kelburn Estate, North Ayrshire, Scotland; includes cottages and farm buildings from which income is received; part of the estate is open to the public as a visitor attraction
registered 2010-05-07 · amended 2025-04-05
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Kelburn Country Centre; visitor attraction
registered 2010-05-07 · amended 2025-04-05
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Kelburn Castle, North Ayrshire, Scotland; available for public functions, from which income is received
registered 2010-05-07 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1990-02-28 → 2026-04-29
Liberal Democrat
Government posts
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Opposition posts
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Committee memberships
2015-06-08 → 2016-08-31
Works of Art Committee (Lords)
2005-06-07 → 2009-11-12
Works of Art Committee (Lords)
2017-01-25 → 2019-10-23
Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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