The Lord Snape
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Snape's full title is The Lord Snape. His name is Peter Charles Snape, 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
1 Content(0.6%)
21 Not-Content(13.0%)
140 didn't vote(86.4%)
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Not-Content
201–169
Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
132–124
Content
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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
2026-02-02
Nationalised Passenger Rail Services
Does my noble friend acknowledge that the spokesperson for the Conservative Party has a pretty thick skin to ask this Question? After all, the last Conservative Government renationalised no fewer than four train operating companies during their period of
My Lords, will the Minister join me in congratulating Sarah Coombes, the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich, on pursuing this matter in the way that she has? Does he agree that the fact that anyone can apply to be a number plate issuer on a payment o
To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to prevent the manufacture, sale and use of number plates intended to defeat enforcement cameras, including automatic number plate recognition systems; and whether they plan to strengthen regu
2026-01-21
Motorway Speed Cameras
My Lords, I assure my noble friend the Minister that there is nothing wrong with the speed cameras on the M5 motorway in the West Midlands, as those of us who have recently completed a speed awareness course will testify.
2026-01-06
Channel Tunnel Infrastructure: Reliability
I am grateful to the Minister for that response. Am I correct in thinking that, when these occurrences happen in and around the Channel Tunnel, it seems to take twice as long to restore services on that part of the line which is the responsibility of HS1
2026-01-06
Channel Tunnel Infrastructure: Reliability
To ask His Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Getlink about the reliability of the Channel Tunnel infrastructure given the recent failure of the electrical supply and the subsequent cancellation of train services between London,
2025-11-04
Huntingdon Train Attack
My Lords, I first apologise to my noble friend the Minister for jumping the gun earlier. I have been here long enough to know better, and I will see that it does not happen in future.
I endorse the words of the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, representi
2025-11-04
Huntingdon Train Attack
My Lords, I endorse everything that has just been said by the noble Baroness from the Liberal Democrats—
2025-10-22
Open Access Rail Services
To ask His Majesty’s Government what is the impact on rail capacity of open access rail services.
2025-10-22
Open Access Rail Services
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that response. Can he assure me that any further applications for open access trains will not prejudice the existing train paths, particularly on the east and west coast main lines, and particularly train path
2025-10-13
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
The fact is that the amendment was never actually debated in Committee because the noble Lord, Lord Woodley, could not be present. The fact is that it has now been adopted by the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, who I suspect—I hope I can say this without upsett
2025-10-13
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I shall speak briefly on these amendments; first, about safety. I bring the House’s attention to the fact that, although we had a debate in Committee on the question of safety with regard to blind and disabled people, particularly at bus stops,
2025-07-14
Tourism Levy
Will my noble friend bear in mind that cities as diverse as New York, Paris and Berlin have tourist taxes and that there is no noticeable lack of tourists in any of them? Would this not provide a valuable source of income, particularly for elected mayor
2025-07-14
Rail Freight
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that response, but, while welcoming the 5% increase in rail freight over the past year, we are still a long way from the 70% which was promised in the Labour Party’s last election manifesto and which is still,
2025-07-14
Rail Freight
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to meet the target of increasing rail freight by 75 per cent by 2050.
My Lords, is my noble friend aware that it is more than 40 years since Sir Peter Parker, the then chairman of British Rail, recommended a rolling programme of railway electrification in this country? It would have had, as he said at the time, the twin me
2025-04-02
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will respond to the contribution from the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, who made a similar speech—in fact, almost exactly the same speech—in Committee. If you are on the fringes of government or in opposition, it is easy to demand reductions,
2025-04-02
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
Before the noble Lord sits down, can he tell us how he managed to escape from the museum? I am amazed he was not kept in there.
2025-04-02
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
Before the noble Lord sits down, does he remember that the biggest bus manufacturer in the United Kingdom for many years was Leyland buses? Does he remember what happened when it asked for a government subvention in order to stay afloat? The company the
2025-04-02
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
I made an exception for my noble friend straight away, because I knew he might react.
Stand on the corner of Parliament Square and watch them. There are cycle lanes and traffic lights, and a substantial number of cyclists ignore the traffic lights—bec
2025-04-02
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will intervene briefly, if I may. One group of people involved in these discussions has not been heard from so far, and that is the bus drivers themselves. I have no financial interest to declare these days in these matters, but over the year
2025-04-01
Birmingham City Council
My Lords, will my noble friend acknowledge that the seeds of this dispute were sown during the period when the Conservative and Liberal party coalition ran the city of Birmingham? Many of the financial problems facing the city over the years were caused
2025-03-26
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I rise to speak briefly to this amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Moylan, said that he deplored the fact that the £2 bus fare had been increased to £3. This is, even for him, an act of great cynicism. The £2 maximum bus fare was introduced by th
2025-02-13
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
My Lords, I do not think I will offend too many people if I say that no one could object to this amendment. Fares play an important role, but I do not think we should overemphasise the role they play. Travel West Midlands, a company with which I was invo
2025-02-13
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]
I respectfully point out that Manchester is scarcely a rural area, and the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, specifies rural areas. It might be a bit more difficult to run cross-country services in rural areas than it is to run a franchisi
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Party history
1974-02-28 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
1977-01-01 → 1979-01-01
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
1975-01-01 → 1977-01-01
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2004-12-02 → 2006-11-08
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2008-01-17 → 2008-11-26
Crossrail Bill
2019-10-30 → 2020-10-14
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill Select Committee (Lords)
2020-10-15 → 2021-11-24
National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee
2024-09-05 → 2025-01-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2022-01-19 → 2024-05-30
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 8 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Bus and Coach
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2026-11-22 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Levelling up Birmingham
Subject Group
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Officer | Cratus Communications | 5 | 2024-09-17 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Road Passenger Transport - Recovery and Renewal
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2025-04-09 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) House Builders
Subject Group
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Officer | — | 4 | 2027-06-03 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Business Travel
Subject Group
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Officer | Business Travel Association | 10 | 2024-01-08 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Heritage Rail
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2027-03-27 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Motorcycle Speedway
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2023-03-03 |
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Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
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Vice Chair | — | 23 | 2024-05-13 |
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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