The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
M
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth's full title is The Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth. His name is Nicholas Henry Bourne, 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
1
1 meeting ·
0 hospitality ·
0 gifts ·
0 overseas trips
· 2014-11-01 → 2014-11-01
Recent meetings
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-07 | — | To give a speech on devolution | cabinet-office |
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
162 divisions
26 Content(16.0%)
0 Not-Content(0.0%)
136 didn't vote(84.0%)
2026-01-12
Content
201–169
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
2026-06-09
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to participate in this debate and to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Goudie, who made some excellent points, as always, particularly on the backbone of the economy that is represented by small businesses and on the role o
2026-01-16
Rare Cancers Bill
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, who always speaks with authority on these issues. I particularly agree with her and the noble Lord, Lord Patel, on the timescales; anything that can be done to compress them wo
2025-12-18
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. She speaks with great experience and knowledge, and I certainly very much agree with the points she made on fiduciary duties and the need for clarity on them.
I congratulate the noble Baro
2025-11-17
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, in relation to the amendments in this group, first, I do believe that vaping is safer than smoking. All the evidence is that it is safer, but it is of course not risk-free. Indeed, that was the position under the previous Government: in October
2025-11-11
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, in relation to this group, it is essential that trading standards have the resources they need. Although the government pledge of an additional £10 million is welcome, I feel it is probably not going to be enough. It is worth bearing in mind th
2025-11-03
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, in supporting this group of amendments, it is clear that the very word “filter” is the most misleading of epithets. It leads many people to believe they make smoking safer. I would take a lot of convincing that people are not led to believe it
2025-11-03
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
I support this group of amendments. It is absolutely right that we have a thoroughgoing licensing scheme. Many people would be very surprised to find that we do not have a licensing scheme for tobacco, as we do for alcohol. It is unregulated, so I welcom
My Lords, I will make a briefer speech, not on the constitutional aspect of this but on the dentistry aspect. I thank the Minister for introducing this, and indeed the noble Baroness for moving her amendment. I do recognise that there is a very important
2025-10-30
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, in support of the speech we have just heard from the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, there is ample evidence of successful earlier levies, contrary to what the noble Baroness suggested. They include levies on landfill and soft drinks as well as provi
2025-10-27
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, very briefly, I support the ambition of the amendments in this group, particularly my noble friend Lord Bethell’s amendment on tobacco extinction 2040, which is the level of ambition that we should be looking for. The Government are to be appla
2025-10-27
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I support the amendments proposed by my noble friend Lord Moylan on having the affirmative resolution procedure for statutory instruments. That seems wholly sensible.
On age verification, I strongly support the amendment proposed by my noble
2025-10-27
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, I will speak briefly on this group of amendments, which are regrettable, in my view. The previous Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is to be applauded for what he did, as are the previous Government and this Government. This measure should be nothi
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my noble friend, and I agree entirely with the points that he has just made in support of my noble friend Lord Hayward on a consolidation of electoral law. It is long overdue. I declare my interest as a member o
My Lords, first, I declare my interest as the author of company law textbooks and the occasional lecture on company law. I thank the Minister for setting out the intent of these regulations with notable clarity. I should say at the outset that I have no
My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for setting out what is, in many ways, a very technical SI, as well as the two related SIs to which she referred.
I understand that a lot of the pressure and motivation —if not the only motivation—behind this meas
2025-04-23
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Llanfaes. I totally agree with the point she made about vaping and the need for research into the long-term effects of vaping—that is absolutely right.
This part of the speak
2024-12-17
Great British Energy Bill
The same could have been said of Introductions. As I said, it did not intend to go into pig breeding when it set the company up.
2024-12-17
Great British Energy Bill
My Lords, in speaking to Amendment 116, I declare my interest. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, for all she has done in this area in general, and in relation to this amendment in particular.
I want to make a specific point, and I made it at Se
2024-11-28
Asylum Seekers: Wethersfield
My Lords, I wonder whether I can take the Minister back to Wethersfield. It is a village I used to live in, so I know that it is not at all suitable for asylum seekers. Not only is it unfair to the community, it is very unfair to the people on the site,
2024-11-18
Great British Energy Bill
My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. It is a great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, who as always put his finger on some very important points that I will come to later. It has been a particular pleasure to l
My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I congratulate the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, on the introduction of the Education (Values of British Citizenship) Bill. I refer noble Lords to my entry in the register
2024-10-08
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. I declare my interests as set out in the register.
This has been a very interesting debate, not least because of the wonderful maiden contribution of the nobl
2024-09-02
Crown Estate Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, who obviously knows a great deal about this area. Her concerns should be taken very seriously.
I declare my interests as set out in the register. I draw the attention of the House to the f
2024-07-23
King’s Speech
My Lords, it is a pleasure to participate in this debate on the gracious Speech. Along with others, I congratulate the Minister on a fine inaugural outing; it was an excellent maiden speech, for which I thank him. I also welcome the noble Lord, Lord Khan
2024-04-25
Transport System: Failings
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to participate in this debate. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Snape, on securing it. Despite the somewhat dismal litany we have heard from him, many of us will recognise the challenges and the points he made. I also
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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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Member, Remuneration Board for the Welsh Parliament
registered 2025-05-12
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Occasional income from broadcasting, writing and lecturing
registered 2021-05-11 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Residential property in Hampshire from which rental income is received
registered 2020-01-10 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
Read the full
Lords Code of Conduct
for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
2013-09-09 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2018-01-08 → 2019-07-24
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
2017-10-27 → 2019-07-24
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
2017-06-14 → 2017-10-27
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)
2016-07-17 → 2018-01-08
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)
2015-05-12 → 2016-07-17
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Energy and Climate Change)
2015-05-12 → 2017-06-14
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
2014-08-13 → 2016-07-17
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2014-06-12 → 2014-08-13
Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
2020-02-13 → 2023-01-31
Public Services Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
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APPGs (2026) · 5 active officership(s) · 2 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dentistry and Oral Health
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | British Dental Association | 4 | 2027-01-10 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma
Subject Group
|
Honorary President | Friends, Families and Travellers | 4 | 2027-01-04 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hate Crime
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | — | 4 | 2023-03-24 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prevention of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Subject Group
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Co-Chair | Aegis Trust | 4 | 2025-01-15 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Srebrenica
Subject Group
|
Co-Chair | — | 6 | 2021-05-29 |
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
Showing
14
of 14 tabled
8 answered(57.1%)
7
departments
2026-06-16
Department of Health and Social Care
Heart Diseases: Electronic Cigarettes
Pending
2026-01-08
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Sleeping Rough
Answered
2026-01-08
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Sleeping Rough
Answered
2026-01-07
Department for Business and Trade
Hospitality Industry: Government Assistance
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.
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)
12 bills
3 as lead sponsor
9 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-06-18 | |
| Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill | Supported | Committee stage | 2019-06-12 | |
| Non-Domestic Rating (Preparation for Digital Services) Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2019-04-25 | |
| Non-Domestic Rating (Nursery Grounds) Act 2018 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2018-05-23 | |
| Tenant Fees Act 2019 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2018-05-02 | |
| Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2018-03-28 | |
| Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Act 2018 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2017-12-19 | |
| Telecommunications Infrastructure (Relief from Non-Domestic Rates) Act 2018 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2017-07-04 | |
| Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2016-09-07 | |
| Wales Act 2017 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2016-06-07 | |
| Energy Act 2016 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2015-07-09 | |
| Pension Schemes Act | Supported | Royal Assent | 2014-06-26 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.