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The Rt Hon. the Lord Lamont of Lerwick

Conservative Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Lamont of Lerwick's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Lamont of Lerwick. His name is Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont, 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 75 Content(46.3%) 2 Not-Content(1.2%) 85 didn't vote(52.5%)
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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

2026-05-21 King’s Speech
My Lords, I want to talk about the war in the Gulf. I do not often agree with Rachel Reeves but I had some sympathy with her when she told her opposite number in America that the war in Iran had made the world more dangerous. The Iranian regime is murder
2026-05-20 Supermarkets: Voluntary Price Caps
My Lords, I am extremely pleased that the Minister has confirmed that price controls, if they came in, would be voluntary. However, we have also been informed by his replies that it is going to be voluntary in exchange for a regulatory incentive. If cert
2026-05-20 Supermarkets: Voluntary Price Caps
My Lords—
2026-03-17 Spring Forecast Statement
My Lords, I join with others in saying how sad it is to say goodbye to the noble Lord, Lord St John of Bletso. He will be much missed, particularly for his contributions on Africa and the global south, and for his contributions to debate, as his powerful
2026-02-23 US Tariffs
I thank the Minister for that helpful reply. Does he agree that, following the Supreme Court judgment, the decision of the United States President to impose, even on a temporary basis, tariffs of up to 15% is deeply damaging to confidence, both in this e
2026-02-23 US Tariffs
To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the UK economy of the announcement by President Donald Trump of increased tariffs, and what representations they plan to make to the government of the United States.
2026-01-29 UK-EU Customs Union
I am just finishing—is now pleading for exclusion from any steps towards alignment. The Liberals claim a customs union would boost government revenues. They have suddenly become followers of Donald Trump, believing that “tariff” is the most beautiful wo
2026-01-29 UK-EU Customs Union
My Lords, it is a great pleasure for me on behalf of these Benches, this side of the House, to congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Gill, on her admirable maiden speech. She referred to feeling a little intimidated coming here and to the experience and
2025-12-04 Autumn Budget 2025
My Lords, I congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Portsmouth on his engaging and humorous maiden speech, which combined passion with making some very serious points. We look forward very much to working with him, and to his future contrib
2025-11-13 Economic and Taxation Policies: Jobs, Growth and Prosperity
If the Minister will allow me, he spoke about GDP being reduced by four percentage points. I assume he is referring to the OBR’s original projection, which was over the next 15 years. So far, we have not had the 15 years, and he is thoroughly misrepresen
2025-09-12 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I speak with enormous hesitation on this complex and sensitive issue. Any Second Reading of a Bill must inevitably discuss the principle behind it. I acknowledge the principle of choice and the argument that, by changing the law, we may avoid u
2025-07-10 Primary Stock Exchange Listings
My Lords, the loss of AstraZeneca, were it to happen, would be a devastating blow to the London Stock Exchange. Is it not therefore very important, if we are to retain the listings, that the Government have a supportive policy for life sciences in partic
2025-06-30 UK Modern Industrial Strategy
My Lords, over the years, Governments have introduced their industrial strategies—I remember the industrial strategy of the Callaghan Government—but I think sometimes they think that they have found a policy when they have simply found a phrase. Industri
2025-06-16 Conflict in the Middle East
My Lords, I refer to my entry in the register of interests. It would be catastrophic if Iran were ever to get a nuclear weapon; I am totally opposed to that. I totally support the right of Israel to defend itself and to exist; I totally condemn many of t
2025-05-14 Trade Negotiations
My Lords, I have two questions for the Minister. First, as my noble friend Lord Sharpe and the noble Lord, Lord Fox, asked, will the new agreement operate with most favoured nation rules, which, as she knows, means that the lowest tariff offered to one c
2025-05-12 UK-US Trade
I thank the Minister for her reply, but after all the self-congratulation has faded away, is it not clear that this agreement is very far from being a comprehensive trade agreement of the type that ought to be possible in this post-Brexit world? Is it no
2025-05-12 UK-US Trade
To ask His Majesty’s Government what further action they plan to take to protect and increase trade between the United Kingdom and the United States.
2025-04-25 National Debt: It’s Time for Tough Decisions (Economic Affairs Committee Report)
I am very grateful to the Minister for answering my question about primary surplus. He said that the OBR is saying that there will be a surplus in 2029-30. Am I not right in saying that that refers to the current Budget, but of course might mean that the
2025-04-25 National Debt: It’s Time for Tough Decisions (Economic Affairs Committee Report)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Burns, not for the first time in my life. It is also a pleasure to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Bridges, on his incisive speech today and his excellent chairmanship of the committee that prod
2025-03-27 Spring Statement
My Lords, is the Minister aware that there is considerable support on this side of the House for the aims of the Government’s welfare reforms? We agree that the programme is unsustainable and that there are perverse incentives, but if changes are to be
2025-03-12 US Steel and Aluminium Tariffs
My Lords—
2025-03-12 US Steel and Aluminium Tariffs
My Lords, is it not the case that the reckless and ill-thought-out measures being taken by President Trump will only damage the US economy itself—they will not prevent imports but will harm immensely the steel-using industries that are the main market fo
2025-03-04 Tariffs: Canada and Mexico
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply and welcome the fact that, in his talks with the President of the United States, the Prime Minister managed to obtain at least a grudging hint that the UK might be exempt from proposed tariffs. Will she not a
2025-03-04 Tariffs: Canada and Mexico
To ask His Majesty’s Government what communications they have had with the governments of Canada, Mexico and other countries about the decision of the President of the United States to impose tariffs on certain of their exports.
2025-02-05 Armed Forces Personnel: School Fees
The Minister knows well that it is not just service personnel but other people employed in the Civil Service who have their fees paid by the Government. Does what he has announced to do with the armed services apply equally to those other people, includi
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.

Register of Interests · 7 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.

  • President, Centre for Islamic Finance at the University of Bolton
    registered 2021-11-05 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Consultant, Easternsun Limited (property company)
    registered 2016-02-04 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Consultant, RSK Group Limited (environmental consultancy) (interest ceased 31 March 2026)
    registered 2016-02-04 · amended 2026-03-05
  • Chairman, OMFIF Advisory Council (formerly Senior Advisor to OMFIF) (Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum)
    registered 2014-04-30 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Rocklea Ltd (company owned by member providing his consulting services and media work: see category 2(a); payment is made to Rocklea Ltd for consultancy work and speaking engagements listed below)
    registered 2011-12-06 · amended 2025-04-07
  • Director, Stanhope Gate Architecture & Urban Design Ltd
    registered 2010-04-23 · amended 2025-04-05

Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)

  • Sole owner, Rocklea Ltd (company providing member's consulting services and media work)
    registered 2010-04-23 · 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

1972-05-05present
Conservative current

Government posts

1990-11-281993-05-27
Chancellor of the Exchequer
1989-07-241990-11-28
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
1986-05-211989-07-23
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
1985-09-021986-05-20
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Procurement)
1983-06-131985-09-02
Minister of State (Department of Trade and Industry)
1981-09-141983-06-12
Minister of State (Department of Industry)
1979-05-071981-09-05
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Energy)

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

1978-11-011983-06-09
Procedure Committee
1986-06-051989-07-27
Public Accounts Committee
2019-07-152021-03-31
European Union Committee
1999-12-062003-11-20
European Union Committee
2024-01-312026-01-27
Economic Affairs Committee
2015-06-082019-07-01
Economic Affairs Committee
2004-11-292008-11-26
Economic Affairs Committee
2012-05-172015-03-30
EU Sub Committee C - External Affairs
2019-07-162020-04-23
EU Internal Market Sub-Committee
2020-04-232021-03-31
EU Goods Sub-Committee
2021-04-142024-01-31
European Affairs Committee
2026-01-27present
International Relations and Defence Committee

Contact

Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s)

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis
Subject Group
Vice Chair MS Society 4 2027-03-27
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Iran
Country Group
Vice Chair 7 2021-05-16
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)

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No bills sponsored or supported on record.
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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