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The Rt Hon. the Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton TD

Conservative Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton TD. His name is Mark Lancaster, 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.

Party history

2005-05-05present
Conservative current

Government posts

2017-06-132019-12-12
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
2015-05-082017-06-13
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
2012-09-062015-05-08
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)

Opposition posts

2007-07-062010-05-06
Shadow Minister (International Development)
2006-11-082007-07-06
Opposition Whip (Commons)

Committee memberships

2005-07-122006-01-16
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
2006-01-162006-11-27
Defence Committee
2008-04-172009-05-21
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
2009-07-132010-05-06
International Development Committee
2011-01-172011-03-08
Armed Forces Bill Committee

Contact

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

APPGs (2026) · 5 active officership(s) · 5 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Belize
Country Group
Vice Chair 14 2024-05-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment
Subject Group
Vice Chair 15 2024-01-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Critical Minerals
Subject Group
Officer Critical Minerals Association 4 2027-01-11
Nepal All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country, Area or Region Group
Vice Chair 4 2027-03-06
St Helena All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair 8 2024-06-04
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 14 answered(100.0%) 1 flagged: member has interest 3 departments
2026-03-25
Department for Business and Trade
Electric Vehicles: China
Answered
2026-03-25
Department for Business and Trade
Electric Vehicles: China
Answered
2026-03-25
Department for Business and Trade
Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
Answered
2026-03-25
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Business: Carbon Emissions
Answered
2026-03-25
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Business: Carbon Emissions
Answered
2026-03-20
Department for Business and Trade
Minerals: Departmental Responsibilities
Answered
2026-03-20
Department for Business and Trade
Minerals
Answered
2026-03-20
Department for Business and Trade
Minerals: Departmental Responsibilities
Answered
2026-03-20
Department for Business and Trade
Minerals: International Cooperation
Answered
2026-03-20
Department for Business and Trade
Minerals: Innovation and Supply Chains
Answered
2026-02-12
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nepal: Development Aid
Answered
2026-02-11
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gurkha Welfare Trust
Answered
2026-02-11
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gurkha Welfare Trust
Answered
2026-01-29
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nepal: Development Aid interest
Answered
Source: UK Parliament Members API. The amber "interest" tag is set by Parliament's own system when the asking member has a register entry it deems related — typically a paid role or directorship in the sector being asked about. Click any "i" icon to see the full question and the department's answer.

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)

2 bills 1 as lead sponsor 1 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Act Supported Royal Assent 2022-06-20
Coinage (Measurement) Act 2011 Sponsored Royal Assent 2010-06-30
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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