The Lord Lucas
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Lucas's full title is The Lord Lucas. His name is Ralph Matthew Lucas, and he was excluded from the House of Lords on 29 April 2026.
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
67 Content(41.4%)
3 Not-Content(1.9%)
92 didn't vote(56.8%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-05
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193–143
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2026-03-05
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194–140
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198–139
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208–142
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214–142
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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
My Lords, I very much agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, has just said, and I will add a couple of points. One is that in a committee system, every single member of the council has a role to play, has a function and is a part of the system. It
2026-04-20
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, it is utterly ridiculous that only 5% of UK pension funds are invested in the UK. The figure was 50% when I was a pension fund manager. The difference is entirely down to us as politicians. The solution is not to compel financial managers to do
My Lords, I had a large number of amendments to my noble friend’s amendment, but I have reduced them in the interests of simplicity and time.
As my noble friend Lord Jamieson has pointed out, at an earlier stage we were promised a government review of
My Lords, I shall be living through the reality that my noble friend Lord Fuller has just outlined: in Eastbourne, we will be completely unparished. The people have been consulted and, having listened to my noble friend beforehand, decided that they do n
2026-03-23
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I am delighted to see this series of requests for reviews. I support my noble friend’s Amendment 157. I support also my noble friend on the Front Bench in his Amendment 159, which he will no doubt speak to in due course. It echoes what the nobl
2026-03-19
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, we know that a much higher percentage of pension fund assets could happily be invested in UK assets; indeed, that was the case when I was managing pension funds. It is not the case now entirely because of what politicians have done to the syste
2026-03-17
Plan 2 Student Loans: Repayment Terms
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for that Answer, and I declare an interest as the father of a daughter who is currently accumulating these loans. Does the noble Baroness agree that, particularly for students whose courses are not of the qua
2026-03-17
Plan 2 Student Loans: Repayment Terms
My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Balfe, and with the agreement of the House, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his name on the Order Paper.
2026-03-16
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, it is a long time since I was managing big pension funds in the 1980s. In those days, we were in the happy position of considering it a bit underweight if you had less than half your money in British stocks; now, it is 5%. It is extraordinary
2026-03-12
Schools (Recording and Reporting of Seclusion and Restraint) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2025
That this House regrets that the Schools (Recording and Reporting of Seclusion and Restraint) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2025 are accompanied by an impact assessment that underestimates the cost of implementation; and that they do not enable the be
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her comprehensive reply, much of which I completely agreed with. I take issue with only two points.
The first is the restriction of the impact assessment to independent schools. In understanding how regulati
My Lords, I am grateful to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee for drawing my attention to these regulations. The committee is the punishment battalion of the House of Lords committee system. I have served my time on it and know that you get a h
That this House regrets that the Schools (Recording and Reporting of Seclusion and Restraint) (England) Regulations 2025 are accompanied by an impact assessment that underestimates the cost of implementation; and that they do not enable the best use o
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, after that, I had better begin by confessing a misdemeanour. Many years ago, I added my terrier’s name to the census as a “rodent operative” and gave her age in dog years. That illustrates that it is important that when we are gathering data it
My Lords, I welcome Clause 73; it is an excellent development. I want to take advantage of the opportunity to debate its inclusion in the Bill to press the Government further on Amendment 241E from the noble Baroness, Lady Freeman, which urges that, alon
Can the noble Baroness give me a little more comfort on the timescale for the emergence of this guidance? Without asking her to commit to it, roughly when does she expect it to appear?
I am sure my noble friend’s imagination is broader than that.
My Lords, I had not realised that the noble Baroness was so much in favour of this amendment. The noble Lord, Lord Grabiner, made reference to consultation. The provision for consultation in the amendment is exceptionally thin and ill-defined. There is n
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Banner, unsurprisingly, makes an eloquent case for his Amendment 222C. I very much hope that the Minister will hold to what she said when this issue was addressed previously and reassert the Government’s commitment to a wid
My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for her very high-quality, thoughtful and complete reply, which I have become used to. I am sure that I and my noble friends will spend much time reading it again in order to further trouble her on Report.
My Lords, I am grateful for that answer, as far as it went.
2026-03-05
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, I suggest that, since the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, is on her feet in the Chamber, we do not have just 30 seconds but should wait for the Division. It would seem very odd to have a short intervention. If you want one, you can have one
2026-03-04
Crime and Policing Bill
I merely chose it as an example that we would all be aware of. It seems to me that the clause as drafted catches a lot of people who should not be caught by it. I will write to the noble Lord, if he will allow that.
2026-03-04
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I congratulate the Government on bringing forward these amendments. However, reading Amendment 340 as it is written, in the context of our treatment of Lord Mandelson in this House, I cannot see how we are not guilty of honour-based abuse. We a
2026-03-04
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, that was disappointing reply, but it ended on a more encouraging note, and I am grateful for that. It is a simple thing. If a company sets terms for its riders that encourage, incentivise and reward law-breaking, we need to control that. My nob
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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.
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Director, Good Careers Guide Ltd
registered 2013-10-22 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Lucas Publications Ltd (publishing)
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, Good Schools Guide Ltd
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Lucas Publications Ltd (publishing)
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Good Schools Guide Ltd
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 7: Miscellaneous financial interests
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Better Environment & Security Technologies (B.E.S.T.) Limited (trading as BST Ltd) (security alarms)
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Safe N' Sound Security Systems Ltd
registered 2010-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
1992-02-21 → 2026-04-29
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1994-11-22 → 1995-11-08
Works of Art Committee (Lords)
2001-06-28 → 2002-07-16
Committee On Animals In Scientific Procedures
2002-11-25 → 2003-11-20
Information Committee (Lords)
2003-07-11 → 2003-11-28
Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (Joint Committee)
2007-11-14 → 2011-12-08
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
2014-06-12 → 2015-02-04
Digital Skills
2016-09-13 → 2016-11-09
Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2018-05-17 → 2019-03-19
Regenerating Seaside Towns and Communities Committee
2019-06-13 → 2022-06-16
Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee
2021-04-14 → 2024-01-31
Environment and Climate Change Committee
2024-01-31 → 2026-01-27
Science and Technology Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 10 active officership(s) · 8 historic
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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departments
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
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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)
6 bills
5 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permitted Development Rights (Extension) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2024-09-09 | |
| Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Act 2022 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2021-06-16 | |
| Hereditary Peerages and Baronetcies (Equality of Inheritance) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-29 | |
| Equality (Titles) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | Committee stage | 2013-05-13 | |
| Hereditary Peerages (Succession) Bill [HL] | — | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2012-06-11 |
| Bailiffs (Licensing) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2006-11-28 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.