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The Lord Birt

Crossbench Member of the House of Lords M
Lord Birt's full title is The Lord Birt. His name is John Birt, 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

2000-02-11present
Crossbench current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

None recorded.

Contact

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

APPGs (2026) · 2 active officership(s) · 2 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Metal, Stone and Heritage Crime
Subject Group
Vice Chair 4 2024-10-23
Electric Vehicle All-Party Parliamentary Group
Subject Group
Officer Renewable Energy Association (REA) 4 2027-01-10
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 8 of 8 tabled 8 answered(100.0%) 5 departments
2026-04-20
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity: EU Countries
Answered
2026-04-14
Treasury
Catering: Business Rates and Employers' Contributions
Answered
2026-03-19
Cabinet Office
Public Appointments: Religion
Answered
2026-03-10
Department for Transport
Railways: Standards
Answered
2026-02-27
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mackerel: Fisheries
Answered
2026-02-23
Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance
Answered
2026-02-10
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Private Property
Answered
2026-01-13
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fly-tipping: Private Property
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)

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
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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