The Viscount Bridgeman
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Viscount Bridgeman is deceased. His full title was The Viscount Bridgeman. His name was Robin John Orlando Bridgeman.
Allowance claims · 2026
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Lords votes · 2026
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Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2024-12-11
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
My Lords, I say how very sad we shall be to lose the noble Baroness, Lady Quin. Fortunately, my one of my sons has married a Northumbrian, and the comment I received from a friend was, “I hope he makes use of the Northern Counties Club”. I remember my no
2024-10-17
Independent Schools: VAT
My Lords, I will speak briefly on a particular aspect of education: cathedral choir schools. They are the inheritors of a priceless tradition that goes back centuries. The number of visitors to the cathedral services at which pupils sing is an acknowledg
2023-11-08
King’s Speech
My Lords, I will speak on a subject that has received some attention in your Lordships’ House: the problems facing Muslim women when involved in a divorce. The noble Baroness, Lady Cox, has done a lot of work on this, and I have assisted her in a small w
2022-10-13
Horticultural Sector
My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in the gap. In France, as the noble Lord, Lord Curry, alluded to, there are at least four top-class horticultural institutions. I know of two horticultural institutions in this country that made great
2022-05-12
Queen’s Speech
My Lords, I trust that your Lordships will forgive me for wandering slightly off piste in the context of this debate, because I wish to speak about the problem of marriages under sharia law in this country and, in particular, the fate of Muslim women see
2021-12-07
Health and Care Bill
My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Stevens. His matchless experience of healthcare has been communicated to us with a pleasantly light touch.
I rise to speak to the proposed new subsection (2A) outlined in Clause 4(2) of the Bi
2021-10-22
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]
My Lords, I was called away and only heard the impressive speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, and four others, so I crave your indulgence if I cover points already made. I want to speak briefly on two overseas jurisdictions about which much has
2021-09-07
Afghanistan
Does my noble friend not agree that the Prime Minister has at his hand two possible levers: one is the requirement of the Taliban for diplomatic recognition and the other their requirement for international aid? Can we have her assurance that the Prime M
2021-06-28
Marriage and Religious Weddings
My Lords, a Channel 4 survey found that six in 10 Muslim women, who had had traditional Islamic weddings in Britain, are not legally married—a point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Cox. Of these, over a quarter— 28%—are not aware that they do not have t
2021-06-21
Environment Bill
My Lords, thank you very much. I am most grateful and I apologise for the problems.
The advantage of this amendment is that it is easy for the general public to appreciate: quite simply, it requires the Secretary of State to institute a public consult
2021-06-21
Environment Bill
My Lords, I will try to get this issue dealt with.
2021-06-21
Environment Bill
I am most grateful for the opportunity to come in after the Minister. I wish to support the noble Lords, Lord Bradshaw and Lord Cameron of Dillington, in their Amendment 58. The noble Lord, Lord Cameron, has given us an explanation of the omissions from
2021-04-16
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill
My Lords, I am very pleased that this admirable Bill has at last found its way to your Lordships’ House, having been several times a victim of the parliamentary timetable in the past few years. I must thank my noble friend Lord Randall for piloting it th
2021-01-08
EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
My Lords, this debate has been a reminder, if ever one were needed, of the vast amount of work still to be done between the UK and the EU. It is essential that those further talks and negotiations start off on the right foot, and that, from the outset,
2020-11-17
Integrated Communities Strategy
The Government previously assured the House that there is no need for a change in the law because all citizens can access their rights according to law. Yet the chasm between the de jure situation and the de facto reality is an abyss into which countless
2020-06-04
Hong Kong: Human Rights
My Lords, I want to make one particular observation on the present turn of events. What motivates the willingness that many Hong Kong citizens have shown to expose themselves to extraordinary personal danger in recent demonstrations?
Prior to 1997, li
2020-05-18
Covid-19: International Response
My Lords, surely one of the few good outcomes of this dreadful virus is the emergence of unprecedented co-operation among health authorities worldwide in fighting it, of which the highest profile is of course the work towards the development of a vaccin
My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating the right reverend Prelate on this timely debate, which has been particularly enhanced by her speech; she has very considerable and distinguished experience in this matter. Early intervention is not sh
2019-10-28
Vocational Education and Training
My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have put their names down at short notice for this debate. I was fortunate to be number one in the ballot for the QSDs following the Queen’s Speech, so the opportunity has come rather earlier than I anticipated.
Your
2019-10-28
Vocational Education and Training
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to strengthen vocational education and training in secondary schools.
2019-06-14
Access to Palliative Care Bill [HL]
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, on her magnificent overview of the background to the Bill and on her patience in waiting for an opportunity for it to be read.
For some years, I was the chairman of an independent hospital, whi
2019-06-04
D-day: 75th Anniversary
My Lords, in congratulating my noble friend Lord Reay on his maiden speech, I have to add my apologies for attempting to leave the Chamber as he rose to his feet to deliver a most impressive maiden speech.
Several references have been made in this deb
2019-03-12
Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill
My Lords, I am privileged to follow my noble friend Lord O’Shaughnessy, and I am sure that Peers from all sides of the House will have been impressed by the thoughtful letter which the Minister has sent to us all. In it, there are a number of concessions
My Lords, I apologise for my discourtesy in not being present at the beginning of this debate. A number of years ago, with the very great help of our noble friend Lord Howe, we secured the requirement from the Commission that healthcare professionals com
2019-02-05
Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill
My Lords, I have the rare pleasure and privilege of congratulating the Minister on her most impressive introduction of the Bill—on only her second day in the job—and addressing the challenge of a maiden speech in such style. We await her further contribu
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Party history
1983-01-20 → 2026-04-09
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1990-06-01 → 1993-11-05
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
1990-11-15 → 1991-10-22
Ecclesiastical Committee
1997-06-11 → 2001-05-11
Standing Orders (Private Bills) Committee (Lords)
2001-06-26 → 2002-11-07
House of Lords Offices Committee
2010-06-22 → 2011-09-07
Information Committee (Lords)
2024-09-05 → 2026-04-09
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
2017-07-19 → 2024-05-30
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
2015-06-17 → 2017-04-27
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
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Written parliamentary questions · 2026
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
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