The Lord Lingfield
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Lingfield's full title is The Lord Lingfield. His name is Robert George Alexander Balchin, 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
65 Content(40.1%)
2 Not-Content(1.2%)
95 didn't vote(58.6%)
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Content
201–169
Content
2026-01-05
Content
132–124
Content
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
2025-10-16
Music and Dance Schools: Affordable Access
My Lords, I remind the Committee of my registered interest as chairman of the English Schools’ Orchestra. I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Blackwell for his long-term championship of the music and dance scheme. The almost one thousand hugely talente
2025-06-12
Craft Industry: Support
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg. I remind the Committee of my registered interest as chairman of the Chartered Institution for Further Education.
I will speak about an important and brand-new initiative in heritage crafts: the
My Lords, I remind your Lordships of my registered interest as chairman of the Cadet Vocational College. I do so because today I shall refer particularly to the engagement of cadets in the war effort and in the marking this week of the 80th anniversary o
My Lords, while also thanking the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, I remind your Lordships of my registered interest as chairman of the Chartered Institution for Further Education. The institution, the only royal chartered body exclusively for further educatio
2022-11-09
Music Education
My Lords, I, too, praise my noble friend Lady Fleet for putting down this important debate, and commend her and the other members of her advisory panel for the production of the national plan that we are debating today. I declare my registered interest a
2022-07-13
Restoration and Renewal
My Lords, I remind your Lordships of my registered charitable interest as chairman of the Chartered Institution for Further Education, which has some national responsibilities for vocational education and apprenticeships, and I shall return to apprentice
2022-05-23
Schools Bill [HL]
My Lords, I remind your Lordships of my registered interests, including as chairman of the Chartered Institution for Further Education, chairman of the Centre for Education & Finance Management and several other charitable bodies concerned with educa
2022-05-17
Queen’s Speech
My Lords, I refer your Lordships to my registered interests as chairman of the Chartered Institution for Further Education, the English Schools’ Orchestra, and several other charities and bodies connected to education.
I welcome greatly the emphasis i
2022-04-06
Education: Multi Academy Trusts
My Lords, I thank everyone for taking part in this extraordinarily useful debate. The noble Baroness, Lady Blower, is absolutely right that, of course, before local management of schools came in, there were some very good experiments in the Inner London
2022-04-06
Education: Multi Academy Trusts
My Lords, I am so grateful to all noble Lords who have put down their names to speak on this important aspect of our state education service. I remind your Lordships of my education interests as listed in the register.
If your Lordships would indulge
2022-04-06
Education: Multi Academy Trusts
That the Grand Committee takes note of the growth of Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) in the school system, and the ways in which strong MATs can demonstrate their impact on the education of young people.
2022-03-02
Music Education in State Schools
My Lords, is my noble friend aware, following my noble friend Lord Black’s point, that whereas 85% of independent schools have school orchestras, only 12% of state schools do? While the music hubs she has mentioned indeed do a good job in providing indi
2022-02-24
Higher Education: T-Levels
My Lords, does my noble friend agree that one of the most important aspects of T-levels is that students have to spend nine weeks of work experience with a local firm? This is quite difficult to find even in the great metropolitan areas, but in areas of
My Lords, would my noble friend agree that one of the best ways of teaching first aid in schools is through the Combined Cadet Force? The Government’s school cadet expansion programme has a target of 60,000 young people participating by next year. Can my
2021-10-25
Education: Music and the Arts
Does my noble friend agree that it is vital for young musicians to be able to play in orchestras and ensembles? Does she regret, as I do, that only 12% of state schools now have orchestras, as opposed to 85% of independent schools? I remind the House of
2021-07-22
Cadet Forces: Funding
My Lords, I am so grateful to noble Lords, who have given up their time on the last day of term to discuss the importance of the cadet services. I remind your Lordships of my registered interest as chairman of CVQO, the Cadet Vocational Qualification Org
2021-07-22
Cadet Forces: Funding
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the social impact of their funding of cadet forces.
2021-07-15
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for her reply. I understand the Government’s views. I particularly thank my noble friend and kinsman Lord Addington for his support. He is one of the House’s experts in the area of special needs and always worth
2021-07-15
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 43, 44, 45 and 46 and, in doing so, remind noble Lords of my registered interest as chairman of the Chartered Institution for Further Education, which is a growing Russell-type group of the most distinguished FE coll
2021-06-07
Secondary Schools: Arts Subjects
My Lords, is my noble friend aware that, whereas 85% of independent schools have a school orchestra, only 12% of state schools do? Will the Government ensure that the £76 million provided annually to so-called music hubs is spent more effectively to allo
2021-05-12
Queen’s Speech
My Lords, I welcome entirely the Government’s aspiration to enhance the available provision of technical and vocational skills training so that first-class courses can provide a prestigious alternative to degrees for many young people. I remind your Lord
2021-03-01
Cadet Forces
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for her helpful—indeed, hopeful—reply. Does she agree that there seems to be no reason why cadets should not parade as soon as possible, now that schools are back? Does she also agree that cadet activities, whet
2021-03-01
Cadet Forces
My Lords, I remind your Lordships of my charitable interest as chairman of the Cadet Vocational Qualification Organisation, a post I took over from the noble Lord, Lord West.
2021-03-01
Cadet Forces
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to allow cadet forces to resume face-to-face activities.
2021-01-19
Health: Eating Disorders
My Lords, is my noble friend aware that around a quarter of all sufferers of eating disorders are men, and that the number of males seeking help has gone up by 70% in the last decade? With the increasing emphasis on young men to attain a certain body typ
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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, CIC (Cook Islands Company) Ltd (under-sea mining)
registered 2020-12-10 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chairman and Director, Association of Super Recognisers (security services)
registered 2018-01-22 · amended 2025-04-05
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Consultant, Performance Learning Ltd (PL Educational Ltd)
registered 2016-04-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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Chairman and Director, Chartered Institution for Further Education
registered 2014-03-20 · amended 2026-02-03
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Chairman and Director, Centre for Education & Finance Management Limited (assisting schools on financial, educational, personnel and legal matters)
registered 2010-12-21 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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CIC (Cook Islands Company) Ltd (under-sea mining)
registered 2023-04-19 · amended 2025-04-05
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Centre for Education & Finance Management Limited
registered 2010-12-21 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2010-12-17 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2019-10-24 → 2026-05-13
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s)
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group Friends of the University of Hull
Subject Group
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Officer | — | 20 | 2022-05-26 |
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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.
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primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
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backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
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Historic bills (all-time)
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year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
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