The Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
M
Lord Holmes of Richmond's full title is The Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE. His name is Christopher Holmes, 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
176 divisions
111 Content(63.1%)
4 Not-Content(2.3%)
61 didn't vote(34.7%)
2026-07-22
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64–95
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2026-07-21
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173–234
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2026-07-13
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142–138
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2026-07-13
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158–239
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2026-04-13
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69–332
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2026-03-25
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95–137
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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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2026-03-05
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198–139
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2026-03-05
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208–142
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214–142
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2026-02-04
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62–295
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2026-01-05
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194–130
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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, it is a pleasure to take part in this debate. In doing so, I declare my relevant technology interests as adviser to the Crown Estate and to Simmons & Simmons LLP.
I must start by congratulating my friend, the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron,
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who took part in this debate. In answer to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, not just on the specifics of Amendment 78, I am always 100% in agreement with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd. That is a good place
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to open this group of amendments. It is time to talk technology. Before going into the specifics of the amendments, I will set out the overarching reasons for this group.
As we have heard, the SBC does extremely good work, b
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Leigh of Hurley. My amendments in this group largely fit into support and assistance for the small businesses that need to be put in a position to avail themselves of these new provisions from the
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and to start with his Amendment 93, which I was delighted to co-sign. As he stated in finishing, it goes to the heart of this issue. A lot is being asked of an organisation that is
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Sharpe and the Minister for their comments in this short debate. In spite of the Minister’s comments—I particularly appreciate his comments on the five-day period—there is a principle at the heart of this, which is
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I look forward to the debate on this group. Amendment 24 is incredibly straightforward. It requires that the purchaser calculates the interest and makes the payment in all circumstances because they have the means and the resources and are in t
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my friend, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas, and the excellent and eloquent way in which he introduced his amendment, which I was delighted to sign. As he rightly pointed out, this could be seen as the absolute
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Sharpe, having signed all the amendments in his name. There are two key principles at stake here, as he eloquently set out: first, not to introduce yet another definition and, secondly, to take the opportunity to
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who participated in this debate and tabled amendments, and I thank the Minister for his response. It was already clear but is particularly so with that final exchange: the SAR provisions are particularly significant and
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
Does the Minister have an analysis of the various levels and sizes of the entities that responded to the consultation, married to the length of time that they sought? If he does not have it at his fingertips, he could write. In effect, does the research
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, there is a wonderful structure to the groupings so far. Group 1 started with Amendment 1 and group 2 starts with Amendment 2—we are all following so far. In moving Amendment 2, in my name, I will speak to Amendment 7.
Amendment 2 is simply a
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate and the Minister for his response. Amendment 1 is not seeking to be overly prescriptive but merely to be clear. While I understand the Minister’s points, there is still a gap in the mid
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to start this Committee on the Commercial Payments Bill. In doing so, I declare my relevant technology interests as adviser to the Crown Estate and Simmons & Simmons LLP, and as non-executive director of the Avalanche Found
2026-07-21
Commercial Payments Bill [HL]
2026-07-16
Artificial Intelligence: Legislation
My Lords, I declare my technology interests as set out in the register as an adviser to the Crown Estate and to Simmons & Simmons LLP. I thank the Minister for her response to my Written Question of 8 July, setting out what the Government are doing o
2026-07-15
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
I support all the amendments in this group, particularly Amendment 13, in the name of my noble friend Lady Evans. She made an eloquent speech but, really, she covered the issue in three words: opportunity, not obligation.
“It’s coming home”, my Lords.
2026-07-15
Sporting Events Bill [HL]
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend. I think we would all agree that he has brought some of the more colourful illustrations to his amendments during the passage of the Bill. Perhaps, like me, noble Lords are disappointed that the kebab
My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this Second Reading debate and to follow my friend, the noble Viscount, Lord Colville of Culross. Though he, by his own words, repeated some of the earlier points, he was the first speaker to say “lacunae”, for
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Blencathra, who always tells it very much as it is. I think we should probably all follow the wise entreaties of Lady Blencathra to “Be nice”. As an ex-Chief Whip, my noble friend Lord Blencathra
2026-07-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
That was good too, though.
2026-07-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
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Register of Interests · 42 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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Speaking engagement, 30 June 2026, Payments unleashed conference organised by ACI Worldwide, London
registered 2026-06-30
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Speaking engagement, 26 June 2026, Del, Devon
registered 2026-06-30
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Speaking engagement, 24 June 2026, Global Blockchain & Crypto Symposium, London
registered 2026-06-30
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Speaking engagement, 20 May 2026, EducationScape Training and Technology Summit, London
registered 2026-05-28
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Speaking engagement, 7 May 2026, Digital Environment Research Institute research day, Queen Mary University of London
registered 2026-05-28
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Speaking engagement, 5 May 2026, Manulife (financial services), France
registered 2026-05-28
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Speaking engagement, 30 April 2026, London Business School, London
registered 2026-05-11
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Speaking engagement, 20 April 2026, Impact Advantage digital inclusion summit, Birmingham
registered 2026-05-11
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Speaking engagement, 15 April 2026, Global technology distribution council summit, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
registered 2026-05-11
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Speaking engagement, 2 February 2026, City and Financial, London
registered 2026-02-27
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Speaking engagement, 3 December 2025, UBS, virtual
registered 2026-01-02
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Speaking engagement, 3 December 2025, Tokenize 2025 summit, London
registered 2026-01-02
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Speaking engagement, 2 December 2025, Tokenize 2025 summit, London
registered 2026-01-02
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Speaking engagement, 26 November 2025, City & Financial Global, London
registered 2025-11-26
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Speaking engagement, 20 November 2025, ComplyAdvantage CATALYST conference, London
registered 2025-11-26
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Speaking engagement, 19 November 2025, TALiNT Partners conference, London
registered 2025-11-26
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Speaking engagement, 12 November 2025, City & Financial Global, London
registered 2025-11-26
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Adviser on AI, and data centre strategies and narrative, Submer Technologies Ltd (data-centre technologies and IT) (interest ceased 20 April 2026)
registered 2025-11-26 · amended 2026-05-20
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Speaking engagement, 23 October 2025, Spotify and Taylor Wessing, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 23 October 2025, London Block Chain conference, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 22 October 2025, Digital Manufacturing 2Day conference, Coventry
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 14 October 2025, Structured Credit Investor awards dinner, London
registered 2025-11-03 · amended 2026-05-20
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Speaking engagement, 14 October 2025, Future of Finance conference, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 13 October 2025, Digital Asset Summit, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 9 October 2025, Digital Assets Week, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 3 October 2025, Steeleye, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Speaking engagement, 1 October 2025, Amazon, London
registered 2025-11-03
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Advisor, Simmons and Simmons LLP (advice given on emerging technologies including AI and block chain)
registered 2025-11-03
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Non-executive director, Avalanche BVI Inc (blockchain)
registered 2025-10-01
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Non-executive director, Avalanche Foundation (blockchain)
registered 2025-10-01
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Speaking engagement, 17 September 2025, Travers Smith Future of Fintech 2025 conference, London
registered 2025-10-01
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Member, Global Advisory Board, Endava plc (IT) (interest ceased 30 June 2026)
registered 2025-07-11 · amended 2026-06-30
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Member, Technology and Science Advisory Committee, The Crown Estate
registered 2025-06-30
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Adviser, Members Capital Management (advice given was on strategic issues across capital markets, asset management, digital assets and financial technology) (interest ceased 20 November 2025)
registered 2024-10-29 · amended 2025-11-27
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Adviser on fintech and financial inclusion to Ecospend Ltd (open banking technologies) (interest ceased 30 November 2025)
registered 2023-04-14 · amended 2025-11-27
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Adviser, BPP University (advice given on diversity and inclusion; environmental, social, and corporate governance; and fintech)
registered 2023-02-09 · amended 2025-10-30
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Director, Calcaneum UK Limited (new technologies advisory; clients listed below)
registered 2022-07-19 · amended 2025-04-07
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Director, CHedserve Ltd (professional education)
registered 2014-05-16 · amended 2025-04-05
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Director, CHconserve Ltd (company to manage the member’s advisory work; clients listed below)
registered 2014-05-16 · amended 2025-04-07
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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Calcaneum UK Limited (new technologies advisory; clients listed in category 1)
registered 2022-07-19 · amended 2025-04-07
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CHedserve Ltd (professional education) (see category 1)
registered 2017-06-13 · amended 2025-04-05
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CHconserve Ltd (company to manage the member’s advisory work) (see category 1)
registered 2015-01-13 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
Read the full
Lords Code of Conduct
for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
2020-10-12 → present
Conservative
current
2019-07-24 → 2020-10-11
Non-affiliated
2013-09-13 → 2019-07-23
Conservative
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2014-06-12 → 2015-02-04
Digital Skills
2015-06-08 → 2015-06-23
Information Committee (Lords)
2015-06-11 → 2016-03-16
Social Mobility Committee
2016-05-25 → 2017-03-25
Financial Exclusion Committee
2017-06-29 → 2018-03-13
Artificial Intelligence Committee
2018-05-17 → 2019-03-26
Intergenerational Fairness and Provision Committee
2019-06-13 → 2022-06-16
Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee
2021-05-13 → 2024-01-31
Science and Technology Committee
2022-12-12 → 2023-02-20
Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2024-11-18 → 2025-02-03
Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee
2025-01-30 → present
Communications and Digital Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
holmesc@parliament.uk
020 7219 8617 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 8617 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
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APPGs (2026) · 6 active officership(s) · 9 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Technology
Subject Group
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Officer | Policy Connect | 4 | 2025-06-04 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Challenger Banks and Building Societies
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Allica Bank · Barndoor Strategy · Metro Bank · Perenna | 9 | 2023-06-26 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Data and Emerging Technologies
Subject Group
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Officer | Policy Connect | 4 | 2027-06-10 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics
Subject Group
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Officer | Policy Connect | 4 | 2025-06-04 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Technology and National Security
Subject Group
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Vice Chair | Centre for Emerging Technology and Security | 5 | 2023-11-21 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Subject Group
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Officer | Braintree Ltd · Elastacloud Ltd · Harvey Nash PLC · Lockheed Martin UK · Salesforce UK Limited · Samsung Electronics UK Ltd · Vodafone Limited | 11 | 2021-05-21 |
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
6
of 6 tabled
6 answered(100.0%)
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flagged: member has interest
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departments
2026-06-24
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: International Cooperation
Answered
2026-06-24
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: International Cooperation
Answered
2026-06-24
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: International Cooperation
Answered
2026-06-24
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: International Cooperation
Answered
2026-02-23
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Digital Technology: Human Rights
interest
Answered
2026-02-04
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Safety
interest
Answered
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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)
6 bills
5 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2025-03-04 | |
| Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 3rd reading | 2023-11-22 | |
| British Sign Language Act 2022 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2021-06-16 | |
| Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-01-13 | |
| Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-06-27 | |
| Unpaid Work Experience (Prohibition) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2016-06-07 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.