The Lord Bridges of Headley MBE
Conservative
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Bridges of Headley's full title is The Lord Bridges of Headley MBE. His name is James George Robert Bridges, 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.
Ministerial activity
Records on file
14
9 meetings ·
2 hospitality ·
1 gift ·
2 overseas trips
· 2015-04-01 → 2016-09-30
Recent meetings
| Date | Met with | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | — | Exports | cabinet-office |
| 2016-07-01 | — | cabinet-office | |
| 2016-04-01 | — | cabinet-office | |
| 2016-01-01 | — | Charities | cabinet-office |
| 2015-12-14 | — | Air Quality | cabinet-office |
| 2015-04-01 | — | Exports (joint meeting with Oliver Letwin) | cabinet-office |
| 2015-04-01 | — | Government Policy | cabinet-office |
| 2015-04-01 | — | Government Policy | cabinet-office |
| 2015-04-01 | — | Government Policy | cabinet-office |
Recent hospitality
| Date | Host | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-01 | — | Dinner | — |
| 2016-04-01 | — | — |
Recent gifts
| Date | Gift | From / To | Outcome | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-01 | — |
Recent overseas travel
| Dates | Destination | Purpose | Total cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | ||
| — | Tallinn | D5 Conference | — |
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage:
HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial
Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.
Lords votes · 2026
176 divisions
38 Content(21.6%)
1 Not-Content(0.6%)
137 didn't vote(77.8%)
2026-01-12
Content
201–169
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
2026-07-01
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
I completely agree, but this is not about making them inflexible; it is about giving Parliament the ability to hold them effectively to account. I do not hear anyone saying that there is that means at the moment, and I cannot think that there would ever
2026-07-01
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
I just do not understand this argument at all. The committees in this House and in the other place, as my noble friend Lady Noakes said, have the power to summon but, as far I know, they have one policy adviser and one expert adviser—and that is it—to an
2026-07-01
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 133 to 135 and 136 to 139 in my name, but not Amendment 135A, which is in the name of my noble friend Lady Lawlor. I thank my noble friends Lady Noakes and Lady Lawlor and the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, for putting
2026-07-01
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I shall briefly speak in response to the noble Baroness, and I once again draw attention to my interest as an adviser to the chairman of Santander. I want to make three quick points.
First, I overwhelmingly agree with the thrust of the amend
2026-07-01
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I should like to speak briefly and, in so doing, declare my interest as an adviser to and shareholder in Banco Santander. I very much support these amendments. I think that we would all agree that we want our regulations and the entire process
2026-06-29
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I agree with all the amendments to which my noble friend Lady Noakes just spoke, but Amendment 99 merits attention. I will speak to it very briefly, as I get a sense that everyone is wanting to get out of this lovely Room to eat something.
T
2026-06-29
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will speak very briefly on this. I declare my interests as employee adviser to Banco Santander in Madrid and a shareholder in Santander. I also apologise to noble Lords, as I was unable to speak at Second Reading.
I will follow on from the
2026-06-15
Middle East: Iran Conflict
My Lords, will the Minister clarify one point that I am slightly confused on? If the United States signs a deal in which ships will be paying a toll, is it the position of His Majesty’s Government and that of the French Government, I think, that they wil
2026-05-14
King’s Speech
My Lords, it is a very great pleasure to follow the noble Lord’s extremely powerful and searing critique of the Government. To help the Minister in his summing up, let me suggest some parts that he might like to cut. I know he likes always to refer in hi
2026-04-28
Middle East: Economic Update
My Lords, in response to my noble friend Lord Clarke’s question, the Minister spoke of the cuts that the Government are planning to make to the welfare budget. Is he saying that those cuts are sufficient and that that is all the Government will be doing?
2026-03-26
Middle East: Economic Update
My Lords—
2026-03-26
Middle East: Economic Update
My Lords, I hope I am not going to test the noble Lord’s legendary diplomatic skills in answering this question but, last year, the Prime Minister said that “security and defence” were
“not one priority amongst many others but the central organising p
2026-03-24
Reducing Government Spending
My Lords, in January the Chancellor said that the UK is
“in a very strong position”
to withstand new shocks to the public finances without further tax rises. Can the Minister repeat that assurance?
2026-01-29
Business Rates
My Lords, can the noble Lord shed some light on when the review of hotels is likely to report and conclude, and when hoteliers might be able to see some relief on their business rates?
Can the noble Lord clarify how much this change will cost and how it affects the forecasts in the Budget’s EFO?
2025-12-04
Autumn Budget 2025
My Lords, this has been an excellent debate. Let me start by saying that I have some sympathy for the Chancellor. Her approval ratings are now so low that she is giving even Kwasi Kwarteng a run for his money. Just 12% give her a favourable rating, and f
2025-11-25
Forthcoming Fiscal Changes
My Lords, the Minister just said that the Budget tomorrow will be focused on protecting our NHS, reducing our national debt and improving the cost of living, which the Chancellor has said in one of her many scene-setters are the priorities of the British
2025-11-18
Budget: Press Briefings
My Lords, on 10 November, the Chancellor said on BBC Radio:
“It would, of course, be possible to stick with the manifesto commitments, but that would require things like deep cuts in capital spending”.
Does that statement still stand?
Can the Minister clarify that his argument is that the Government have made no policy errors regarding their economic management over the last year?
My Lords, I start by congratulating my noble friend Lord Elliott on securing this debate, his excellent book and all the work he has been doing on jobs. I also congratulate a number of noble Lords who have spoken, especially my noble friend Lady Noakes f
2025-11-10
National Insurance: Partnerships
My Lords, may I ask the Minister a very simple question? In terms of his definition of a working person, is a partner in a law firm a working person?
2025-09-12
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
My Lords, I am opposed in principle to this Bill for a myriad of reasons, very well articulated by my noble friends Lady May and Lord Ahmad.
We have heard—we heard just now—other noble Lords whose principles and experiences, often heart-rending, lead
2025-07-15
Taxes
My Lords, the Minister has said several times in this Chamber that the Government have no present plans to introduce a tourism levy. Will he repeat the same pledge about a wealth tax?
2025-07-14
Tax on Imports under £135
My Lords, broadening the topic on taxation a little, at the weekend the Transport Secretary said that in Labour’s manifesto it committed not to put up taxes on people on modest incomes. Can the noble Lord tell us the Treasury’s definition of a modest inc
We hear some answers here from our Front Bench, and my noble friend Lord Howell discussed that point. Then there are the further pressures we will face: the noble Lord, Lord Browne, spoke about defence and welfare, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Cash and
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Register of Interests · 5 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, Cathew Limited (property company)
registered 2024-10-24 · amended 2025-04-05
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Senior Adviser to the Group Executive Chairman, Banco Santander
registered 2017-10-17 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Cathew Limited (property company)
registered 2024-10-24 · amended 2025-04-05
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Banco Santander SA (banking)
registered 2019-12-16 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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House in Wiltshire
registered 2019-07-05 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2015-05-28 → present
Conservative
current
Government posts
2016-07-17 → 2017-06-14
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Exiting the European Union)
2015-05-14 → 2016-07-17
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2020-09-08 → 2022-02-09
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2019-11-04 → 2022-02-09
Finance Bill Sub-Committee
2022-01-19 → 2025-01-30
Economic Affairs Committee
Chair
+£16,422/yr
2021-01-28 → 2025-01-30
Economic Affairs Committee
Contact
Parliamentary office
contactholmember@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s) · 1 historic
Not currently an officer of any active APPG. Was officer of 1 group(s) historically — those rotated off in later snapshots.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
13
of 13 tabled
10 answered(76.9%)
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departments
2026-07-23
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
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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)
3 bills
2 as lead sponsor
1 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 | Supported | Royal Assent | 2017-01-26 | |
| Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2015-10-14 | |
| Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2015-05-28 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.