The Lord Vaux of Harrowden
Crossbench
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Vaux of Harrowden's full title is The Lord Vaux of Harrowden. His name is Richard Hubert Gordon Gilbey, 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
48 Content(27.3%)
33 Not-Content(18.8%)
95 didn't vote(54.0%)
2026-07-21
Content
173–234
Not-Content
2026-07-13
Not-Content
158–239
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
65–173
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
69–332
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
115–197
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
64–140
Not-Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Not-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
2026-07-15
Maximum Temperature for Indoor Workplaces
My Lords, under the boiler upgrade scheme, air-to-water heat pumps are eligible for a £7,500 discount. Air-to-air heat pumps, which can be used for cooling as well as heating, are eligible for only £2,500. Why the difference?
2026-07-15
Arrangement of Business
My Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, this Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes.
2026-07-08
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, it has been an unusual experience to have had a debate with two sides to it on the Bill; the Minister must be pleased about that. I am afraid that I sit firmly on the fence—indeed, on the ring-fence. I am in two minds on this issue. Ring-fencin
2026-07-06
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I will be very brief. I am sympathetic to ensuring that the overseas recognition regulations are as pragmatic and seamless as they can be to enable easier international competition. But I have quite a lot of sympathy with the comments of the no
2026-07-06
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I am sorry that I was not able to be here last Wednesday for the debates on the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Bridges, and others that proposed the creation of an office for financial regulatory accountability. I have read the debat
2026-07-06
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
The Minister has not answered the question I asked about why the “have regards” do not include the economic crime issues of anti-money laundering and transparency of ownership. If he wants to write on that, that would be fine.
2026-07-06
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, this group is really two separate groups as far as I can see, and I am not quite sure why they have been lumped together. One is on operational readiness and the other is on the different treatment of wholesale and retail activities. I will add
2026-06-29
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I have added my name to the Clause 17 stand part notice. As has been explained so clearly, the Government’s intention appears to be to put most of the consideration of the regulatory principles and “have regards” into the five-year strategy cre
2026-06-25
Waste Management Carriers: Regulation
My Lords, the noble Baroness is quite right when she says that the illegal disposal of waste is attractive to criminals. That is because it is lucrative, so what steps are the Government taking to make it cheaper and easier for people and businesses to d
2026-06-24
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
I have added my name to three of the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, in this group. To be honest, I am not quite sure why I did not add my name to her other two; I should have done, so I apologise. The noble Baroness has already exp
2026-06-24
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I hope to keep the noble Lord, Lord Wilson, happy by being very brief. One of the things that came out of the committee’s report was the proliferation of principles and “have regards”, et cetera. It is ripe for a review and an overhaul, and I a
2026-06-24
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
I am not sure I fully understood the Minister’s response to Amendment 55. Does the FCA’s secondary growth and competitiveness objective apply to payment service systems under the Bill? That was the clarity I sought.
2026-06-24
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group that relate to the PSR. Before I run through those, I want to comment on Amendment 47A, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Holmes of Richmond. I must say that I am attracted by the idea of a payment system
2026-06-22
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
If the review is going to be completed in October, presumably there will then be a period of time when the Government will consider it. In my experience, that usually takes several months, by which time the Bill will be law. I struggle to understand how
2026-06-22
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group on the subject of fraud and scams. I have also added my support to the lead amendment, which was tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, and to which she has just spoken. Most of my amendments aris
2026-06-22
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
It is very nice to be back to do another Financial Services and Markets Bill. As it is the first time I have spoken, I should declare a registered interest in Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., which is a large American company that provides s
2026-06-22
Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL]
My Lords, as this is the first time I have spoken on the Bill, I would normally apologise for not taking part in Second Reading but—how I can put this—I was enjoying my temporary retirement from the House.
2026-06-16
Russian Shadow Fleet
My Lords, what assessment have the Government made of the role of Greece with the Russian shadow fleet? Many of these ships appear to have been previously Greek-owned, and we have the ship-to-ship transfers of oil that are taking place in the Aegean Sea.
2026-04-22
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I will briefly add my support to Motion A1 from the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, to remove the mandation reserved power. On Monday, the Minister told us:
“On the question on fiduciary duty, nothing in the Bill disapplies trustees’ existing d
2026-04-21
Electricity: Domestic Pricing
To follow up on that, can the Minister explain how a windfall tax paid to the Treasury ends up reducing people’s bills?
2026-04-20
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I want very quickly to ask the Minister a question on Motions D and D1. I say at the outset that I agree with almost every word that the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, said. I entirely agree that one year is too short. I have at least two pensio
2026-04-20
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I offer Motion E1, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, my wholehearted support. I also say in passing that I wholeheartedly support Motion G1 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes.
The Minister has once again explained t
2026-04-20
Security Vetting
My Lords, we have had a lot of discussions in this House over the last year about employment rights and particularly about unfair dismissal. To be fair, a dismissal must have a valid reason—we cannot make a rigid judgment on the dismissal of Olly Robbins
2026-03-19
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, when you are trying to solve a problem, it is best to try to understand the root causes of the problem and then resolve those causes—diagnose and treat the disease, not the symptoms. That is why I have repeatedly asked the Minister why she beli
2026-03-19
Pension Schemes Bill
As I understand the noble Baroness’s argument, the focus on cost is the problem. This Bill solves that with the value-for-money framework, so why do we also need the mandation power?
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Register of Interests · 2 entries on file
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Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (b)
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Fidelity National Information Services Inc (computer software)
registered 2017-09-07 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Farm and related let properties, including forestry and micro-hydro generation, in Dumfries and Galloway
registered 2017-09-07 · amended 2025-04-05
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Party history
2017-08-11 → present
Crossbench
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2018-05-15 → 2020-04-23
EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee
2020-04-23 → 2021-03-31
EU Services Sub-Committee
2021-01-28 → 2024-01-31
House of Lords Commission
2021-01-28 → 2024-01-31
Finance Committee (Lords)
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2022-01-19 → 2022-10-31
Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee
2022-10-17 → 2024-01-31
Restoration and Renewal Client Board
2026-06-15 → present
Financial Services Regulation Committee
2024-01-24 → 2026-04-29
Financial Services Regulation Committee
2024-01-31 → present
Restoration and Renewal Programme Board
2026-06-15 → present
Procedure and Privileges Committee
2026-01-27 → 2026-04-29
Procedure and Privileges Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 3 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Vietnam
Country, Area or Region Group
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Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-02-28 |
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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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