Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

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  • Emergency Alert System: Fujitsu - Private Notice Question 19 Apr 2023

    My Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question of which I have given private notice, I refer to my entry in the register as an unpaid member of the Post Office Horizon compensation advisory board.
  • Emergency Alert System: Fujitsu - Private Notice Question 19 Apr 2023

    My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for that Answer. I have no objection at all to the emergency alert that is to be sent to our mobile telephones on Sunday: it is good for the resilience that the House of Lords Select Committee on risk called for a year or so ago. But why was Fujitsu granted the contract? Fujitsu’s Horizon system caused the sub-postmasters of this country to be...
  • Preparing for Extreme Risks (RARPC Report) - Motion to Take Note 12 Jan 2023

    My Lords, the hour is late, so I shall be brief. It has not been an apocalyptic, or even a particularly gloomy, debate—he says with a rather sad look on his face. The Minister has been very helpful in making plain that there is further thinking and further work to do. I hope and am sure that this excellent debate will inform that further thinking and work. I want to pick up just one or two...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 20 October 2015

Previously MP for North East Hampshire until 30 March 2015 — General election

Entered the House of Commons on 11 June 1987 — General election

Also represented North East Hampshire; Wanstead and Woodford

Expenses

Topics of interest

  • Defence
  • Trade and Industry
  • Transport
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • Treasury
  • Export Credits Guarantee Department
  • UK Trade and Investment
  • Chinook Crash
  • Members: Correspondence
  • Aircraft Crashes

Currently held offices

  • Member, EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee (since 23 Apr 2020)

Other offices held in the past

  • Chair, Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee (15 Oct 2020 to 24 Nov 2021)
  • Chair, Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee (15 Oct 2020 to 24 Nov 2021)
  • Member, EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee (2 Jul 2019 to 23 Apr 2020)
  • Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (17 Jan 2011 to 8 Mar 2011)
  • Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (13 Jan 2010 to 16 Jun 2014)
  • Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (11 Jul 2005 to 28 Apr 2014)
  • Chair, Defence Committee (11 Jul 2005 to 28 Apr 2014)
  • Chair, Defence Committee (11 Jul 2005 to 28 Apr 2014)
  • Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry) (1 Feb 2005 to 31 Oct 2005)
  • Shadow Secretary of State (Trade and Industry) (8 Nov 2003 to 10 May 2005)
  • Member, House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee) (19 Jun 2002 to 16 Jul 2003)
  • Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (30 Jul 2001 to 26 Jan 2006)
  • Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (30 Jul 2001 to 26 Jan 2006)
  • Shadow Chief Whip (Commons) (11 Jun 1997 to 7 Jun 2001)
  • Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Procurement) (6 Jul 1995 to 1 May 1997)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security) (20 Jul 1994 to 6 Jul 1995)
  • Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (15 Apr 1992 to 20 Jul 1994)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 30 Mar 2015.

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Bechtel Management Company Ltd
Address of donor: 245 Hammersmith Road, London W6 8DP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: tickets for me and my wife to the opening night of the Chelsea Flower Show, to a total value of £1,250
Date of receipt of donation: 29 April 2014
Date of acceptance of donation: 19 May 2014
Donor status: company, registration 4252526
(Registered 28 May 2014)
6. Overseas visits
Address of donor: 45B Westbourne Terrace, London W2 3UR
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights, accommodation, internal transport, and meals with a total value of £2,528
Destination of visit: Israel
Date of visit: 3 - 7 July 2014
Purpose of visit: fact-finding political, industrial, and education discussions in Israel
(Registered 9 July 2014)
Address of donor: 50 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0EB
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): the approximate amount includes accommodation £600, food £300 and return flights £2,400; total £3,300
Destination of visit: Taiwan
Date of visit: 26 July-2 August 2014
Purpose of visit: As part of the British-Taiwanese APPG, to promote the understanding of Taiwan and strengthen UK-Taiwan relations.
(Registered 5 August 2014)
Name of donor: Tertulias
Address of donor: 48 Desning Hall Cottages, Higham, Suffolk IP28 6PB
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): for me and my wife, flights £490, 2 nights hotel accommodation £500, meals £360 and ground transport £138.20; total £1,488.20
Destination of visit: Bilbao, Spain
Date of visit: 18-19 October 2014
Purpose of visit: to attend the British-Spanish Tertulias Forum, an annual weekend bringing MPs, business people, academics and artists together to discuss topical issues.
(Registered 4 November 2014)
Name of donor: Canada-UK Council
Address of donor: 4 The Willows, Wootton, Boars Hill, Oxford OX1 5LD
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights costing £695; hotel accommodation costing £324 and food and ground transport valued at £151; total £1,170
Destination of visit: Montebello, Quebec, Canada
Date of visit: 23-26 November 2014
Purpose of visit:  to participate in meeting of leading politicians, officials, academics, businessmen, practitioners and members of the media to discuss matters of current public policy concern to each country.
(Registered 5 December 2014)
Name of donor: British-Turkish Tatlidil
Address of donor: 48 Desning Hall Cottages, Higham, Suffolk IP28 6PB
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probably value): for myself and my wife, flights with a value of £493; hotel accommodation with a value of £500; food with a value of £1200; ground transport with a value of £233.35 ; total value of £2,426.35
Destination of visit: Istanbul
Date of visit: 28-30 November 2014
Purpose of visit:  to promote and further bi-lateral relations between Britain and Turkey at a high level.
(Registered 15 December 2014)
11. Miscellaneous
Non-practising barrister.
Member of the Advisory Board of the Electric Infrastructure Security Council (EICC), and Co-Chair of the EICC’s May 2013 Summit. These are unremunerated positions. (Registered 5 April 2013)
British Chairman of the British-Spanish Tertulias (unremunerated) (Registered 9 April 2013)

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