Profile

Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 5 November 2020

Previously MP for North West Norfolk until 6 November 2019 — Dissolved for election

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election

Also represented North West Norfolk

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Lord Bellingham campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Department
• Justice
• Trade and Industry
• Health
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Prisons
• Prison Service
• Prison
• Smallpox Vaccine
• Prison Service: Pay

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Charities Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee (22 Jul 2021 to 18 Nov 2021)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill (Commons) Committee (29 Apr 2014 to 22 Feb 2016)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (17 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Shadow Minister (Justice) (20 Nov 2006 to 6 May 2010)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (10 May 2005 to 20 Nov 2006)
• Shadow Minister ( 1 Jul 2003 to 10 May 2005)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) ( 1 Jul 2003 to 10 May 2005)
• Member, Trade & Industry Committee ( 2 Dec 2002 to 8 Dec 2003)
• Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry) ( 3 Jul 2002 to 1 Jul 2003)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 2 Nov 2002)
• Member, Environment Committee (17 Jun 1987 to 18 Mar 1991)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Chairman, Civil Liability Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Coroners and Justice Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
• Damages (Asbestos-Related Conditions) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Legal Services Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Electoral Administration Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Road Safety Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Drugs Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Employment Relations Bill Committee (5 out of 9)
• National Minimum Wage (Enforcement Notices) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Industrial Development (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Adoption and Children Bill Committee (21 out of 23)
• Civil Defence (Grant) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Sudan: Ceasefire Talks - Question 20 May 2025

  My Lords, I follow that question and the one asked by the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, who referred to the RSF, which is a paramilitary rebel force guilty of committing war crimes and of consistently obstructing aid coming in. It survives only by third-party sovereign funding. Can the Minister elaborate on the steps being taken to put pressure on those third-party sovereign states that are...

• Protection of Prison Staff - Commons Urgent Question 13 May 2025

  My Lords, one of the main causes of violence in prisons is the ready availability of illegal drugs. The Minister’s boss, the Secretary of State, stated the other day that it was her intention to try to rid our prisons of drugs by the end of this Parliament. Is that a realistic pledge?

• Uncollected Financial Penalties - Question 13 May 2025

  My Lords, is the Minister aware that embassies across London owe a total of nearly £150 million in unpaid fines and charges? Obviously, under the Vienna convention, embassies are exempt from taxes but not from these fines and charges. What will the Government do about it?

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