Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

Conservative Peer

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  • Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Furs: EU Law 1 Dec 2023

    To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with their counterparts in the EU regarding the introduction of legislation to ban (1) fur farming, and (2) fur sales.
  • Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Report (6th Day) (Continued): Amendment 217 6 Sep 2023

    My Lords, before making a point about the amendment, I acknowledge that my noble friend on the Front Bench rightly feels a little blindsided by it. I apologise to her for that. I am a newbie on the Back Benches and I clearly have much to learn about the process here. In my defence, I shared my plans and the wording of the amendment with my friend the Secretary of State who, I am pleased to...
  • Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - Report (6th Day) (Continued): Amendment 217 6 Sep 2023

    As I said, I am a newbie on the Back Benches and that is yet another rule I have learned. I will cease referring to the person in the Gallery. But 110,000 signatures were collected by the person in the Gallery. I think that is pretty impressive, given the subject matter we are talking about. National legislation is necessary because of the urgency of the situation. We have debated the issue...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 7 January 2020

Previously MP for Richmond Park until 6 November 2019 — Dissolved for election

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Also represented Richmond Park

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Topics of interest

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

  • Environment Food and Rural Affairs
  • Energy and Climate Change
  • Transport
  • Business
  • Innovation and Skills
  • Treasury
  • Heathrow Airport
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Antibiotics
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Energy: Conservation

Other offices held in the past

  • Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) ( 2 Sep 2020 to 30 Jun 2023)
  • Minister of State (13 Feb 2020 to 2 Sep 2020)
  • The Minister of State, Department for International Development (13 Feb 2020 to 2 Sep 2020)
  • The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (13 Feb 2020 to 22 Sep 2022)
  • The Minister of State, Department for International Development (10 Sep 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
  • The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (10 Sep 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (jointly with the Department for International Development) (27 Jul 2019 to 10 Sep 2019)
  • Member, Environmental Audit Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Environmental Audit Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 25 Oct 2016)
  • Member, Environmental Audit Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

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Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 5 Nov 2019.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Peter Hall
Address of donor: private

Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000

Donor status: individual

(Registered 26 September 2019)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
Land in Andalucía owned by a family trust of which I am a beneficiary: (i). (Registered 06 July 2017)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Fitzdares Holdings Ltd; bespoke bookmaker. (Registered 06 July 2017)
From 18 October 2018, Finca La Presa SL; landholding. (Registered 02 September 2019)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
Until 4 April 2019, All Star Leisure Group; ten pin bowling. (Registered 06 July 2017; updated 12 August 2019)
Until 25 October 2019, Weeding Technologies Ltd; herbicide-free weed control systems. (Registered 06 July 2017; updated 31 October 2019)
8. Miscellaneous
Until 1 August 2019, a trustee of the Aspinall Foundation; an animal conservation charity. (Registered 06 July 2017; updated 13 August 2019)
Until 29 July 2019, a director of the Countryside Restoration Trust. (Registered 06 June 2017; updated 13 August 2019)
Until 31 October 2019, investment in WHEB Ventures Private Equity LP; an investor specialising in sustainability and the environmental sector. (Registered 06 July 2017; updated 31 October 2019)

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