Lord Lee of Trafford

Liberal Democrat

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Ministry of DefenceTreasuryMinistry of JusticeDepartment of Health and Social CareDepartment for Business and Trade

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Employment)

Department of Employment

Sept 1986 - Jul 1989

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Procurement)

Ministry of Defence

Oct 1983 - Sept 1986

Constituencies

Pendle

Elected 2 times

Jun 1983 - Apr 1992

Nelson and Colne

Elected 1 time

May 1979 - Jun 1983

Party History

Liberal Democrat

May 2006 - Present

Conservative

May 1979 - Apr 1992

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

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Committee Memberships

Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillCommons Administration CommitteeCommons Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance CommitteeCommons Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (Lords)Lords Autism Act 2009 CommitteeLords Backbench Business CommitteeCommons Bishop's Stortford Cemetery BillCommons Built Environment CommitteeLords Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]Commons Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]: Programming sub-committeeCommons Business and Trade CommitteeCommons Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, Arms and Export ControlsCommons City of London (Markets) BillCommons Committee of PrivilegesCommons Committee of SelectionCommons Committee of Selection (Lords)Lords Committee on StandardsCommons Committees on Arms Export ControlsCommons Commons Reference Group on Representation and InclusionCommons Communications and Digital CommitteeLords Conduct CommitteeLords Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)Joint Constitution CommitteeLords Controlled Drugs (Procedure for Specification) BillCommons Court of RefereesCommons Courts (Remote Hearings) BillCommons Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeCommons Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and DisinformationCommons Defence CommitteeCommons Defence Sub-CommitteeCommons

Recent Questions

118 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to reduce the number of civilians employed by the Ministry of Defence to a specific number; and, if so, what progress is being made in achieving this.

Answered

To: Ministry of Defence • 3 Dec 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government how many Hamas fighters they estimate have been killed since 7 October 2023; and what they estimate is the current size of their military force following likely recent recruitment.

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To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office • 10 Nov 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what options they are considering for the future of the RFA Argus.

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To: Ministry of Defence • 10 Nov 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Coaker on 17 October (HL10809), whether they will now answer the question put, namely what progress they have made in providing the United Kingdom with the ability to deliver airborne

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To: Ministry of Defence • 20 Oct 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in providing the United Kingdom with the ability to deliver airborne nuclear weapons, and what is the projected timetable of such capability.

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To: Ministry of Defence • 6 Oct 2025

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