Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

Conservative

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

forsythm@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

The Senior Deputy SpeakerCabinet OfficeTreasuryDepartment for TransportHome Office

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Secretary of State for Scottish Office

Scottish Office

Jul 1995 - May 1997

Minister of State (Home Office)

Home Office

Jul 1994 - Jul 1995

Minister of State (Department of Employment)

Department of Employment

Apr 1992 - Jul 1994

Minister of State (Scottish Office)

Scottish Office

Sept 1990 - Apr 1992

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scottish Office)

Scottish Office

Jun 1987 - Sept 1990

Constituencies

Stirling

Elected 3 times

Jun 1983 - May 1997

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

93 questions on record

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost per metre of the security fence on the West Front of the House of Lords, and what were the total costs for that project.

Answered

To: The Senior Deputy Speaker • 19 Jun 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what will be the nominal cumulative total of student loan debt in (1) five years, (2) 10 years, and (3) 25 years.

Answered

To: Department for Education • 31 Oct 2024

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 25 September (HL1209), how the governance structures of the House hold the Clerk of the Parliaments and the Management Board accountable.

Answered

To: The Senior Deputy Speaker • 21 Oct 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross on 18 September (HL746), which Ministers in the House of Lords are unpaid and claim the daily attendance allowance.

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 7 Oct 2024

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether he plans to take steps to ensure that farmed salmon is no longer served in restaurants of the House of Lords.

Answered

To: The Senior Deputy Speaker • 15 Oct 2024

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