Viscount Thurso

Liberal Democrat

MP for Excepted Hereditary

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department for Work and PensionsTreasuryDepartment for TransportCabinet OfficeDepartment for Energy and Climate Change

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills)

Opposition Department

Oct 2008 - May 2010

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport)

Opposition Department

May 2003 - May 2005

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland)

Opposition Department

Jul 2001 - Mar 2006

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)

Opposition Department

Jun 2001 - Jun 2005

Liberal Democrat Whip

Opposition Department

Jun 2001 - Jun 2002

Constituencies

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Elected 2 times

May 2005 - Mar 2015

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Elected 1 time

Jun 2001 - May 2005

Registered Interests

No registered interests found.

Recent Votes

No voting records found

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

11 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the latest net migration figures include UK citizens who have moved abroad for study or work and then returned; and what is their current estimate of those numbers.

Answered

To: Cabinet Office • 25 May 2023

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the likely increase in electric vehicles on UK roads between (1) 2020 and 2025, and (2) 2025 and 2030.

Answered

To: Department for Transport • 12 Feb 2020

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of greenhouse gas emissions from (1) aircraft taking off and landing within the UK, and (2) aircraft taking off in the UK bound for overseas destinations.

Answered

To: Department for Transport • 12 Feb 2020

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether HMRC is able to access UK citizens' bank accounts and other personal data without their permission and without judicial oversight.

Answered

To: Treasury • 17 Jul 2018

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of those recommendations of the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards that were put into law through the provisions of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013.

Answered

To: Treasury • 14 Jun 2018

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Positions Held

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills)

Opposition Department

Oct 2008 - May 2010

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport)

Opposition Department

May 2003 - May 2005

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland)

Opposition Department

Jul 2001 - Mar 2006

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)

Opposition Department

Jun 2001 - Jun 2005

Liberal Democrat Whip

Opposition Department

Jun 2001 - Jun 2002

Constituencies

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Elected 2 times

May 2005 - Mar 2015

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Elected 1 time

Jun 2001 - May 2005