Lord Grantchester

Labour

MP for Excepted Hereditary

Parliamentary Office

grantchesterj@parliament.uk 020 7219 5421; Fax: 020 7219 5979

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsDepartment for International Trade

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Jul 2016 - Jan 2022

Shadow Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Sept 2015 - Jan 2022

Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Jul 2014 - May 2021

Opposition Whip (Lords)

Whips Office (Lords)

Oct 2010 - May 2021

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

30 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend that any future reinterpretation of the Sustainable Farming Incentive would comprise a universal scheme open to all farm types on an equal basis.

Answered

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 30 Apr 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend that any future reinterpretation of the Sustainable Farming Incentive will apply universally across all farm types and acreages.

Answered

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 27 Mar 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the role of all farms in hitting the Government's targets for (1) the environment, (2) the climate, and (3) food security.

Answered

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 27 Mar 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend that any future reinterpretation of the Sustainable Farming Incentive would comprise distinct non-universal schemes for more targeted purposes such as small farms, hill farms and other designations.

Answered

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 27 Mar 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what provision they intend to make for those who were partway through the Sustainable Farming Incentive application process before its cancellation.

Answered

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 27 Mar 2025

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