Earl Russell

Liberal Democrat

MP for Excepted Hereditary

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Home OfficeDepartment of Health and Social CareDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsDepartment for Transport

Current Role

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)

Opposition Department

Jan 2024 - Present

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 Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) BillCommons Childhood Vaccinations CommitteeLords 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

Recent Questions

39 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what the total Environment Agency expenditure was on waste crime in each year since 2015.

Answered

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 19 Jan 2026

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to develop a roadmap for replacing large-scale biomass generation with renewable and low-carbon alternatives by 2030.

Answered

To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero • 1 Dec 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on 10 February (HC Deb cols 41–43), what plans they have to phase out subsidies for large-scale biomass generation.

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To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero • 1 Dec 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government when their response to the Net Zero Ports consultation will be published; and whether their response will include a detailed implementation timeline for emissions reduction measures at berth.

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To: Department for Transport • 25 Nov 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to mandate the use of emission reduction technology at UK ports as part of the maritime decarbonisation strategy; and what assessment they have made of the potential of emission reduction technology to

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To: Department for Transport • 25 Nov 2025

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