Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate

Conservative

MP for Life peer

Parliamentary Office

contactholmember@parliament.uk 020 7219 5353

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Top Focus Areas

Home OfficeDepartment for TransportDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsDepartment for Communities and Local Government

Parliamentary Career

Positions Held

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Home Office

Oct 1995 - May 1997

Vice Chamberlain (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons)

HM Household

Jul 1995 - Oct 1995

Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)

HM Treasury

Dec 1992 - Jul 1995

Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury

Nov 1990 - Jan 1992

Constituencies

Leeds North East

Elected 2 times

Jun 1987 - 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 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

34 questions on record

To ask His Majesty's Government what provisions they are putting in place to ensure that precision-bred crops can be developed and commercialised in the United Kingdom, following the announcement of the sanitary and phytosanitary agreement with the EU on

Answered

To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • 1 Sep 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of a UK–EU agreement on the return of asylum seekers, and whether they have had discussions with the EU on that topic in the light of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.

Answered

To: Home Office • 15 Jul 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken under part 6 of the UK–EU Summit – Common Understanding to strengthen cooperation with European partners in addressing irregular migration.

Answered

To: Home Office • 15 Jul 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to paragraph 53 of the UK–EU Summit – Common Understanding, published on 19 May, what discussions they have had with the European Union about improving the reciprocal exchange of biometric and criminal records data

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To: Home Office • 15 Jul 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to The UK's trade strategy (CP1339), published on 26 June, what progress they have made on delivering a single trade window.

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To: Department for Business and Trade • 15 Jul 2025

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