2 APPG Officer Positions (as of 12 Jan 2026)
Climate Change, Sustainable Finance4 APPG Memberships
Antimicrobial Resistance, Modern Conflict, International Conservation, Emerging Drugs and Online Behavioural Trends14 Former APPG Officer Positions
Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Antibiotics, Dog Advisory Welfare, Female Genital Mutilation, Food Waste, Heathrow and the Wider Economy, Heathrow Expansion, International Conservation, Korea, Plastic Waste, Polo, School Food, TamilsDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Sparring Partners
(2 debate interactions)
(1 debate interactions)
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
(1 debate interactions)
Department Debates
(3 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
(1 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(1,702 words contributed)
(180 words contributed)
Lords initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
8 Bills introduced by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
A Bill to amend the Children Act 1989 to state that proceedings under Section 5A of, and Schedule 2 to, the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 are family proceedings
This Bill received Royal Assent on 15th March 2019 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to Provide that the Secretary of State’s powers in relation to the management of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, include the power to grant a lease in respect of land for a period of up to 150 years.
Tuesday 9th September 2014
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to permit voters to recall their elected representatives in specified circumstances; and for connected purposes.
Wednesday 4th December 2013
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to permit voters to recall their Member of Parliament in specified circumstances; and for connected purposes.
Monday 31st March 2014
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A bill to permit voters to recall their elected representatives in specified circumstances; and for connected purposes.
Wednesday 27th June 2012
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about binding local referendums; and for connected purposes.
Monday 26th July 2010
A Bill to permit voters to recall their elected representatives in specified circumstances; and for connected purposes.
Monday 26th July 2010
6 Bills co-sponsored by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
Climate Change (Emissions Targets) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Rachel Reeves (Lab)
Fracking (Measurement and Regulation of Impacts) (Air, Water and Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Geraint Davies (Ind)
Plastic Pollution Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Plastics Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Geraint Davies (Ind)
Packaging (Extended Producer Responsibility) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Anna McMorrin (Lab)
Live Animal Exports (Prohibition) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Theresa Villiers (Con)
Latest 15 Written Questions
(View all written questions)7 Department for Business and Trade Questions
(View all Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park's DBT questions)I refer the Noble Lord to the answers I gave on 27 November 2025 to questions UIN HL12107, UIN HL12108 and UIN HL12109.
Minister of State (HM Treasury)
I refer the Noble Lord to the answers I gave on 27 November 2025 to questions UIN HL12107, UIN HL12108 and UIN HL12109.
Minister of State (HM Treasury)
I refer the Noble Lord to the answers I gave on 27 November 2025 to questions UIN HL12107, UIN HL12108 and UIN HL12109.
Minister of State (HM Treasury)
The previous Government, of which the noble lord was a member, launched a public consultation into a potential UK/Maldives FTA in 2023. The Department for Business and Trade has subsequently evaluated its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) programme and decided not to progress a UK-Maldives FTA at this time. It would be inappropriate to speculate on what might or might not be included in an FTA which we are not pursuing.
Minister of State (HM Treasury)
The previous Government, of which the noble lord was a member, launched a public consultation into a potential UK/Maldives FTA in 2023. The Department for Business and Trade has subsequently evaluated its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) programme and decided not to progress a UK-Maldives FTA at this time. It would be inappropriate to speculate on what might or might not be included in an FTA which we are not pursuing.
Minister of State (HM Treasury)
The Department for Business and Trade intends to cover the UK’s accession to the CPTPP Agreement in a Free Trade Agreement monitoring report. The Department will consider a range of areas for inclusion in this report, including the environment, and it will take account of stakeholder views. The timing of the report will be provided in due course.
2 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions
(View all Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park's Defra questions)We recognise the urgency of taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving deforestation. We will set out our approach to addressing deforestation in the UK’s supply chains in due course.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Act includes provisions to make it illegal for larger businesses operating in the UK to use key commodities that have been grown on land that is illegally occupied or used, but the required secondary legislation to operationalise the scheme was not introduced in the last Parliament. The new Government will set out its approach to addressing the use of forest risk commodities in due course.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
6 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Questions
(View all Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park's FCDO questions)I refer the Noble Lord to the answer given in the House of Commons on 21 November 2025 to Question 90684, which is reproduced below for ease of reference:
We welcome the 3 November announcement by the Mauritian government confirming plans for the establishment of a Marine Protected Area after entry into force of the Treaty. The proposed zones of the future protected area will utilise the internationally recognised categories of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
There will be no commercial fishing across the entire 640,000 square kilometre area. The Great Chagos Bank will be given one of the highest levels of protection, with the rest of the Marine Protected Area categorised as a highly protected conservation zone. There will be limited provision for controlled levels of artisanal fishing in confined zoned areas intended for resettlement, to allow for subsistence fishing by any Chagossian communities that resettle, while maintaining the commitment to nature conservation.
Minister of State (Development)
I refer the Noble Lord to the answer given in the House of Commons on 21 November 2025 to Question 90684, which is reproduced below for ease of reference:
We welcome the 3 November announcement by the Mauritian government confirming plans for the establishment of a Marine Protected Area after entry into force of the Treaty. The proposed zones of the future protected area will utilise the internationally recognised categories of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
There will be no commercial fishing across the entire 640,000 square kilometre area. The Great Chagos Bank will be given one of the highest levels of protection, with the rest of the Marine Protected Area categorised as a highly protected conservation zone. There will be limited provision for controlled levels of artisanal fishing in confined zoned areas intended for resettlement, to allow for subsistence fishing by any Chagossian communities that resettle, while maintaining the commitment to nature conservation.
Minister of State (Development)
I refer the Noble Lord to the answer given in the House of Commons on 21 November 2025 to Question 90684, which is reproduced below for ease of reference:
We welcome the 3 November announcement by the Mauritian government confirming plans for the establishment of a Marine Protected Area after entry into force of the Treaty. The proposed zones of the future protected area will utilise the internationally recognised categories of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
There will be no commercial fishing across the entire 640,000 square kilometre area. The Great Chagos Bank will be given one of the highest levels of protection, with the rest of the Marine Protected Area categorised as a highly protected conservation zone. There will be limited provision for controlled levels of artisanal fishing in confined zoned areas intended for resettlement, to allow for subsistence fishing by any Chagossian communities that resettle, while maintaining the commitment to nature conservation.
Minister of State (Development)
I refer the Noble Lord to the answer given in the House of Commons on 21 November 2025 to Question 90684, which is reproduced below for ease of reference:
We welcome the 3 November announcement by the Mauritian government confirming plans for the establishment of a Marine Protected Area after entry into force of the Treaty. The proposed zones of the future protected area will utilise the internationally recognised categories of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
There will be no commercial fishing across the entire 640,000 square kilometre area. The Great Chagos Bank will be given one of the highest levels of protection, with the rest of the Marine Protected Area categorised as a highly protected conservation zone. There will be limited provision for controlled levels of artisanal fishing in confined zoned areas intended for resettlement, to allow for subsistence fishing by any Chagossian communities that resettle, while maintaining the commitment to nature conservation.
Minister of State (Development)
The UK continues to engage with New Zealand through established channels under the Free Trade Agreement, including regular committee meetings and working groups, to ensure the Agreement is implemented effectively and in accordance with its provisions. The UK raised the issue of oil and gas developments with New Zealand in the lead up to, and following, the Environment and Climate Change Sub-Committee meeting in May 2025.
Minister of State (Development)