Death of Lord Laming

[David Beamish]

The Lord Speaker has today annunced the death yesterday (15 July) of Lord Laming. He was born on 19 July 1936 and created a life peer on 27 July 1998. He served as Convenor of the Crossbench peers from 2011 to 2015 and as Chairman of Committees from 2015 to 2016.

[sven_me...@web.de]

Last spoke in the Lords on9 March 2026  and last voted on the same date. https://members.parliament.uk/member/2079/contributions

[rcb1]

Lord Laming's contribution to the Lords went FAR beyond - and was much more significant than - his speeches and votes.  He was Convenor of the Crossbench peers for 4 years and Chairman of Committees - a big job - after that.  He served on nearly 20 committees in his time, the last couple of which he only gave up this year.  A crossbench peer I know says he was perhaps the kindest and most helpful person he met when he arrived was trying the work out now best to contribute.   He was one of the best examples in recent years of those who make a great contribution, despite speaking in the chamber relatively rarely.