Lord (Chris) Holmes of Richmond MBE

House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology

Chris is a passionate advocate for the potential of technology and the benefits of diversity and inclusion. He has just published a report into the Disabled Students’ Allowance and is raising the issue in Parliament. He is a member of the influential House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology and has previously co-authored House of Lords Select Committee Reports on: Democracy and Digital Technologies [2020], Intergenerational Fairness [2019], Artificial Intelligence [2018], Financial Exclusion [2017], Social Mobility [2016] and Digital Skills [2015] An ex-Paralympic swimmer, Chris won nine gold, five silvers and one bronze medal across four Games, including a record haul of six golds at Barcelona 1992.