Lord Desai

Non-affiliated Peer

Profile

Non-affiliated Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 5 June 1991

Party was Labour until 19 Nov 2020

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee ( 4 Nov 2019 to 8 Sep 2020)
  • Member, EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee (12 Jul 2016 to 23 Apr 2020)
  • Member, Intergovernmental Organisations Committee (15 Nov 2007 to 7 Jul 2008)
  • Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (17 Dec 2003 to 18 Nov 2004)
  • Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (17 Dec 2003 to 18 Nov 2004)
  • Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (17 Dec 2003 to 18 Nov 2004)
  • Member, Committee on the Speakership of the House ( 9 Jul 2003 to 19 Dec 2005)
  • Member, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee (16 Jun 2001 to 7 May 2005)
  • Member, EU Sub-Committee A (20 Nov 1995 to 11 Nov 1999)
  • Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (19 May 1992 to 3 Nov 1994)
  • Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (12 Nov 1991 to 3 Nov 1994)
  • Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (12 Nov 1991 to 17 Mar 1992)

Recent appearances

  • Foreign Affairs - Motion to Take Note 5 Mar 2024

    My Lords, it is a great pleasure to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, to his position as Foreign Secretary. He is a rare example of someone who has been Prime Minister and come back as Foreign Secretary—are we not all lucky? However, I have to warn him that he has landed almost immediately on arrival into a problem created by another Prime Minister who became Foreign Secretary: Lord...
  • Foreign Affairs - Motion to Take Note 5 Mar 2024

    My Lords, it is a great pleasure to welcome the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, to his position as Foreign Secretary. He is a rare example of someone who has been Prime Minister and come back as Foreign Secretary—are we not all lucky? However, I have to warn him that he has landed almost immediately on arrival into a problem created by another Prime Minister who became Foreign Secretary: Lord...
  • Poverty Reduction - Motion to Take Note 22 Feb 2024

    My Lords, as the last speaker from the Back Benches, I will concentrate very much on my work on poverty. I was born in a poor country and have worked professionally as an economist on poverty for much of my career; I will not go into the details of my writing. There is obviously a very complicated set of conditions, circumstances and consequences of poverty. Poverty is a global problem. A...

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