Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 19 July 2001

Previously MP for Workington until 14 May 2001 — General election

Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Workington, 1979-2001. Opposition spokesman on Development and Co-operation, 1991-92 and opposition front bench spokesman on Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1992-94. (from Number 10 press release)

Entered the House of Commons on 3 May 1979 — General election

Also represented Workington

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance Committee (Lords) (28 Jan 2021 to 19 Jan 2022)
• Member, Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 Committee (13 Jun 2019 to 22 Jun 2020)
• Member, Services Committee ( 1 Sep 2016 to 28 Jan 2021)
• Member, House Committee (Lords) (22 May 2012 to 31 Aug 2016)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee ( 1 Dec 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee ( 9 Jun 2010 to 1 Dec 2011)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Lords) ( 2 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (15 Nov 2007 to 1 May 2012)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (15 Nov 2007 to 1 May 2012)
• Member, Draft Charities Bill (Joint Committee) (10 May 2004 to 15 Sep 2004)
• Member, Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee) (24 Mar 2003 to 31 Jul 2003)
• Member, Standards and Privileges Committee (23 Oct 1996 to 11 May 2001)
• Member, Agriculture Committee (19 Apr 1994 to 20 May 1996)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 9 Jun 1993)
• Member, Procedure Committee (28 Jan 1987 to 5 Dec 1991)
• Member, Members' Interests Committee ( 8 Feb 1984 to 16 Mar 1992)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee ( 1 Feb 1983 to 17 Dec 1991)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 26 Mar 2025

  United States of America and recent developments in Ukraine – Lord Campbell-Savours. Oral questions; 3:00 pm

• Private Rented Sector: Affordable Rents - Question 27 Feb 2025

  My Lords, has my noble friend seen the very interesting briefing from UNISON, which has 1.3 million members? The brief calls for measures to stop escalating rents; increased enforcement and the regulation of landlords and their agents; changes to the benefits system, incentivising work; and measures to end the right to buy in conditions of housing shortage. We urgently need to find a way to...

• Musculoskeletal Health - Question 30 Jan 2025

  As a sufferer of ankylosing spondylitis, a painful spinal musculoskeletal condition aggravated by a lack of physical movement, I can report that inactivity in underemployment can severely aggravate the condition. Would the state benefits system not be far better served if multi-patient group physio services and collective patient gyms—even open-air ones, as in the Far East—were available...

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