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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 22 June 2005

Previously MP for Newport East until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election

Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Stratford-upon-Avon, 1983-1997 and for Newport East, 1997-2005. Parliament Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Science, 1989-1992; Education and Employment, 1997-1998 and at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, 1998-2001. (from Number 10 press release)

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election

Also represented Newport East; Stratford-on-Avon

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Constitution Committee ( 1 Jul 2019 to 31 Jan 2023)
• Member, Political Polling and Digital Media Committee (29 Jun 2017 to 20 Mar 2018)
• Member, Intergovernmental Organisations Committee (15 Nov 2007 to 7 Jul 2008)
• Member, Intelligence and Security (Cabinet Office) Committee (28 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (30 Jul 2001 to 11 Jul 2005)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (30 Jul 2001 to 11 Jul 2005)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media & Sport (28 Jul 1998 to 11 Jun 2001)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Arts) (28 Jul 1998 to 7 Jun 2001)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Employment) ( 6 May 1997 to 28 Jul 1998)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Employment and Equal Opportunities), Department for Education and Employment ( 5 May 1997 to 28 Jul 1998)
• Member, Social Security Committee (27 Nov 1995 to 21 Mar 1997)
• Member, National Heritage Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 17 Jan 1994)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Education and Science) (24 Jul 1989 to 28 Nov 1992)
• The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (27 Jul 1988 to 24 Jul 1989)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (18 Jun 1987 to 25 Jul 1988)
• Vice-Chair, Conservative Party ( 1 Jul 1980 to 1 Jul 1981)

Recent appearances

• Sudan - Motion to Take Note 13 Sep 2024

  My Lords, yet again the western world allows itself to drift in ignorance and indifference as a vast human tragedy unfolds in Africa. There is intense interest and emotional absorption among the peoples of the West in Gaza and, to a lesser extent, in Ukraine. If such can be measured, the scale of human suffering in Sudan dwarfs even the monstrous suffering in Gaza, yet we mostly avert our...

• Higher Education Funding - Motion to Take Note 12 Sep 2024

  My Lords, the Government are readying us for grim times ahead, though my noble friend the Minister remains genial and I am so glad to see her in her place. I gently submit that we cannot afford not to refund our universities. It was an extraordinary dereliction on the part of the previous Government, by freezing fees for years on end, to allow the present crisis in the funding of higher...

• Holocaust Memorial Bill - Second Reading: Amendment to the Motion 4 Sep 2024

  My Lords, the planning committee of Westminster City Council had good reasons for rejecting the then Government’s application to site a Holocaust memorial and learning centre in Victoria Tower Gardens. Among its concerns were the damaging impact on the amenity and beauty of the park, so precious for local residents and workers, the implications for congestion and pollution of the additional...

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