Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 30 June 2010

Previously MP for Islwyn until 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

Entered the House of Commons on 16 February 1995 — unknown

Party was Labour/Co-operative until 11 Apr 2005

Also represented Islwyn

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Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Home Department
• Work and Pensions
• Treasury
• Trade and Industry
• Capita
• Departmental Contracts
• Coal Industry Compensation
• Industrial Diseases: Compensation
• Malaysia: Military Decorations

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee (17 Oct 2022 to 9 Jan 2023)
• Member, House of Lords Commission (28 Jan 2021 to 9 Jan 2023)
• Chair, Services Committee (28 Jan 2021 to 9 Jan 2023)
• Chair, Services Committee (28 Jan 2021 to 9 Jan 2023)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Defence) (15 Apr 2020 to 17 May 2021)
• Member, Services Committee ( 6 Dec 2018 to 28 Jan 2021)
• Opposition Whip (Lords) (18 Sep 2015 to 1 Sep 2016)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Defence) (18 Sep 2015 to 17 Oct 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Lords) ( 4 Jul 2013 to 12 May 2016)
• Member, Public Service and Demographic Change Committee (29 May 2012 to 8 Nov 2012)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (28 Oct 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (27 Oct 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Liaison Committee ( 4 Mar 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 3 Mar 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Chairman, Members' Allowances Committee (11 Feb 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Members' Allowances Committee (10 Feb 2009 to 11 Feb 2009)
• Chair, Members' Allowances Committee (10 Feb 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Chair, Members' Allowances Committee (10 Feb 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Members' Allowances Committee ( 9 Feb 2009 to 10 Feb 2009)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee ( 6 Jun 2006 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee ( 5 Jun 2006 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (20 Dec 2005 to 27 Nov 2008)
• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (19 Dec 2005 to 9 May 2006)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Veterans), Ministry of Defence (17 Jun 2005 to 6 Jun 2006)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence (11 May 2005 to 17 Jun 2005)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Veterans) (10 May 2005 to 5 May 2006)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales), Department for Constitutional Affairs (13 Jun 2003 to 11 May 2005)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Constitutional Affairs) (also in Wales Office) (12 Jun 2003 to 10 May 2005)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Welsh Office (11 Jun 2001 to 13 Jun 2003)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (11 Jun 2001 to 10 May 2005)
• Assistant Whip (17 Nov 1999 to 11 Jun 2001)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (17 Nov 1999 to 7 Jun 2001)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (15 Jan 1996 to 21 Mar 1997)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (7 out of 11)
• Education Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Public Audit (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Children Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Higher Education Bill Committee (7 out of 15)
• Health (Wales) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (2 out of 23)
• Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill Committee (2 out of 12)
• Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 8)
• Local Government Bill Committee (5 out of 14)
• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (7 out of 12)
• Education Bill Committee (15 out of 20)
• Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (5 out of 5)

Recent appearances

• Abducted Ukrainian Children - Question 18 Jun 2025

  My Lords, now that there have been calls for the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war held by the Russians, those prisoners of war have hope of freedom and returning home. Not so the 1.5 million children living in Russian-occupied Ukraine. Already, thousands have been taken to Russia, deliberately re-educated, handed over to Russian families and forced to become Russians. For these children,...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Human Rights: Education 30 May 2025

  To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the campaign by pupils of Meath School in Ottershaw, Surrey, to ensure that UNICEF UK's "Rights Respecting Schools Award" scheme is available to all schools in England; and whether they will provide funding along similar lines to the provision in Scotland.

• Autism Employment Review - Question 12 May 2025

  To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in implementing the recommendations of the Buckland Review of Autism Employment, published on 28 February 2024.

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