Profile

Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 12 October 2015

Previously MP for North West Hampshire until 30 March 2015 — General election

Entered the House of Commons on 28 February 1974 — General election

Also represented North West Hampshire; Ealing Acton

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Department
• Transport
• Treasury
• Education and Skills
• Transport
• Local Government and the Regions
• Members: Correspondence
• Departmental Staffing
• Correspondence
• Safeguarding Children
• Prisons: Overcrowding

Currently held offices

• Member, Social Mobility Policy Committee (since 6 Mar 2025)
• Deputy Speaker (Lords) (since 16 Apr 2024)
• Deputy Chairman of Committees (since 19 May 2022)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 31 Oct 2022)
• Member, Public Services Committee (13 Feb 2020 to 19 Jan 2022)
• Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) ( 3 Jan 2017 to 29 Aug 2019)
• Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) (25 Jul 2016 to 29 Aug 2019)
• Member, Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords) ( 3 Nov 2015 to 13 Sep 2016)
• Chief Whip (19 Oct 2012 to 15 Jul 2014)
• Member, Public Accounts Commission (12 Jul 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• The Leader of the House of Commons (12 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (28 Oct 2009 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Shadow Leader of the House of Commons ( 8 Sep 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Committee on Reform of the House of Commons (20 Jul 2009 to 21 Oct 2009)
• Member, Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee) ( 1 May 2008 to 22 Jul 2008)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 5 Nov 2001 to 14 Oct 2009)
• Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 14 Oct 2009)
• Chair, Standards and Privileges Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 14 Oct 2009)
• Member, Committee of Selection ( 3 Jul 2001 to 26 Oct 2009)
• Shadow Secretary of State (15 Jun 1999 to 26 Sep 2000)
• Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee ( 5 Jun 1998 to 25 Oct 2000)
• Shadow Leader of the House of Commons ( 2 Jun 1998 to 26 Sep 2000)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Defence (11 Jun 1997 to 2 Jun 1998)
• Secretary of State for Transport ( 5 Jul 1995 to 4 May 1997)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (18 Oct 1994 to 17 Oct 1995)
• The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (20 Jul 1994 to 5 Jul 1995)
• Minister (Department of Environment) (Housing) (28 Nov 1990 to 19 Jul 1994)
• Member, House of Commons (Services): Accomodation & Administration Sub-Committee (30 Oct 1990 to 22 Oct 1991)
• Member, House of Commons (Services): New Building Sub-Committee (30 Oct 1990 to 18 Dec 1990)
• Member, House of Commons (Services) Committee (19 Oct 1990 to 18 Dec 1990)
• Comptroller (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons) (23 Jul 1990 to 28 Nov 1990)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Environment) (15 Sep 1981 to 10 Sep 1986)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Security) ( 7 May 1979 to 15 Sep 1981)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• House of Lords (Expulsion and Suspension) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee (14 out of 17)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
• Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• School Transport Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (20 out of 23)
• Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (12 out of 14)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 22 Jul 2025

  Progress made by the Independent Commission into Adult Social Care – Lord Young of Cookham. Oral questions

• Housebuilders: Information Sharing - Question 15 Jul 2025

  My Lords, if the Competition and Markets Authority confirms this £100 million payment for anti-competitive activity, can the Minister give an assurance that none of the affordable homes to be built with that money will be built by the volume housebuilders responsible for this activity, otherwise they will simply get their money back?

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - Report (2nd Day) (Continued): Amendment 23 9 Jul 2025

  My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 23, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Burns, and I will add a brief footnote to his speech. When this country is confronted with a controversial issue, it frequently turns to the noble Lord, Lord Burns, for an answer. Those of us with long memories recall his Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in 1999 and his Independent Commission on Freedom...

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