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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 12 January 2004

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, AI in Weapon Systems Committee (27 Apr 2023 to 23 Nov 2023)
• Member, Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud Committee (22 Jun 2022 to 31 Oct 2022)
• Member, Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee (15 Oct 2020 to 24 Nov 2021)
• Member, EU External Affairs Sub-Committee (12 Jun 2015 to 2 Jul 2019)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (13 Oct 2010 to 1 Apr 2014)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 5 Sep 2011)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills) (Intellectual Property and Quality) (29 Jun 2007 to 25 Jan 2008)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (28 Jun 2007 to 25 Jan 2008)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (11 May 2005 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (10 May 2005 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Government Whip (23 Jun 2004 to 11 May 2005)
• Lords in Waiting (Whips) (19 Dec 2003 to 10 May 2005)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Bevis Marks Synagogue 9 Dec 2024

  To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to protect the Grade 1-listed Bevis Marks Synagogue, given the potential impact upon the Synagogue of the planning application to build a tower block less than 30 metres away.

• Football Governance Bill [HL] - Second Reading 13 Nov 2024

  My Lords, I thank many noble Lords for their good wishes and for allowing me to speak sitting down. It is a bit of paradox to be talking about a football Bill when you cannot stand up: none the less, I will do my best. I declare my interests as the first independent chairman of the Football Association, and I have had a long and warm relationship with football supporters’ organisations. I...

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Zionism 27 Mar 2024

  To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the papers Zionism and its influence in USA and Western Europe (FCO 17/1763) and Influence of the Zionist lobby in the United States and Western Europe (FCO 51/297); who their authors were; whether any UK diplomats provided evidence or any members of the Government were involved in commissioning them; whether they will place...

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