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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1977

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Currently held offices

• Member, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee (since 30 Jan 2025)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (since 30 Jan 2025)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committee on Regulators (23 Nov 2006 to 30 Oct 2007)
• Member, Finance and Staff Sub Committee (26 Jun 2001 to 7 Nov 2002)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (20 Jul 1994 to 2 May 1997)

Recent appearances

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - Committee (3rd Day) (Continued): Amendment 36 12 Mar 2025

  My Lords, my noble friend does the Committee a significant service by putting forward this amendment. It encapsulates the arguments around a fully appointed House and this extraordinary situation that we find ourselves heading towards—a fully appointed House, with all appointments made by the Prime Minister, and a ratchet, in effect, in numbers, going upwards and upwards, when there is a...

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - Committee (3rd Day) (Continued): Amendment 36 12 Mar 2025

  I quite agree with the noble Lord.

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - Committee (2nd Day) (Continued): Amendment 16 10 Mar 2025

  My Lords, the noble Lords who tabled the amendments in this group have done the House a service in a number of different ways. Given that the 80 year-old retirement age was an important part of the Government’s manifesto, this debate gives us the opportunity to test their motivation for both bringing forward these measures and for not including them in the Bill. The engagement we have had...

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