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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 2 May 2000

Positions held at time of appointment: Chairman, Lopex plc (from Number 10 press release)

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Currently held offices

• Member, Industry and Regulators Committee (since 31 Jan 2023)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee ( 8 Sep 2020 to 31 Jan 2023)
• Member, Economic Affairs Committee ( 1 Jul 2019 to 31 Jan 2023)
• Member, Intergenerational Fairness and Provision Committee (19 Jul 2018 to 26 Mar 2019)
• Member, Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 Committee (18 Oct 2017 to 13 Mar 2018)
• Member, Information Committee (Lords) ( 8 Jun 2015 to 31 Aug 2016)
• Member, Works of Art Committee (Lords) ( 4 Dec 2003 to 8 Nov 2006)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee A ( 6 Nov 1985 to 6 Nov 1986)

Recent appearances

• Sanctions Implementation and Enforcement - Statement 15 May 2025

  I add my thanks and support for the Statement that my noble friend the Minister made, and raise a specific issue about this prospective use of frozen assets, whether the assets themselves or the income derived from them. A massive reconstruction challenge faces us in Ukraine, but there is also the important issue of sustainable media. I declare my interest as chair of the Thomson Foundation....

• UK-US Trade and Tariffs - Statement 3 Apr 2025

  My Lords, I recognise that the Government’s priority must be to achieve the best possible outcome in relation to tariffs between the UK and the US. I am cautiously optimistic that this Government will do a great deal better than the Conservative Government did over many years, despite the litany of excuses put forward by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. Does my noble friend the Minister agree,...

• National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - Report: Amendment 1 25 Feb 2025

  I shall speak briefly to support the arguments and analysis of my noble friend Lord Eatwell and to remind your Lordships of the comments at Second Reading of the noble Lord, Lord Macpherson, who said that if we aggregate the reductions in employee national insurance that were introduced in the last year of the last Government with the effects of this Bill, the effect is about net unchanged....

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