Profile

Former Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1991

Left the House of Lords on 21 February 2001

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords ( 1 Dec 1998 to 30 Nov 2000)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (11 Jan 1994 to 20 Jul 1994)

Recent appearances

• Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill [H.L.] 20 Feb 2001

  My Lords, in calling Amendment No. 3, I inform the House that if it is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments Nos. 4 to 7 due to pre-emption.

• Liaison: Select Committee Report 13 Feb 2001

  My Lords, I beg to move the first Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. Perhaps I may detain your Lordships for a moment to explain briefly that this report proposes the speedy setting-up of the Select Committee on Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research, called for when the House approved the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations 2000 on 22nd January. It...

• Liaison: Select Committee Report 13 Feb 2001

  My Lords, I appreciate what the noble Lord, Lord Elton, says, but a number of factors were considered by the committee. Recently, there has been a considerable increase in the number of committees, including the one I have just mentioned. We are about to start an animal research committee and, of course, the Constitution Committee was introduced last week. The new arrangements in the House of...

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