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Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1995

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Currently held offices

• Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) (since 23 Jul 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) ( 1 Jun 2015 to 28 Oct 2016)
• Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) ( 5 Sep 2011 to 7 May 2015)
• Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) (13 Oct 2010 to 7 May 2015)
• Deputy Leader in the House of Lords, Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ( 8 Jan 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Home Affairs (27 Jul 2007 to 8 Jan 2009)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs ( 1 Jun 2005 to 8 Jan 2009)
• Deputy Leader, House of Lords (15 Nov 2004 to 8 Jan 2009)
• Shadow Minister, Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs (26 Jan 2004 to 1 Jun 2005)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee C (26 Jun 2001 to 7 Nov 2002)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (25 Mar 1998 to 8 Apr 2010)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee F ( 3 Jul 1997 to 30 Nov 2000)
• Member, European Union Committee ( 3 Jun 1997 to 7 Nov 2002)

Recent appearances

• Tax Increases - Question 10 Jul 2025

  My Lords, I was very struck by the article in the Times the other day by Paul Johnson, former leader of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, in which he said that we have an entirely illusory debate about tax and spend. There are calls from a substantial number of newspapers and at least one political party for tax cuts, but nobody ever says where they will fall or what our spending parameters...

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - Report (2nd Day): Amendment 17 9 Jul 2025

  A constant argument of the Conservatives against any changes to our electoral system has been that the public would be unable to understand a voting system in which one put “1”, “2”, “3” and “4”, rather than simply “X”. If that is the Conservative view of the public in relation to voting, I think the noble Lord would find it hard to argue that, without much more...

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - Report (2nd Day): Amendment 17 9 Jul 2025

  My Lords, the combination of titles with membership of the second Chamber is one of the many things that we have inherited from the medieval period and the 16th and 17th centuries. It is very pleasant, most of us enjoy it and I particularly enjoy the title that I have, because the village in which I live is a special one, a world heritage site, and people love to come and visit us. But I am...

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