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Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1995

• Wikipedia page

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

• Higher Education Funding - Motion to Take Note 12 Sep 2024

  My Lords, in welcoming the Minister to the Lords, I remind her that I have often thought that the academic lobby is the most powerful lobby in this place. If you add up the chancellors, chairs of councils, former professors and others, it certainly is overrepresented in the Lords and its voice is always quite loud. I welcome the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Tarassenko. It reminded me...

• Erasmus+ - Question 12 Sep 2024

  My Lords, I understand that one of the objections to rejoining Erasmus+ is the imbalance between the flow of students coming into Britain and those going out. Would it not be sensible, given the crisis in modern language learning and teaching in English schools, to link the negotiations to rejoin Erasmus with a deliberate scheme to improve the learning and teaching of French, Spanish, German...

• Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (Extension) Bill [HL] - Second Reading 10 Sep 2024

  My Lords, the Church of England moves slowly, but not as slowly as the reform of the House of Lords. I grew up in the heart of the Church of England, as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, when it was very much a male Church. I then found myself taking my children to a local church with a very traditional vicar who did not believe that women should be allowed in the chancel during a...

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