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Entered the House of Lords in 1997

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Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Mental Capacity Act 2005 Committee (16 May 2013 to 25 Feb 2014)
• Chair, Mental Capacity Act 2005 Committee (16 May 2013 to 25 Feb 2014)
• Lord Advocate, Law Officers' Department ( 6 May 1997 to 1 Jan 2000)

Recent appearances

• Mental Health Bill [HL] - Committee (1st Day): Amendment 4 14 Jan 2025

  My Lords, I apologise that I did not speak at Second Reading, but I have been listening to this interesting debate and it seems to me that Clause 5 is introducing the concept of detention in extreme cases, where there is a risk of serious harm to the health or safety of the patient or another person unless the patient is detained. That is the reason for the detention: to protect the patient...

• Housing Supply and Homelessness - Motion to Take Note 5 Dec 2024

  My Lords, I too thank the noble Baroness, Lady Warwick of Undercliffe, for initiating the debate. I also acknowledge the Library staff’s briefing paper explaining the obligations of local authorities towards those seeking help with homelessness, including tables of statistics about the number of people in England seeking such help. It is clear from these tables that, between 2020 and 2024,...

• Great British Energy Bill - Committee (1st Day): Amendment 10 3 Dec 2024

  My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Vaux of Harrowden. Like the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, in a past life I sat on the Front Bench where the Minister is and resisted amending legislation by making additions. I appreciate the Minister’s reluctance to accept amendments that might constrain Great British Energy once it is established, but Amendment 10 is in...

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