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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 27 June 2001

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Currently held offices

• Member, International Agreements Committee (since 31 Jan 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, European Affairs Committee (14 Apr 2021 to 31 Jan 2024)
• Member, International Relations and Defence Committee (25 May 2016 to 28 Jan 2021)
• Member, Sexual Violence in Conflict Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 22 Mar 2016)
• Member, The Arctic Committee (12 Jun 2014 to 11 Feb 2015)
• Chair, EU Sub Committee F - Home Affairs, Health and Education (17 May 2012 to 14 May 2014)
• Chair, EU Sub-Committee F - Home Affairs (22 Jun 2010 to 16 May 2012)
• Member, European Union Committee (24 Nov 2009 to 14 May 2014)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee F - Home Affairs ( 9 Dec 2008 to 22 Jun 2010)
• Member, Intergovernmental Organisations Committee (15 Nov 2007 to 7 Jul 2008)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee C - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy (29 Nov 2004 to 26 Nov 2008)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee A - Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade (26 Nov 2003 to 18 Nov 2004)
• Member, European Union Committee (19 Nov 2002 to 8 Nov 2006)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee A (26 Jun 2001 to 20 Nov 2003)

Recent appearances

• Sudan and Eastern DRC - Statement 3 Feb 2025

  My Lords, the Minister referred to the genocide 30 years ago in Rwanda. I suppose nobody in your Lordships’ House can feel that more painfully than me, since I was the British ambassador to the United Nations at the time. I am all too well aware that, along with the rest of the international community, we did not come out covered with glory. But we really cannot allow that argument to...

• Europe: Youth Mobility - Motion to Take Note 30 Jan 2025

  My Lords, I begin by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Moraes, on his maiden speech. Our paths crossed a little over 10 years ago when he, as a Member of the European Parliament, and I, as the chair of a committee of this House responsible for justice and home affairs, were doing our best to mitigate the somewhat impetuous effort of the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, to remove the UK from all...

• Gaza: Humanitarian Situation - Statement 30 Jan 2025

  My Lords, can the Minister confirm whether the Government have made any representations to the Government of Israel about the law that is about to come into force to remove the possibility of UNRWA having any access to the State of Israel? Can she say what rough impact assessment we may have made of the likely effect of that move, which is of course to frustrate a mandate given to UNRWA by...

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