Viscount Eccles

Conservative Peer

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 4 April 2005

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Currently held offices

  • Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) (since 5 Sep 2024)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) (19 Jul 2017 to 30 May 2024)
  • Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) (17 Jun 2015 to 27 Apr 2017)
  • Member, Adoption Legislation Committee (29 May 2012 to 26 Feb 2013)
  • Member, EU Sub Committee E - Justice, Institutions and Consumer Protection (17 May 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
  • Member, Private Bills Select Committee (L) (31 Oct 2011 to 20 Dec 2011)
  • Member, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee (23 Nov 2006 to 8 Apr 2010)
  • Member, Information Committee (Lords) ( 7 Jun 2005 to 8 Nov 2006)
  • Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee ( 6 Jun 2005 to 30 Oct 2007)
  • Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee ( 6 Jun 2005 to 30 Oct 2007)
  • Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee ( 6 Jun 2005 to 30 Oct 2007)

Recent appearances

  • Environmental Targets (Public Authorities) Bill [HL] - Committee: Amendment 3 13 Jun 2025

    My Lords, I apologise; I am very conscious of the time. I support my noble friend’s amendment. In making another suggestion for the list, I declare my interests: I was the chairman of Kew Gardens and I am involved in the Millennium Seed Bank and all it does. The most important sentence in the Bill says, “take all reasonable steps to meet the environmental recovery objective”. Kew is...
  • Environmental Targets (Public Authorities) Bill [HL] - Committee: Amendment 3 13 Jun 2025

    My Lords, I apologise; I am very conscious of the time. I support my noble friend’s amendment. In making another suggestion for the list, I declare my interests: I was the chairman of Kew Gardens and I am involved in the Millennium Seed Bank and all it does. The most important sentence in the Bill says, “take all reasonable steps to meet the environmental recovery objective”. Kew is...
  • Holocaust Memorial Bill - Report: Amendment 1 11 Jun 2025

    My Lords, this is not an easy debate to reply to. I thank noble Lords who have spoken but will not attempt to sum up what they said. Many things were said about what has happened so far, why we should have a memorial and what the dangers will be, but that is not my purpose, which is a narrow one. I was 14 when the British Army went into Bergen-Belsen. I remember that circumstance very...

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