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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 16 June 2004

Positions held at time of appointment: Chairman, Wicksteed Leisure Ltd. (from Number 10 press release)

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Services Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 30 Jan 2025)
• Member, Refreshment Committee (Lords) (20 Jun 2012 to 11 Feb 2014)
• - Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for Treasury and Culture, Media and Sport), Shadow Minister ( 8 Sep 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Treasury), Culture, Media and Sport ( 8 Sep 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• - Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Culture, Media and Sport), Shadow Minister ( 8 Sep 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• - Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for Treasury and Culture, Media & Sport), Shadow Minister (27 Jul 2009 to 8 Sep 2009)
• Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Treasury), Culture, Media & Sport (27 Jul 2009 to 8 Sep 2009)
• - Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Culture, Media & Sport), Shadow Minister (27 Jul 2009 to 8 Sep 2009)
• Shadow Minister, Cabinet Office (19 Jan 2009 to 27 Jul 2009)
• Shadow Minister, Treasury (19 Jan 2009 to 27 Jul 2009)
• Shadow Minister, Culture, Media & Sport ( 9 Jul 2007 to 27 Jul 2009)
• Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport), Culture, Media & Sport ( 7 Dec 2006 to 6 Jul 2007)
• Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions (17 Aug 2006 to 6 Jul 2007)
• Deputy Chief Whip, Whips (16 Dec 2005 to 6 Jul 2007)
• Shadow Minister, Treasury (16 Dec 2005 to 6 Jul 2007)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (18 Jun 2005 to 14 Nov 2007)

Recent appearances

• Renters’ Rights Bill - Committee (4th Day): Amendment 121 6 May 2025

  As my amendment alluded to, the Government’s definition of a pet is very broad and open to debate, although I believe that the Minister’s remarks were helpful. As we have heard from my noble friend Lord Dobbs, the definition could be stretched to the extreme. How is a landlord or tribunal expected to understand its meaning? To summarise, the definition of a pet in this Bill poses more...

• Renters’ Rights Bill - Committee (4th Day): Amendment 121 6 May 2025

  My Lords, Amendment 121 seeks to probe and address the inadequate definition of “pet” in the Bill, which has already been mentioned by a number of noble Lords during this debate. Part 1, Chapter 1, Clause 12(2) inserts the following definition into Section 45(1) of the Housing Act 1988: “‘pet’ means an animal kept by a person mainly for … personal interest … companionship …...

• Renters’ Rights Bill - Committee (4th Day): Amendment 118 6 May 2025

  My Lords, I am not quite sure what the Minister said earlier, but I would like to declare interest as an owner of rented property. I shall speak to Amendments 120, 122 and 123 in my name in this group. All these amendments seek to highlight where pets could be unsuitable in a rented property. Although, as I have already said earlier during this Committee, as a landlord I have never refused a...

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