Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 8 June 2004

Positions held at time of appointment: Co-Founder, PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc. (from Number 10 press release)

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Other offices held in the past

• Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (13 Oct 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (10 Jun 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (10 Jun 2009 to 13 Oct 2009)
• Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (also in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) ( 9 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Science and Innovation) (also in the Ministry of Defence) ( 9 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Minister of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills ( 6 Oct 2008 to 10 Jun 2009)
• Minister of State (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills) (Science and Innovation) ( 3 Oct 2008 to 5 Jun 2009)
• Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Business and Regulatory Reform) (29 Jun 2007 to 7 Nov 2007)
• Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Defence Equipment and Support) (also Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (29 Jun 2007 to 7 Nov 2007)
• Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (28 Jun 2007 to 18 Jan 2008)
• Minister of State, Ministry of Defence ( 7 Mar 2007 to 8 Nov 2007)
• Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Defence Equipment and Support) ( 7 Mar 2007 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Defence Procurement), Ministry of Defence ( 6 Jun 2006 to 7 Mar 2007)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Defence Procurement), Ministry of Defence (17 Jun 2005 to 8 May 2006)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence (18 May 2005 to 17 Jun 2005)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Procurement) (10 May 2005 to 6 Mar 2007)