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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1999

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (17 Sep 2020 to 31 Jan 2023)
• Member, Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art (25 Jan 2017 to 23 Oct 2019)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Equalities and Women's Issues) ( 9 Jan 2017 to 15 Apr 2020)
• Member, Select Committee on Charities (25 May 2016 to 26 Mar 2017)
• Member, Works of Art Committee (Lords) (16 May 2013 to 31 Aug 2016)
• Member, Refreshment Committee (Lords) (20 Jun 2012 to 12 Jun 2013)
• Opposition Whip (Lords) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 1 Oct 2013)
• Member, Works of Art Committee (Lords) (25 Nov 2009 to 15 May 2012)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee G - Social Policies and Consumer Protection (24 May 2005 to 12 Nov 2009)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) ( 8 Dec 2003 to 30 Oct 2007)
• Member, Information Committee (Lords) (25 Nov 2002 to 18 Nov 2004)
• Member, Library and Computers Sub Committee (26 Jun 2001 to 7 Nov 2002)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Veterinary Services: UK trade with EU 6 Jan 2025

  To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that any veterinary agreement concluded with the European Union will not undermine the United Kingdom's existing animal welfare protections or limit the ability of the United Kingdom to introduce new animal welfare protections, including on imports, in the future.

• Domestic Abuse: Victims and Survivors - Motion to Take Note 12 Dec 2024

  My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Chisholm, for bringing this debate before us today. I agree with her that the need to eliminate domestic abuse is a worthy and crucial ambition, as is supporting victims and survivors. Violence against women and girls is not inevitable but perhaps should be regarded as a national emergency. According to the Office for National Statistics in its...

• Wales: Coal Tip Safety - Question 20 Nov 2024

  Will the Minister join me in congratulating the Chancellor on giving the £25 million, just for next year? I believe that is the first tranche, and that there will be more to come. I am so pleased that this Government have recognised the need to provide the money so that we can have safe coal tips, certainly where I live. I am from the Rhondda Valley, surrounded by coal tips, and there is...

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