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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 25 October 2005

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Services Committee (28 Jan 2021 to 31 Jan 2024)
• Member, EU Justice Sub-Committee ( 2 Jul 2019 to 23 Apr 2020)
• Chair, Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 15 Mar 2016)
• Chair, Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 15 Mar 2016)
• Member, Communications and Digital Committee (22 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill (Joint Committee) ( 9 May 2007 to 8 Aug 2007)
• Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (23 Nov 2006 to 8 Apr 2010)
• Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (23 Nov 2006 to 8 Apr 2010)
• Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (23 Nov 2006 to 8 Apr 2010)

Recent appearances

• Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - Question 3 Dec 2024

  My Lords, the Council of Europe remains one of the fora which is shared by Britain and Poland. Will the Minister please suggest to our delegation that the council puts on its agenda Poland’s breach for 75 years of the need to restore property that was stolen from Jewish and indeed non-Jewish victims in the Second World War? If they will not pay compensation, will they at least display a...

• BBC: Impartiality - Question 28 Nov 2024

  To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the BBC’s measurement of its duty to deliver due impartiality as required by its Charter, and of how impartiality is addressed by its complaints system.

• BBC: Impartiality - Question 28 Nov 2024

  My Lords, the BBC’s impartiality and accuracy in its coverage of the Israel-Gaza war have been thoroughly documented and found to be failing by the Asserson and Danny Cohen reports. To say that the audience trusts the BBC is no substitute for measuring impartiality. BBC Arabic reporters have been found to be supporting terror and to be anti-Semitic. Among the most egregious failings was...

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