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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1998

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Currently held offices

• Member, Economic Affairs Committee (since 31 Jan 2024)
• Chair, Lord Speaker's committee on the size of the House (since 20 Dec 2016)
• Chair, Lord Speaker's committee on the size of the House (since 20 Dec 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Industry and Regulators Committee (14 Apr 2021 to 31 Jan 2024)
• Member, Economic Affairs Committee (25 May 2016 to 28 Jan 2021)
• Chair, Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding Committee (28 Jan 2016 to 29 Feb 2016)
• Chair, Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding Committee (28 Jan 2016 to 29 Feb 2016)
• Member, Economic Affairs Committee (28 Jun 2001 to 20 Nov 2003)
• Member, Financial Services and Markets (Joint Committee) ( 2 Mar 1999 to 11 Nov 1999)
• Member, Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England ( 7 Dec 1998 to 11 May 2001)

Recent appearances

• Football Governance Bill [HL] - Committee (4th Day): Amendment 54 9 Dec 2024

  My Lords, I support Amendment 54 with regard to the governance of clubs. I am sorry that I could not take part at Second Reading, but I have been present for a significant part of Committee. I have been a season ticket holder at either Sunderland or QPR for most of my life, and I now have three season tickets at QPR for myself, my son and grandson—I fear what I have done to both of them,...

• House of Lords Reform - Motion to Take Note 12 Nov 2024

  My Lords, reflecting my role with the Lord Speaker’s committee, I will speak about controlling the size of the House. The Lord Speaker’s committee started by trying to understand why the size of the House had risen in the way that it has and the pressures that have emerged on membership to bring about this increase over time. It has sometimes been a quite rapid increase. The committee...

• Autumn Budget 2024 - Motion to Take Note 11 Nov 2024

  I thank the Minister for his introduction to the debate. The first Budget of a new Government is always a significant event, and I am very pleased to see the emphasis on sustainable public finances. However, I worry that in the Budget speech there was too much attention on the short-term politics of dealing with the “black holes” and, by contrast, rather insufficient attention on the...

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