Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 7 September 2004

Positions held at time of appointment: Senior Deputy General Secretary, Communication Workers' Union. (from Number 10 press release)

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Communications and Digital Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 30 Jan 2025)
• Member, EU Environment Sub-Committee (23 Apr 2020 to 31 Mar 2021)
• Member, EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee (27 Jun 2017 to 23 Apr 2020)
• Member, High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Select Committee (Lords) ( 5 May 2016 to 12 Dec 2016)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Innovation and Skills) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (13 Oct 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (10 Jun 2009 to 13 Oct 2009)
• Government Whip (10 Jun 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Postal Affairs and Employment Relations) (also Lord in Waiting) ( 9 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Skills & Apprenticeships), Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills ( 9 Oct 2008 to 10 Jun 2009)
• Lords in Waiting (Skills & Apprenticeships), HM Household ( 9 Oct 2008 to 10 Jun 2009)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills ( 6 Oct 2008 to 9 Oct 2008)
• Government Whip ( 6 Oct 2008 to 9 Oct 2008)
• Government Whip ( 5 Oct 2008 to 6 May 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills) (Skills & Apprenticeships) ( 5 Oct 2008 to 5 Jun 2009)
• Member, Crossrail Bill Committee (17 Jan 2008 to 26 Nov 2008)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee F - Home Affairs ( 8 Oct 2007 to 16 Oct 2008)

Recent appearances

• International Vaccine Programmes: Funding - Question 17 Jun 2025

  My Lords, are the Government aware that we have a serious vaccine crisis in this country? It started with Covid. There is a lot of disinformation. Measles, mumps, rubella and a number of other vaccines are vital. We are well below the safety thresholds in many parts of the UK. Can the Minister give some indication of what the Government are doing to reverse these trends?

• Holocaust Memorial Bill - Report (Continued): Amendment 3 11 Jun 2025

  My Lords, I do not doubt that those people are acting in good faith; they just happen to be wrong. I can give noble Lords an assurance that my noble friend will not go home to a divorce tonight if this amendment is not agreed. I respect that he has been a Minister in more senior positions than I can ever aspire to.

• Holocaust Memorial Bill - Report (Continued): Amendment 3 11 Jun 2025

  Sorry, Secretary of State.

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