Profile
Conservative Peer
Entered the House of Lords in 1977
Currently held offices
- Member, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (since 31 Jan 2024)
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (28 Jan 2021 to 31 Jan 2024)
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (27 Oct 2017 to 26 Jul 2019)
- Chair, Communications and Digital Committee (27 Jun 2017 to 27 Oct 2017)
- Chair, Communications and Digital Committee (27 Jun 2017 to 27 Oct 2017)
- The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (21 Dec 2016 to 15 Jun 2017)
- Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) (21 Nov 2016 to 15 Jun 2017)
- Member, Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (Joint Committee) (25 Nov 2015 to 11 Feb 2016)
- Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (16 Jul 2015 to 21 Nov 2016)
- Member, Extradition Law Committee (12 Jun 2014 to 25 Feb 2015)
- Member, Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Bill [HL] Committee (28 Oct 2013 to 16 Dec 2013)
- The Minister of State, Home Department ( 5 Sep 2011 to 6 Sep 2012)
- The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (17 May 2010 to 16 Sep 2011)
- Shadow Minister, Justice ( 9 Jul 2007 to 11 May 2010)
- Shadow Minister, Home Affairs (11 Jan 2007 to 6 Jul 2007)
- Shadow Minister for Constitutional Affairs & Legal Affairs, Constitutional Affairs (16 Dec 2005 to 6 Jul 2007)
- Spokespersons In the Lords, (Assist the Home Affairs Team) (20 May 2005 to 16 Dec 2005)
- Spokespersons In the Lords, Home Affairs (17 Mar 2005 to 20 May 2005)
- Member, EU Sub-Committee E - Justice and Institutions (26 Nov 2003 to 8 Nov 2006)
- Member, EU Sub-Committee E (13 Nov 2002 to 20 Nov 2003)
- Member, Committee of Selection (Lords) (25 Jan 1999 to 11 May 2001)
- Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (17 Dec 1998 to 7 Nov 2002)
- Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (17 Dec 1998 to 7 Nov 2002)
- Member, Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords) (15 Dec 1998 to 11 May 2001)
- Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (10 Dec 1998 to 7 Nov 2002)
- Member, House of Lords Offices Committee ( 6 Dec 1998 to 7 Nov 2002)
- Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (27 Nov 1995 to 17 Oct 1996)
- Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (23 Nov 1994 to 17 Oct 1996)
- Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (30 Jun 1983 to 6 Nov 1986)
Recent appearances
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My Lords, I sit on the Joint Committee on Human Rights and therefore my name is attached to that report. We have heard various descriptions of the report coming from the Opposition Front Bench, the Liberal Democrat Front Bench, my noble friend Lady Noakes and the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti. As the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, put it, the report asks some questions and raises doubts...
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Like my noble friend Lord Forsyth, I also remember the 1980s. Probably one of the problems of this House is that we can all remember the 1980s slightly too well—possibly excluding one or two other younger Members of the House. I am not accusing the noble Lord of misleading the House. These things are always just a question of tone. Certainly, with the great many reports that come to the...
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My Lords, I have not yet spoken on this Bill—I missed the Second Reading for reasons beyond my control—but, like the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, and the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, I am a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, which issued a number of reports on the Bill. I want to refer to the 11th report, covering Part 5, where we unanimously, as a committee, came forward with a...
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