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Entered the House of Lords in 1997

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee (31 Jan 2023 to 23 Nov 2023)
• Member, Youth Unemployment Committee (28 Jan 2021 to 16 Nov 2021)
• Member, House Committee (Lords) (16 Apr 2007 to 21 May 2012)
• Member, Information Committee (Lords) (25 Nov 2002 to 8 Nov 2006)
• The Secretary of State for the Home Department (28 Nov 1990 to 9 Apr 1992)
• Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (24 Jul 1989 to 28 Nov 1990)
• Party Chair, Conservative Party (24 Jul 1989 to 28 Nov 1990)
• Secretary of State for Education and Science (21 May 1986 to 23 Jul 1989)
• Secretary of State for Environment ( 2 Sep 1985 to 20 May 1986)
• Minister of State (Department of Environment) (Local Government) (11 Sep 1984 to 1 Sep 1985)
• Minister of State (Industry & Information Technology) (13 Jun 1983 to 10 Sep 1984)
• Minister of State (Department of Industry) ( 5 Jan 1981 to 12 Jun 1983)
• Member, Treasury & Civil Service Committee ( 3 May 1979 to 30 Jan 1981)
• Member, Treasury & Civil Service Sub-Committee ( 3 May 1979 to 3 Mar 1980)
• Member, Procedure Committee ( 1 Nov 1978 to 9 Jun 1983)
• Parliamentary Secretary (Civil Service Department) ( 7 Apr 1972 to 4 Mar 1974)

Recent appearances

• Pupil Absenteeism - Question 7 May 2025

  Is the Minister aware that many 13 and 14 year-olds who do not turn up on two days a week do not want to go back to a school where they will have to study just eight academic subjects, which is the standard curriculum for comprehensives? Until they have some injections of training and vocational subjects, absenteeism will remain high.

• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Second Reading 1 May 2025

  My Lords, I am delighted to follow my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett. He was an outstanding Education Secretary who enormously improved literacy and numeracy in primary schools, but what endears him to me is that his two grandsons are going to the University Technical College that I established in Sheffield for a high-quality technical education. We now have another one on the...

• AI: Cross-sector Legislation - Question 29 Apr 2025

  My Lords—

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