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Entered the House of Lords on 4 November 2003

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Currently held offices

• Member, Statutory Inquiries Committee (since 24 Jan 2024)
• Member, Hybrid Instruments Committee (Lords) (since 6 Dec 2004)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Environment and Climate Change Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 30 Jan 2025)
• Member, Land Use in England Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 28 Nov 2022)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (14 Jul 2016 to 19 Jan 2022)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change) (18 Sep 2015 to 19 Jan 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) ( 1 Jul 2014 to 17 May 2021)
• Opposition Whip (Lords) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 17 May 2021)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee D ( 3 Jun 1997 to 11 Nov 1999)

Recent appearances

• Public Inquiries: Enchancing Public Trust (Statutory Inquiries Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note 25 Apr 2025

  My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth, for his introductory remarks and his clear, disciplined leadership of the committee. With no experience in this field on joining the committee, I was struck by how an industry has grown up around inquiries, where government action and follow-up can be haphazard in their implementation. I strongly support the main recommendation that...

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Agriculture: Environment Protection and Food Security 10 Apr 2025

  To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the role of all farms in hitting the Government's targets for (1) the environment, (2) the climate, and (3) food security.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Sustainable Farming Incentive 3 Apr 2025

  To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend that any future reinterpretation of the Sustainable Farming Incentive would comprise distinct non-universal schemes for more targeted purposes such as small farms, hill farms and other designations.

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