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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 15 May 1973

Party was Conservative until 9 Jul 2006

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Other offices held in the past

• Lord Chamberlain, HM Household ( 3 Aug 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Lord Chamberlain (HM Household) (30 Jun 2006 to 31 Mar 2021)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee D - Environment and Agriculture ( 8 Dec 2003 to 8 Nov 2006)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Bracken: Weed Control 12 Nov 2024

  To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the spread, and ensure large-scale control, of bracken to protect the biodiversity of (1) sites of special scientific interest, and (2) other vulnerable areas.

• Crown Estate Bill [HL] - Report: Amendment 4 5 Nov 2024

  My Lords, I welcome the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. For those of us who have followed these issues over the years, there is no doubt that the impact of no environmental assessments being undertaken on these salmon farms has been a devastating effect on wild salmon stocks. It is about time that we had a system in place where proper assessments were undertaken, so I thoroughly...

• Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 - Motion to Approve: Amendment to the Motion 13 Dec 2023

  My Lords, I declare an interest as the manager of an upland estate in North Yorkshire. I am grateful to the Minister for explaining the new regulations, although, like many other people, I still find them vague and difficult to comprehend. The noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, raises some fundamental issues. Under the previous regulations—under the basic payment scheme and Pillar 1—there was a...

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