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Former Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1969

Left the House of Lords on 18 May 2016

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, EU Sub-Committee F (12 Jan 1998 to 11 May 2001)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee B (23 Nov 1993 to 8 Apr 1997)
• Member, European Union Committee (30 Nov 1989 to 19 Nov 1998)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee F (30 Nov 1989 to 5 Nov 1993)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — HM Treasury: Public Expenditure 22 Sep 2015

  The Spending Review will be published on 25th November, and work is currently underway on the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) which we expect to publish before the end of the year. These reviews will be closely aligned, recognising that economic security and national security are two sides of the same coin. At the Summer Budget, the Government...

• Written Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services 22 Sep 2015

  As stated in an earlier response (HL897), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes its performance data quarterly on the gov.uk website. HMRC handles 50 million calls a year from customers. It aims to answer 80 per cent of all calls and accepts that it is not currently delivering on that aspiration. HMRC published a press release on 25 June in which it apologised for the poor service,...

• Parliamentary Standards Bill: Committee (1st Day) 14 Jul 2009

  The noble and learned Lord has made some very important points. I am not sure, strictly speaking—

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