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Former Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1999

Left the House of Lords on 4 September 2018

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Social Mobility Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 16 Mar 2016)

Recent appearances

• Northern Ireland: Executive and Assembly - Question 25 Jun 2018

  My Lords, the Question asked was about the effect on the people of Northern Ireland. The Minister has just answered by saying that civil servants are civil servants. We have a practically non-functioning Civil Service in Northern Ireland, and an almost invisible Secretary of State. When will they ask the people of Northern Ireland about the effect that is having?

• Northern Ireland: Devolved Institutions - Question 23 May 2018

  My Lords, following on from the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Empey, I understand that there will be an appeal, which will take six months, and then another appeal, which will take a further six months. Northern Ireland does not have that capacity; we do not have that time. We have an almost invisible Secretary of State. People on the ground believe that Westminster’s only interest...

• Northern Ireland Finances - Statement 13 Mar 2018

  My Lords, I will ask the Minister a brief question and a direct one: We welcome the extra money going into Northern Ireland, especially around health and education, but who will make the decision about where that money will go? Last year, in James Brokenshire’s Statement, £50 million of the confidence and supply money was given to mental health. To this day, not one penny of that £50...

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