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Entered the House of Lords on 25 July 2006

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Currently held offices

• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (since 31 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee (24 Jan 2024 to 28 Mar 2025)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (31 Jan 2023 to 31 Jan 2024)
• Chair, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (16 Jun 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (16 Jun 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) ( 9 Jul 2015 to 16 Jun 2020)
• Member, Draft Modern Slavery Bill (Joint Committee) (15 Jan 2014 to 3 Apr 2014)
• Chair, Adoption Legislation Committee (29 May 2012 to 26 Feb 2013)
• Chair, Adoption Legislation Committee (29 May 2012 to 26 Feb 2013)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (27 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (14 Nov 2007 to 15 May 2012)
• Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (14 Nov 2007 to 15 May 2012)
• Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (14 Nov 2007 to 15 May 2012)

Recent appearances

• Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - Committee (2nd Day): Amendment 47 8 Jul 2025

  The trouble with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 is that it is 10 years old, and some of it is not as well regarded as it might be. I recently attended an interesting discussion with the Minister in the other place, Jess Phillips, about updating the Modern Slavery Act so that people recognise that it is actually effective. The Minister will know that the Government are putting into the Crime and...

• Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - Committee (2nd Day): Amendment 47 8 Jul 2025

  My Lords, I have put my name to these two amendments, and I declare that I am co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery and vice-chair of the Human Trafficking Foundation. I agree with every word that the noble Baroness, Lady May, said. We need to remember that in these two amendments we are talking about not people traffickers but human...

• Baby Foods: Nutrition and Marketing - Question 24 Jun 2025

  Some mothers genuinely cannot breastfeed; I was among them. What are the Government doing to strengthen the rules about sugar and other unfortunate things getting into baby food?

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