Profile

Former Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 10 July 2007

Left the House of Lords on 31 August 2020

Party was Labour until 3 Oct 2008

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Other offices held in the past

• Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (22 Jan 2008 to 6 Oct 2008)
• Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (22 Jan 2008 to 6 Oct 2008)
• Minister of State (Business and Regulatory Reform), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (18 Jan 2008 to 22 Jan 2008)
• Minister of State (Business and Regulatory Reform), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (18 Jan 2008 to 22 Jan 2008)
• Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Business and Regulatory Reform) ( 7 Nov 2007 to 3 Oct 2008)
• Minister of State (also in the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform), Foreign & Commonwealth Office (25 Jul 2007 to 18 Jan 2008)
• Minister of State (also in the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (25 Jul 2007 to 18 Jan 2008)
• Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (also in the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (29 Jun 2007 to 5 Oct 2008)
• Minister of State (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) (Trade Promotion and Investment) (29 Jun 2007 to 7 Nov 2007)
• Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (28 Jun 2007 to 25 Jul 2007)
• Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (28 Jun 2007 to 25 Jul 2007)

Recent appearances

• European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill - Report: Amendment 1 6 Sep 2019

  My Lords, could I just—

• European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill - Report: Amendment 1 6 Sep 2019

  So tolerant of democracy. I support the amendment suggested by the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, for one reason only: there is not a small business woman or small business man in this land who has not had it up to here with this place and the other place. They just want everybody to get on with it and give the businesses of the land—which generate the profit, pay the tax and build the schools...

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] - Report: Amendment 2A 15 Mar 2019

  My Lords, I do not think I need to remind noble Lords that, at this moment, all over the nation, the political class is seen to have failed the country. If ever there was a time when noble Lords could make a stand for connecting more with the people, it is now. I assure noble Lords that, in pubs from Cradley Heath to West Bromwich, to Kings Heath in my home town, they talk of nothing but...

More of Lord Jones of Birmingham’s recent appearances