Profile

Liberal Democrat Peer, Former Liberal Democrat MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

Entered the House of Lords on 22 October 2013

Entered the Scottish Parliament on 1 May 2003 — Election

Left the Scottish Parliament on 23 March 2011 — Election

Also represented Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

• Personal website
• Page on the Scottish Parliament website
• Wikipedia page

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Currently held offices

• Member, Liaison Committee (Lords) (since 22 Oct 2024)
• Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (since 7 Oct 2021)
• Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (International Development) (since 5 Jan 2021)
• Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (International Trade) (since 28 Oct 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, European Affairs Committee (14 Apr 2021 to 31 Jan 2023)
• Member, International Relations and Defence Committee (25 May 2016 to 28 Jan 2021)
• Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change) ( 1 Jun 2015 to 7 Sep 2015)

Recent appearances

• Sanctions Implementation and Enforcement - Statement 15 May 2025

  My Lords, I am impressed by the Minister’s efficiency. She replied positively to me on Monday when I asked for an opportunity to have a wider discussion on sanctions enforcement; I did not quite appreciate that she would deliver that three days later. It is very impressive indeed. I have had the opportunity of debating every sanction that the previous Administration and this one have put in...

• Trade Negotiations - Statement 13 May 2025

  My Lords, I look forward to the Minister answering my question from yesterday, as referenced by the noble Lord. I wish to refer exclusively to the India agreement. We have debated in this House on a number of occasions UK-India trade, and on those occasions I have rehearsed the long-standing position on these Benches that free trade is part of our party’s DNA as a political movement. We...

• Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - Question 13 May 2025

  My Lords, is it not plumbing the depths of immorality for the women and girls of Gaza, who have had such brutality inflicted on them, now to submit to the indignity of having to queue up to profiteering mercenaries hired by a shadowy organisation established in Switzerland, which will operate under no humanitarian standards or international mandate and with no accountability mechanisms...

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