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Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 19 July 2010

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Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Environment and Climate Change Committee (14 Apr 2021 to 31 Jan 2024)
• Chair, Environment and Climate Change Committee (14 Apr 2021 to 31 Jan 2024)
• Member, Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee (13 Jun 2019 to 6 Jul 2020)
• Member, Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 Committee (29 Jun 2017 to 13 Mar 2018)
• Member, National Policy for the Built Environment Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 11 Feb 2016)
• Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) ( 1 Jun 2015 to 14 Sep 2017)
• Member, European Union Committee (16 May 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, EU Sub Committee D - Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy (17 May 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee D - Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment (22 Jun 2010 to 16 May 2012)

Recent appearances

• Mental Health Bill [HL] - Second Reading 25 Nov 2024

  My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Adebowale. I will not have quite as many questions for the Minister as he had, but I very much agree with what he says about community treatment orders, which I will return to at the end of my remarks. Like many other Peers, I welcome the Bill, which I hope will improve the treatment of people who are detained when they need to be, for...

• Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] - Report: Amendment 26 20 Nov 2024

  My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering said, this is an interesting group of amendments and we on these Benches welcome them. I do not wish to replicate what has been said but I have a few reflections. Government Amendment 48, so ably spoken to by the noble Baroness, Lady Willis of Summertown, is extremely welcome. It could go further, but we on these Benches welcome it....

• Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] - Report: Amendment 12 20 Nov 2024

  On behalf of these Benches, I thank the Minister for listening to the cross-House comments made on the pollution incident reduction plans in Committee. The whole House welcomes the fact that the Government are bringing forward these plans. They can be an important contribution to dealing with the sewage crisis which we have seen for too long; water companies have let the public down. On that...

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