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UUP Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 19 January 2011

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Currently held offices

• Member, Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee (since 30 Jan 2025)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Windsor Framework Sub-Committee (14 Apr 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Youth Unemployment Committee (28 Jan 2021 to 16 Nov 2021)
• Member, Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee (13 Jun 2019 to 23 Jun 2020)
• Member, Bribery Act 2010 Committee (17 May 2018 to 4 Mar 2019)
• Member, Financial Exclusion Committee (25 May 2016 to 25 Mar 2017)
• Member, Information Committee (Lords) ( 8 Jun 2015 to 31 Aug 2016)
• Member, Extradition Law Committee (12 Jun 2014 to 25 Feb 2015)
• Member, Personal Service Companies Committee (12 Nov 2013 to 31 Mar 2014)
• Member, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Committee (29 May 2012 to 28 Feb 2013)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission 7 May 2025

  To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the application for a new site for the embassy of China.

• Written Answers — Northern Ireland Office: Elections: Northern Ireland 7 May 2025

  To ask His Majesty's Government whether it remains their intention that the Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland local government elections will be held on the same day in 2027.

• Renters’ Rights Bill - Committee (4th Day): Amendment 133 6 May 2025

  Can I just come back on the reinstatement issue? Perhaps there was something in that response in the other place that the Minister referred to which would have covered this. Everybody is at one in wishing to provide people with the best possible circumstances to enjoy their tenancies; if that requires adaptations, so be it. Statistically, it is very important. However, some of these...

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