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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 3 February 2011

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, International Agreements Committee (23 Apr 2020 to 31 Jan 2023)
• Member, EU Justice Sub-Committee ( 2 Jul 2019 to 23 Apr 2020)
• Member, Bribery Act 2010 Committee (17 May 2018 to 4 Mar 2019)
• Member, EU Justice Sub-Committee (27 Jun 2017 to 5 Jun 2018)
• Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (18 Jul 2011 to 12 Mar 2012)

Recent appearances

• Holocaust Memorial Bill - Second Reading: Amendment to the Motion 4 Sep 2024

  My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Bottomley, even though I am not in full agreement with what she had to say. It saddens me very much that the debate so far has concentrated on location. I will come to that in a moment, but let me start by talking about the need for a fitting memorial. For many people of my generation, born after the war when so many had lived...

• Middle East Update - Statement 3 Sep 2024

  My Lords, why do His Majesty’s Government not understand that imposing an arms embargo on Israel plays into Hamas’s hands? Indeed, as has just been said, announcing this on the day when it was discovered that six Israeli hostages had been brutally murdered shows the Government’s total insensitivity and lack of care for the democratic state they claim to befriend. This follows the...

• Holocaust Memorial Day - Motion to Take Note 2 Feb 2024

  My Lords, I am very honoured to be taking part in this debate today and indeed to be following the noble Lord, Lord Parekh. I am also privileged, as are we all, to have heard such powerful and moving speeches. Born a few years after the war, and only understanding in the 1960s the true horrors of the Holocaust from the safe comfort of my suburban life in England, I rather thought that it...

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