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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 5 September 2011

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Currently held offices

• Deputy Speaker (Lords) (since 16 Apr 2024)
• Deputy Chairman of Committees (since 12 Jun 2023)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (31 Jan 2023 to 12 Jun 2023)
• Chair, International Relations and Defence Committee (31 Jan 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, International Relations and Defence Committee (31 Jan 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee ( 3 Oct 2019 to 20 Oct 2022)
• Member, Committee of Selection (Lords) ( 3 Oct 2019 to 12 Oct 2022)
• Member, Services Committee ( 3 Oct 2019 to 20 Oct 2022)
• Deputy Chairman of Committees ( 3 Oct 2019 to 20 Oct 2022)
• Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords) (26 Jul 2019 to 6 Sep 2022)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport ( 3 Jul 2017 to 26 Jul 2019)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (17 Jul 2016 to 3 Jul 2017)
• Member, Consultative Panel on Parliamentary Security (18 Jun 2015 to 21 Jul 2016)
• Member, Insurance Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee (19 Nov 2014 to 24 Dec 2014)
• Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) (15 Jul 2014 to 20 Jun 2017)
• Member, The Arctic Committee (12 Jun 2014 to 15 Jul 2014)

Recent appearances

• UK Strategy Towards the Arctic (International Relations and Defence Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note 9 Jan 2025

  My Lords, I will be brief because I know that the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser—and every other noble Lord, I expect—is anxious to go home in this appropriately Arctic weather. It is not my role to defend the Government but, in fairness, I should acknowledge that we refused an earlier date because it was in the Moses Room. I also must own up and accept that we failed to predict President...

• UK Strategy Towards the Arctic (International Relations and Defence Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note 9 Jan 2025

  My Lords, I am very pleased to be able to introduce this debate on the report of the International Relations and Defence Committee, Our Friends in the North: UK Strategy towards the Arctic. I had the very enjoyable privilege of chairing the committee for this inquiry, and I start by thanking the members of the committee for their tolerance, the current chair, my noble friend Lord De Mauley,...

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