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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 12 July 2012

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Currently held offices

• Member, Environment and Climate Change Committee (since 31 Jan 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Middle Level Bill Committee ( 4 Jun 2018 to 12 Jul 2018)
• Member, EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee (12 Jun 2015 to 27 Apr 2017)
• Member, European Union Committee ( 8 Jun 2015 to 27 Apr 2017)
• Member, EU Sub Committee D - Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy (12 Jun 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)

Recent appearances

• Higher Education Funding - Motion to Take Note 12 Sep 2024

  My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Krebs, for securing this important debate. There are two major problems converging now on the higher education sector: first, a level of underfunding, with an estimated 40% of institutions likely to be running a budget deficit this year and, secondly, an eye-watering amount of accumulating student debt, which in England alone is approaching £236...

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Animal Welfare 10 May 2024

  To ask His Majesty's Government when they will specify the relevant activities which will be proscribed under legislation to enable compliance with, and enforcement of, the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023.

• Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill - Report: Amendment 1 8 May 2024

  My Lords, in line with the noble Baroness’s comments, I have a lot of empathy with this amendment and indeed the later amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell. If they had been incorporated originally, that would have been perfectly reasonable, but alas, they are not in the Bill. This is a very important Bill and to send it back to the Commons would, as has been mentioned,...

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