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• Illegal Migration Bill - Committee (1st Day): Amendment 1 24 May 2023

  My Lords, I want to comment on the speech made by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chelmsford just now. She made a very important point which the Committee should take note of. She said that the amount of work that went into the programme to deal with people fleeing Ukraine was significant and she praised that. She understood from her experience the amount of effort that the Home...

• Illegal Migration Bill - Second Reading (Continued) 10 May 2023

  My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury. He is a fellow Lancastrian and we always talk common sense, so I think what he said is entirely sensible. The issue of illegal immigration by small boats, which is central to our discussion today, is not just a UK problem; it is a problem in western Europe. Greece, Italy and Spain, among others, are...

• Budget Statement - Motion to Take Note (Continued) 16 Mar 2023

  My Lords, I certainly agree with the noble Lord in his disappointment about universal credit. That is one of the achievements of the last period of Conservative government. The noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, mentioned in his scintillating speech the economic progress—or lack of progress, in his view—of the Conservative Governments of the last 13 years, but universal credit is a significant...

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Entered the House of Lords on 8 October 2013

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill Select Committee (Lords) (5 Mar 2020 to 14 Oct 2022)
• Member, EU External Affairs Sub-Committee (12 Jun 2015 to 2 Jul 2019)
• Member, Communications and Digital Committee (12 Jun 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee (27 Nov 2013 to 14 May 2014)
• Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (16 Jul 2003 to 12 Jul 2005)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (2 Dec 1997 to 16 Jul 2003)
• Chair, Environmental Audit Committee (12 Nov 1997 to 16 Jul 2003)
• Chair, Environmental Audit Committee (12 Nov 1997 to 16 Jul 2003)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health) (29 Nov 1995 to 1 May 1997)
• Parliamentary Secretary (Duchy of Lancaster Office) (6 Mar 1995 to 27 Nov 1995)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 31 Mar 1995)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (12 Sep 1976 to 3 May 1979)