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• Taliban Relations and Afghan Refugees - Question 5 Dec 2023

  My Lords, after 9/11, when the West went into Afghanistan, we encouraged the women to come forward and play their part in public life, and they bravely responded. As my noble friend just said, since the Taliban came in in 2021, they have stopped women having access to education and basically pushed them back into their homes. Many are calling this gender apartheid. How will we ensure that the...

• Violence Against Women and Girls - Question 4 Dec 2023

  What are His Majesty’s Government doing to ensure that girls are not taken out of the country to undergo FGM? Is preventing FGM still a priority in our international development policy?

• National Health Service: 75th Anniversary - Motion to Take Note 30 Nov 2023

  My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to have this debate and thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for having secured it. We are so very lucky to live in a country that has a health service, and we should celebrate the NHS on its 75th anniversary. I pay great tribute to the many dedicated doctors, nurses and health professionals who have worked in the NHS over the past 75 years, many of whom really...

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Entered the House of Lords on 22 October 2013

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Currently held offices

• Member, AI in Weapon Systems Committee (since 31 Jan 2023)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) ( 1 Jul 2019 to 31 Jan 2023)
• Member, Rural Economy Committee ( 9 Oct 2018 to 26 Mar 2019)
• Member, Sexual Violence in Conflict Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 22 Mar 2016)