Recent appearances

• Business of the House - Motion on Standing Orders: Amendment to the Motion 4 Apr 2019

  I listened to my noble friend and thought to myself, “But isn’t your objective that we should have no-deal Brexit, and you are pretending that it is about the constitution?” That seems like an extraordinary accusation to make, when my noble friend knows that very well.

• Adjournment 14 Mar 2019

  I know the noble Lord is a very intelligent person and a great viewer of political events and that, like me, he does not want a no-deal Brexit. I just wanted to check that he is 100% sure that there will not be a no-deal Brexit. Everything he has said assumes that he is, but I do not think a single person in this House is 100% sure of that. I certainly am not.

• Adjournment 14 Mar 2019

  The noble Lord knows that it does not depend on that but on lots of things, such as whether the House of Commons can agree a deal. I am a fan of Twitter as well; the noble Lord will know that the shadow Foreign Secretary has said that she does not approve of an extension beyond three months, and that the European Union may offer us a deal longer than that but she will not want to accept it....

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 24 October 2013

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Currently held offices

• Member, Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art (since 25 Jan 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Communications Committee (27 Jun 2017 to 6 Nov 2017)
• Member, Works of Art Committee (Lords) (29 Jan 2014 to 31 Aug 2016)

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• Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Finkelstein’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 61.21% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 30 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)