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Entered the House of Lords on 25 November 2013

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Currently held offices

• Chair, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) (since 5 Sep 2024)
• Chair, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) (since 5 Sep 2024)
• Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (since 31 Jan 2023)

Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) ( 5 Sep 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) ( 5 Sep 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) (30 May 2024 to 5 Sep 2024)
• Chair, Arbitration Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee (24 Jan 2024 to 27 Mar 2024)
• Chair, Arbitration Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee (24 Jan 2024 to 27 Mar 2024)
• Chair, Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee (12 Dec 2022 to 20 Feb 2023)
• Chair, Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee (12 Dec 2022 to 20 Feb 2023)
• Member, Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee (17 Sep 2020 to 31 Dec 2023)
• Chair, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) (14 Jul 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) (14 Jul 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, European Union Committee ( 4 Jun 2020 to 31 Mar 2021)
• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) (22 May 2020 to 14 Jul 2020)
• Member, EU Services Sub-Committee (23 Apr 2020 to 31 Mar 2021)
• Member, Middle Level Bill Committee ( 4 Jun 2018 to 12 Jul 2018)
• Member, EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee (15 May 2018 to 23 Apr 2020)

Recent appearances

• Civil Service: Politicisation - Motion to Take Note 28 Nov 2024

  My Lords, I too join in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Butler, for securing this debate, in which I wish to concentrate on one point: the role of His Majesty’s Civil Service in the relationship between the branches of our constitution, in which it has played an indispensable role, in my experience. Under the last Labour Government, there was a profound change to the relationship between the...

• Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - Second Reading 19 Nov 2024

  My Lords, I, too, welcome the Bill, but there is one matter we should have at the forefront of our minds as we work through it: that it must be implemented and carried through by SMEs and individuals. Regrettably—and I say this as a lawyer—lawyers have become far too expensive. We must appreciate the need to draft legislation and regulatory regimes that are as easy as possible to operate...

• Arbitration Bill [HL] - Third Reading: Motion 6 Nov 2024

  My Lords, I will briefly add to the thanks, with one exception, that the Minister gave this morning. I give particular thanks to Professor Sarah Green and to the clerk of the Special Public Bill Committee, Joey Topping, who, in the short timescale into which everything had to be compressed, did an outstanding job. I thank the current Leader of the House and Chief Whip for getting this back...

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