Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 20 Mar 2019

  Initiatives the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has put in place to strengthen bilateral relations with individual EU member states after Brexit – Baroness Smith of Newnham. Oral questions

• Armed Forces Act (Continuation) Order 2019 - Motion to Approve 20 Feb 2019

  My Lords, unlike my noble friend Lord Thomas of Gresford, I have not been involved in any of the Armed Forces Bills going back to 2006 or before, nor indeed to the equivalent statutory instrument last year. However, last year the equivalent debate was in Grand Committee in the Moses Room, where I listened to my noble friend Lord Campbell speaking on behalf of the Liberal Democrats. When I...

• Leaving the European Union - Statement 21 Jan 2019

  My Lords, last week it appeared that the Prime Minister was saying that she was listening yet had not heard anything at all. This seems to have been going on for about the last two and a half years. This week, there seems to have been a slight change but she has referred to three key changes. One, it would appear, is about a change to her own style; another is about the backstop, where there...

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Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 21 October 2014

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Currently held offices

• Member, International Relations Committee (since 25 May 2016)

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• Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Smith of Newnham’s speeches
• Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 77.74% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 99 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)