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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 6 November 2014

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Currently held offices

• Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (since 1 Sep 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) ( 8 Feb 2023 to 4 Jul 2024)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (13 Feb 2020 to 6 Feb 2023)
• Minister of State (Department for Exiting the European Union) (27 Oct 2017 to 12 Feb 2020)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) (14 Jun 2017 to 27 Oct 2017)
• Member, EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee (26 May 2016 to 27 Apr 2017)
• Member, Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding Committee (28 Jan 2016 to 29 Feb 2016)
• Member, Information Committee (Lords) ( 8 Jun 2015 to 31 Aug 2016)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 30 Jun 2025

  The agreement between the UK and Republic of Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago including the Diego Garcia military base, and If necessary, the take note motion on any report from the International Agreements Committee on the Agreement between the UK and Republic of Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago including the Diego Garcia military base – Lord Callanan – Lord.... Debate

• Gibraltar - Statement 17 Jun 2025

  My Lords, as we still have some time, perhaps I could ask for some further clarification from the Minister. First, she said on a couple of occasions that the checks the Spanish officials will do at the border will be Schengen checks. Is she therefore saying that Gibraltar will be joining Schengen, that it will be part of Schengen? I believe that in the other place the Foreign Secretary said...

• Gibraltar - Statement 17 Jun 2025

  My Lords, the Rock of Gibraltar has now been British for over 300 years. In 2002, 99% of Gibraltarians rejected the notion of shared sovereignty with Spain and reaffirmed their allegiance, in no uncertain terms, to Britain. It is against this background that we must consider the Government’s agreement on Gibraltar, to test whether it puts the interests of the Gibraltarians and, of course,...

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