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Entered the House of Lords on 15 December 2014

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Currently held offices

• Deputy Speaker (Lords) (since 16 Apr 2024)
• Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (since 31 Jan 2023)
• Deputy Chairman of Committees (since 21 Apr 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, EU Goods Sub-Committee (23 Apr 2020 to 31 Mar 2021)
• Member, EU Internal Market Sub-Committee (15 May 2018 to 23 Apr 2020)

Recent appearances

• House of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL] - Second Reading 14 Mar 2025

  My Lords, I praise the noble Lord, Lord Norton, for his perseverance on this subject. I spoke at Second Reading on 18 November 2022, and am privileged to do so again. Once again, his timing is exemplary. The previous debate took place in the wake of a previous Prime Minister’s rather generous showering of new Peers on this Chamber—a syndrome I have referred to on more than one occasion...

• Schools: Mobile Phones - Question 6 Mar 2025

  My Lords, to follow up on the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Young, about school classes being interrupted by telephones, I merely observe that all of us are aware that proceedings in your Lordships’ House are occasionally interrupted by people furiously trying to control their devices. When it comes to mobile phones in schools, it is fine to give guidance to schools: we put so much...

• Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - Second Reading 5 Mar 2025

  My Lords, I support the Bill. The reason that I am standing here talking is partly thanks to the Minister. The noble Lord, Lord Coaker, was the person who suggested that I should immediately go and take part in the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme when I sent him an email about it. For the last two years, I have had the privilege of graduating in the Army scheme and then the Navy scheme....

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