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Non-affiliated Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 11 February 2015

Party was Crossbench until 9 Sep 2019

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Currently held offices

• Member, Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee (since 22 Jul 2024)
• Deputy Speaker (Lords) (since 16 Apr 2024)
• Convenor of the Crossbench Peers (since 28 Apr 2023)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Lords) (since 27 Apr 2023)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (since 27 Apr 2023)
• Member, Committee of Selection (Lords) (since 27 Apr 2023)
• Member, House of Lords Commission (since 27 Apr 2023)
• Member, Services Committee (since 27 Apr 2023)
• Deputy Chairman of Committees (since 9 Jan 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee (27 Apr 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Chair, European Affairs Committee (14 Apr 2021 to 12 Jun 2023)
• Chair, European Affairs Committee (14 Apr 2021 to 12 Jun 2023)
• Chair, European Union Committee ( 9 Sep 2019 to 31 Mar 2021)
• Chair, European Union Committee ( 9 Sep 2019 to 31 Mar 2021)
• Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees ( 9 Sep 2019 to 29 Apr 2021)
• Member, EU Justice Sub-Committee (26 May 2016 to 9 Sep 2019)
• Member, European Union Committee (25 May 2016 to 9 Sep 2019)
• Member, Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding Committee (28 Jan 2016 to 29 Feb 2016)
• Member, Social Mobility Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 16 Mar 2016)

Recent appearances

• Storm Bert: National Preparedness - Question 28 Nov 2024

  My Lords, will Flood Re, which the Minister knows all about, be included in the review? Quite a lot of claims must have been made to Flood Re following recent events, and certainly some risks were not covered by Flood Re because of its rules. Considering the Flood Re rules again in the light of this disaster may well be a good thing.

• House of Lords Reform - Motion to Take Note 12 Nov 2024

  My Lords, I too add my thanks to the noble Baroness the Leader of the House for bringing this important debate to the House today, and for her warm words personally to me just now. As I have remarked before, the British constitution is a three-legged stool, one each for the Executive, Parliament and the judiciary. Major change by the Executive to the legs of the stool needs to be undertaken...

• Crown Estate Bill [HL] - Report: Amendment 4 5 Nov 2024

  My Lords, I want to make two very short points relating to the reasoning the Minister gave in response to these amendments earlier. I should also say that my sympathies lie with my noble friend Lord Devon, in that I wish this were a wider aquaculture thing, and that the commissioners were able to consider the environment for all of aquaculture, for the reasons I gave in Committee; I will not...

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