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Former Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 19 March 2015

Left the House of Lords on 1 July 2023

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance Committee (Lords) ( 1 Sep 2016 to 28 Jan 2021)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) ( 3 Nov 2015 to 31 Aug 2016)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) ( 3 Nov 2015 to 31 Aug 2016)

Recent appearances

• Elections Bill - Report (1st Day): Amendment 39 6 Apr 2022

  My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment and give it my full support. We did much of the heavy lifting on this issue in Committee, so I will keep my comments to four points. First, contrary to the original assertion, this is not in the 2019 manifesto, and it cannot be regarded as a manifesto commitment. That is in contrast to the issue of voter ID, which was in the manifesto and my...

• Elections Bill - Report (1st Day): Amendment 26 6 Apr 2022

  My Lords, I shall make three brief points. First, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, on his valiant efforts to move this forward in a constructive way. This has been exemplary, in my view. Secondly, I wholeheartedly support his amendments, which I think will move this on. In Committee, I was seriously concerned about what was being proposed by the Government; according to the RNIB,...

• Elections Bill - Committee (5th Day): Amendment 134 23 Mar 2022

  My Lords, with respect, the Minister partially reported what the Electoral Commission said. It pointed to the fact that the level of rejections in the 2016 election was 1.9%. It said the single biggest issue in the 2021 election was the design of the form. Those are critical factors in forming a judgment about the voting system.

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