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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 9 June 2015

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Currently held offices

• Shadow Advocate-General for Scotland (since 11 Nov 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Justice) (since 1 Sep 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Constitution Committee (31 Jan 2023 to 30 Jan 2025)
• Member, Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee (22 Jul 2021 to 31 Dec 2023)
• Member, Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee (20 Jun 2019 to 23 Jul 2019)
• Lords Spokesperson (Ministry of Justice) (18 Jul 2016 to 16 Sep 2020)
• Lords Spokesperson (Home Office) ( 1 Apr 2016 to 18 Jul 2016)
• The Advocate-General for Scotland (11 Jun 2015 to 16 Sep 2020)

Recent appearances

• Crown Court Criminal Case Backlog - Motion to Take Note 20 Mar 2025

  My Lords, I begin by extending my thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Longfield, for her maiden speech and for the insight she gave on the issue of children in the justice system, an area where I know she will continue to make very important contributions to the proceedings of this House. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, for securing this debate on such an urgent and...

• Sentencing Council Guidelines - Commons Urgent Question 19 Mar 2025

  My Lords, the Secretary of State for Justice appears to have implied, perhaps somewhat implausibly, that she and her department were not aware that the new Sentencing Council guidelines would introduce a two-tier justice system until their final publication two weeks ago. She in fact has representatives on the Sentencing Council. To be fair, the Secretary of State moved rapidly to address the...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Prisons: Overcrowding 17 Mar 2025

  To ask His Majesty's Government what impact the prisoner early release scheme has had on the availability of prison places; and what assessment they have made of alternative measures to address prison overcrowding.

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