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Entered the House of Lords on 14 December 2015

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Currently held offices

• Member, Home-based Working Committee (since 30 Jan 2025)
• Deputy Speaker (Lords) (since 16 Apr 2024)
• Deputy Chairman of Committees (since 29 Jul 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Preterm Birth Committee (24 Jan 2024 to 14 Nov 2024)
• Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee ( 1 Jul 2019 to 31 Jan 2023)
• Member, SLSC Sub-Committee B ( 4 Sep 2018 to 30 Apr 2019)
• Member, Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill (Joint Committee) (15 May 2018 to 27 Jul 2018)
• Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (27 Jun 2017 to 15 May 2018)
• Member, Licensing Act 2003 Committee (25 May 2016 to 4 Apr 2017)

Recent appearances

• Welfare Reform - Statement 2 Jul 2025

  My Lords, I declare my interest as a current non-executive director of NHS England. Will the Minister explain whether it the Government intend to return to face-to-face PIP claims, including a biannual review for the majority of claimants? If not, what are the reasons behind that? The Timms review continues, and none of us wants people who are genuinely disabled to lose out, but we also know...

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - Report (1st Day): Amendment 2 2 Jul 2025

  Does the noble Lord not think it possible to do both—to limit the number of appointees through the prime ministerial structure and to reduce the size of the House in the way that is suggested in this Bill?

• NHS and Social Care: Joint Working - Question 26 Jun 2025

  My Lords, I thank the Minister for her previous very positive answers, but one of the biggest barriers to working together is different terms and conditions for care and health workers: in particular, the lack of pay for care workers who have to go between different visits in rural areas and have significant dead time. If we are really to move this forward, should we not put pressure on...

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