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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 19 January 2016

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Currently held offices

• Member, Built Environment Committee (since 31 Jan 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee (31 Jan 2023 to 23 Nov 2023)
• Member, Risk Assessment and Risk Planning Committee (15 Oct 2020 to 24 Nov 2021)
• Member, Science and Technology Committee (25 May 2016 to 28 Jan 2021)

Recent appearances

• Science and Technology: Economy - Motion to Take Note 31 Oct 2024

  My Lords, I too am grateful to the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, for introducing this important debate. Science and technology could not be more vital to the economy than at the present time. As an engineer, both in practice and at Cambridge University, I welcome the Government’s very recent Green Paper. Invest 2035: The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy identifies eight key...

• Higher Education Funding - Motion to Take Note 12 Sep 2024

  My Lords, it is a particular pleasure to follow the excellent maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Tarassenko. As a Cambridge engineer, I speak on behalf of the whole House in extending a very warm welcome to an Oxford engineer. The noble Lord is a distinguished electrical engineer and a world-leading expert in the application of signal processing and machine learning to healthcare. His many...

• Housing: Modern Methods of Construction - Motion to Take Note 5 Sep 2024

  My Lords, I declare my interests as a civil engineer, both in practice and as an academic, at Cambridge University, and as a consultant to Laing O’Rourke, the company that pioneered MMC in the construction industry. I am currently a member of the House’s Select Committee on the Built Environment; I was not a member when that committee, chaired by the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, undertook its...

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