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• Agriculture Bill - Second Reading 10 Jun 2020

  My Lords, I refer to my farming interests as set out in the register. There are a number of aspects of this Bill that are causing concern to the farming community and on which I have had many representations. I am sure that many noble Lords will want to continue to discuss the principal ones among them, such as food security, high animal welfare standards, the timetable attached to the...

• Tree Pests and Diseases - Motion to Take Note 13 Feb 2020

  My Lords, it is sobering to consider that not many of us alive today remember what the English countryside looked like before the ravages of Dutch elm disease. It is for those of us who do remember to draw a parallel between that cataclysm and the one we are told is about to descend on us with ash dieback, which I think will alter the countryside to a far greater degree than most can...

• Reserve Forces and Cadets’ Associations - Question for Short Debate 27 Jan 2020

  I too am grateful to my noble friend Lord De Mauley for arranging this short debate. I always feel humble when speaking in your Lordships’ House—particularly on this occasion, when practically everyone who has spoken before me has held a senior rank. I held the lowliest rank, both in the OTC and the CCF, and as a police special constable. However, the first two gave me the opportunity to...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 27 March 2017

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Currently held offices

• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (since 1 Jul 2019)
• Member, Rural Economy Committee (since 17 May 2018)
• Member, Finance Committee (Lords) (since 12 Sep 2017)

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• Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Colgrain’s speeches
• Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 82.95% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 9 times in debates — well below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)