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• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Environment Agency: Rural Payments Agency 18 Apr 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Environment Agency computer systems share information with the computer systems of the Rural Payments Agency; and if not, when this might be introduced.

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] - Report: Amendment 12 15 Mar 2019

  My Lords, I support this amendment and Amendment 23, having said before in your Lordships’ House that I endorse the whole House voting on hereditaries while the Burns report is being implemented and comprehensive reform is being put in place. I am disappointed to see that the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, is not in her place. I much enjoyed her comment about looking down the rabbit hole as...

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL] - Report: Amendment 12 15 Mar 2019

  If the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, is successful in his Bill and the hereditary election process is terminated, so is this independence of thought, action and experience, to be replaced by an even greater proportion of life Peers who are ex-MPs, ex-MEPs and representatives of regional assemblies and county councils. The general public have had their fill of the body politic from the other House...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 27 March 2017

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Currently held offices

• Member, Rural Economy Committee (since 17 May 2018)
• Member, Finance Committee (Lords) (since 12 Sep 2017)

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• Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords. See all Lord Colgrain’s speeches
• Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 85.95% 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") 5 times in debates — well below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)