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Entered the House of Lords on 14 July 2017

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Currently held offices

• Deputy Speaker (Lords) (since 16 Apr 2024)
• Member, Environment and Climate Change Committee (since 31 Jan 2023)
• Deputy Chairman of Committees (since 21 Apr 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, COVID-19 Committee (11 Jun 2020 to 13 May 2021)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (26 Jul 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) (27 Oct 2017 to 13 Feb 2020)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (20 Jun 2017 to 25 Jul 2019)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (20 Jun 2017 to 27 Oct 2017)

Recent appearances

• Flooding - Statement 7 Jan 2025

  My Lords, I apologise to the noble Baroness, Lady Young—she can have another go next time—but the time allowed for this Statement is over.

• Great British Energy Bill - Second Reading 18 Nov 2024

  My Lords, it is a privilege and a pleasure to follow the powerful words of the noble Lord, Lord Alton. I declare my interest in both decentralised and nuclear energy. When I first picked up the Bill, I was surprised at how slight it appeared to be. As I have listened to the debate, I was reminded of some remarks from “Blackadder”. Noble Lords might recall the episode in question, when...

• Asylum Seekers: Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity - Question 25 Oct 2023

  My Lords, I am slightly troubled by some of the remarks made by the Home Secretary, to be perfectly frank. There is a phrase, “performative utterance”. By creating a space in which it is possible to doubt and to sow that doubt you are therefore making it discomforting for those who might seek asylum in this country and all the good things which we have stated. I would like to believe that...

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