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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 15 October 2019

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Currently held offices

• Member, Statutory Inquiries Committee (since 24 Jan 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee (28 Jan 2021 to 31 Jan 2024)

Recent appearances

• Steel Industry - Motion to Take Note 12 Apr 2025

  My Lords, the Government are to be congratulated on acting decisively and promptly. Like, I think, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, I came here thinking that we were going to be debating the nationalisation of the steel industry; I confess that I am disappointed to find out that we are not. However, the Bill that the Government have put forward buys space and time for them to put forward...

• Employment Rights Bill - Second Reading 27 Mar 2025

  My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on her elegant exposition of the Bill in opening today’s debate. I also congratulate our four maiden speakers on their excellent contributions. Like the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, I enjoyed the contributions of no less than three former general secretaries and one former AGS of the TUC. In this debate I appear as Oliver Twist. Although,...

• European Convention on Human Rights: 75th Anniversary - Motion to Take Note 20 Mar 2025

  My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Cashman. Like him, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for his very powerful opening. In a long career at the Bar, I have had the privilege of taking 11 cases to the European Court of Human Rights and assisting on two others. I can assure the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, that the word “paradise” is not one that...

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