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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 19 November 2021

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Arbitration Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee (24 Jan 2024 to 27 Mar 2024)

Recent appearances

• House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - Report (2nd Day): Amendment 18 9 Jul 2025

  My Lords, I am puzzled by the intervention just now by the noble Earl, Lord Attlee. For some time now, if a Member of this House has been posted abroad or for some other reason is unable to attend the House regularly, they apply for a leave of absence. It is as simple as that.

• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Committee (8th Day) (Continued): Amendment 230 3 Jul 2025

  My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Wei, on all these amendments, but particularly on his Amendment 423. At an earlier stage in these proceedings, the noble Lord, Lord Nash, who is no longer in his place on the Benches, was very critical of home-schooling, alleging that there were poor results in home-schooling. Anything that home-schoolers can do in order to show the success of their...

• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Committee (8th Day) (Continued): Amendment 230 3 Jul 2025

  My Lords, I think I have to correct myself, because I have said, on behalf of home-schooling mothers, that we favour the registry. I said that two years ago and during the Schools Bill of 2022. I did not comprehend that these amendments by the noble Lord, Lord Wei, are anti-register. I therefore cannot remain loyal to what I have just said in support of them, because I think the register is...

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