Affiliation
House: Lords
Constituency: Life peer
Status: Current member
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Affiliation
House: Lords
Constituency: Life peer
Status: Current member
Latest Activity
Sitting day: 2026-04-16
Activity total: 1
Contributions: 1
Votes recorded: 0
Current Offices
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Parliamentary post
Recent Votes
Recent recorded divisions
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Lords - 2026-03-26T00:00:00+00:00
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Lords - 2026-03-26T00:00:00+00:00
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Lords - 2026-03-26T00:00:00+00:00
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Lords - 2026-03-25T00:00:00+00:00
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Lords - 2026-03-25T00:00:00+00:00
Crime and Policing Bill
Lords - 2026-03-25T00:00:00+00:00
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Lords - 2026-03-25T00:00:00+00:00
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Lords - 2026-03-25T00:00:00+00:00
Recent Participation
Recent speeches in the feed
Conservation of Habitats and Species (Offshore Wind) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2026
2026-04-13My Lords, I thank the Minister for setting out the statutory instrument. There is no doubt that climate change is an existential threat that demands urgent and transformative acti…
Forest-Risk Commodities
2026-03-02My Lords, what projections have the Government made of the impact on regional GDP and jobs if UK food and retail businesses lose market share because overseas competitors can show…
British Farming: Competitiveness
2026-03-03My Lords, the way to help with this significant issue would be the Government achieving their own manifesto promise of getting at least 50% of food supply to the public sector pro…
Peatland Restoration
2026-03-12My Lords, does the Minister agree with the widespread public concern that peat for horticulture continues to degrade our vital peatlands? Can he update the House on the Government…
Flood Detection and Prevention: Technological Assistance
2026-03-19What additional steps are the Government taking to ensure that the benefits of new flood technology reach people in rented, social and low-income housing and are not confined to o…
PFAS
2026-03-05My Lords, can the Minister explain why, when PFAS contamination of marine life and wildlife is already so widespread and understood, the Government are choosing what looks like a…
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Small Farms
2026-03-11My Lords, how will the Government ensure that the definition of a small farm within the SFI recognises the contribution of smaller, diversified family farms to nature recovery and…
Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling
2026-04-15Is the Minister confident that the Government can justify calling these marine protected areas when bottom trawling is still permitted in 90% of them, resulting in 20,000 hours of…
Trail-hunting
2026-03-18My Lords, will the Minister undertake to ensure that any future decision in this area, particularly on trail-hunting, is evidence-led as much as possible and based on assessing wh…
Farming Road Map
2026-04-16My Lords, will the Government ensure, as urged by the National Trust, that the Farming and Food Partnership Board includes at least one environmental landowner or NGO, so that the…